Ph.D.
Lecturer
Phone: 816-235-2209 | dobiesp@umkc.edu
210 Bloch School
Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
Pam Dobies is a lecturer in organizational behavior, leadership, and human resources within the Bloch School’s Department of Organizational Leadership and Marketing. Pam obtained a B.S. in Secondary Education – Foreign Languages from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She received both of her advanced degrees from the Bloch School -- an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Public Affairs and Administration and Sociology, and a Masters in Public Administration.
Dobies brings to the classroom more than twenty-five years of experience in service industries – and lots of good stories to tell. As an accomplished speaker and trainer, Dobies has presented over seventy-five management seminars and workshops to large audiences in business, government, and nonprofit organizations. Her talent as a creative problem solver and innovator brought her success as a manager and consultant in the fields of insurance, criminal justice, and information systems. Dobies was also a top-performing marketing representative for an international training organization that supported human resource and information technology functions. More recently, Dobies owned and operated a management consulting business with over thirty client organizations; she guided senior managers and executive boards in service organizations through successful changes in the design and culture of their organizations. Dobies has also spent a few hours in classrooms over the last fifteen years as an adjunct instructor or guest lecturer at several local colleges and universities.
Dobies is pursuing applied research in the healthcare arena. She enjoys collaborating with medical practitioners to explore systems issues that facilitate or impede healthcare delivery through hospitals. At present, Dobies is examining the organizational design, effectiveness, and change processes employed in the delivery of palliative care; this is a relatively new medical specialty that is influencing the concept and practice of care in hospitals. Dobies has a passion for these issues since they have very closely touched her personal life.
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