Welcome to the Organizational Leadership and Marketing (OLM) Department

Raj Arora, PhD
Chair, OLM department
Schutte Professor of Marketing
Arorar@umkc.edu
816-235-2317
Our faculty takes pride in quality teaching, student learning and staying at the frontier of new knowledge. We are engaged in important research across the fields of business law, entrepreneurship, human resources management, marketing, organizational behavior and leadership.
We strive to extend the knowledge base in our respective fields of study and bring our vast experiences in consulting, teaching and research into the classroom. Our graduates have the skills and ability to solve organizational challenges utilizing knowledge based on a strong foundation of theory and practice.
To further discuss your interests and find out more about our disciplines, please contact us.
Susan Mott
Administrative Assistant
816-235-2896
motts@umkc.edu
Office hours: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Business Law
Business Law faculty at the Bloch School:
Rita Cain, J.D.
Professor of Business Law
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship faculty at the Bloch School:
Sameeksha Desai, PhD
Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Dirk Libaers, PhD
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Mark Parry, PhD
Ewing Marion Kauffman/Missouri Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Professor of Marketing
Carla Pavone
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Walt Rychlewski, PhD
Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship
Joe Singer, PhD
Professor of Business Operations and Analysis
Lisa Song, PhD
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Michael Song, PhD
Charles N. Kimball MRI/Missouri Endowed Chair in Management of Technology and Innovation and Professor of Marketing
Marketing faculty at the Bloch School:
Raj Arora, PhD
Schutte Professor of Marketing
Gene Brown, PhD
Valentine Radford Professor in Marketing
Mark Parry, PhD
Ewing Marion Kauffman/Missouri Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Professor of Marketing
Michael Song, Ph.D.
Charles N. Kimball, MRI/Missouri Endowed Chair in Management of Technology and Innovation and Professor of Marketing
Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Human Resources
Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Human Resources faculty at the Bloch School:
Lee Bolman, PhD
Marion Bloch/Missouri Endowed Chair in Leadership
Nancy Day, PhD
Associate Professor of Human Resources
Doranne Hudson
Executive in residence/lecture
Pamela A. Roffol Dobies, PhD
Lecturer
Bob Waris, PhD
Lecturer