Rhetta Standifer, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor, Management
Department of Management and Marketing

Education

• Ph.D., University of Missouri
• M.B.A., University of Missouri
• M.A., University of Missouri
• B.A., Florida State University
  
  

Teaching Interests

• Organizational behavior
• Leadership
• Strategy
  
  

Research Interests

• Relationships between companies in an e-commerce environment, especially in terms of conflict resolution.
• What makes teams (inside companies and between companies) effective
• Issues related to time - entrainment and synchronization among teams and organizations and polychronic behavior in individuals and teams
  
  

Dr. Rhetta Standifer likes to use readings and examples from the "real-world" that go beyond the textbook—her goal is to make classes relevant, useful, and interesting. Dr. Standifer uses a lot of in-class activities and small group discussions—to give students a chance to link the material from lectures and readings to personal experience and practical application. Communication (both written and verbal) is also stressed in her classes.

She also makes a point of bringing her research of business-to-business e-commerce, team effectiveness, and time-related issues into the classroom, providing her students with real examples of the concepts and issues discussed.