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Joy Olabisi

Adjunct Faculty

Director, Management Department Undergraduate Programs

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Joy Olabisi

Adjunct Faculty

Director, Management Department Undergraduate Programs

Education

BS, Georgia Institute of Technology; MS, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Bio

Dr. Joy Olabisi is an Associate Professor of Management at the Saunders College of Business. She also currently serves as the Director of the Supply Chain Management programs within the Management Department. Her research interests include understanding how organizations, learn and manage knowledge, especially through the effective utilization of teams. She is particularly interested in team performance, especially within virtual and project-based contexts. She is also interested in social entrepreneurial initiatives within emerging markets, with a social embeddedness and networks emphasis.

Dr. Olabisi's work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and she has also presented her research at numerous conferences. Courses she teaches or has taught include: Negotiation, Organizational Behavior, Leading Teams in Organizations, and Cross-Cultural management. She recently received a Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network seed grant (in 2022) and her work was recently accepted into the Honor Roll of Responsible Research in Business and Management. She has previously received the Saunders College of Business Exemplary Performance in Teaching and Student Impact Award. 

Dr. Olabisi received her master's and doctorate degrees in industrial and operations, engineering with a concentration in engineering management from the University of Michigan. She also holds a bachelor of science in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.


Areas of Expertise

Currently Teaching

MGMT-740
3 Credits
This course examines why people behave as they do in organizations and what managers can do to improve organizational performance by influencing people's behavior. Students will learn a number of frameworks for diagnosing and dealing with managerial challenges dynamics at the individual, group and organizational level. Topics include leadership, motivation, team building, conflict, organizational change, cultures, decision making, and ethical leadership.

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