Dr. Barry Barnes

barry@nova.edu

Dr. Barry Barnes has been teaching graduate level courses at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship since May, 1997. He teaches Strategic Decision Making and Organizational Behavior in the Doctoral program, and he teaches Leading Change and Situational Leadership at the Masters level. He has taught courses for NSU in China, Brazil, Germany, Jamaica and many locations around the U. S. He is Professor and Chair of the Leadership program.

Dr. Barnes works to create a "community of learning" in his classes where students learn from each other as well as from him. Two principles he applies to this end are responsiveness to students and continual improvement of his teaching process. He works toward energizing and involving students to shift the learning process from passive/dependent to active/experiential. Moreover, he challenges students to stretch and work to their fullest capabilities. His goal is for students to understand and apply the management theories and concepts presented, not merely memorize them. Dr. Barnes frequently draws on his considerable business experience to accomplish these goals.

Prior to entering academia, Dr. Barnes had a 20-year career in business. Much of that time was spent at John Deere Company in Kansas City where he held a variety of positions including Manager of Information Systems and Supervisor of Market Forecasting. He also worked for IBM where he was a Marketing Representative, and he was Data Processing Manager for an automotive parts warehouse. In addition he owned and operated several small businesses including a computer consulting business, a training and development business, and a retail record store.

Dr. Barnes and his wife live in Plantation, Florida. He has one grown daughter in Norfolk, VA, and his wife has two grown children living in Kansas City, MO.