Professor - Management
Office : BA 303
Phone : 903.886.5115
E-mail : Mildred_Pryor@tamu-commerce.edu
Education:
- Post Doctoral Courses - Quality Management (under the direction of Dr. Deming & Dr. Juran);
Change Management, National Training Labs;
Computer Science, Psychology, & Statistics - Ph.D., Production and Operations Management, Quantitative Methods, & Organizational Behavior, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
- MBA and BBA, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Research Interests & Awards (Teaching & Research):
- Texas A&M University-Commerce Teaching Excellence Award
- Research awards from the Academy of Management, Management History Division, and the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines
- High Performance Work Teams, Top Executive Teams
- Strategic Quality Management, Strategy Deployment
- Leadership, Ethics
- Change Management, Organizational Transformation
- National Security and Terrorism as Strategic & Process Management Issues
Professional Experience:
- Professor of Management, Texas A&M University-Commerce (9/2002-Present)
- Manager, Organizational Development and Training, Campbell Soup, Paris, Texas (1/00-7/31/02)
- Co-Owner, Golden Pryor Consulting & Training (1/99-Present)
- Director, E-Systems - Center for Excellence, Partnership between E-Systems Texas A&M University-Commerce (6/1/92-12/31/98)
- Director/Manager, Total Quality Management/Statistical Process Control,
E-Systems (Raytheon, L-3), Greenville, Texas (12/85-12/31/98) - Professor of Management, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi (9/84-12/85)
- Chairman, Management & Marketing Department and Professor of Management, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas (9/79-8/84)
- Professor of Management, Texas A&M University-Commerce, then East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas (9/68-8/79)
- Professor of Management, Troy State University, European Theatre (on leave from East Texas State University to teach Air Force Officers in England, Germany, &Turkey (1975-76)