Sandy Gough was unanimously selected for induction into The Business Strategy Game Hall of Fame as a Master Professor. Out of more than 4,000 registered BSG instructors, Sandy and 13 others have achieved Master Professor status by having one or more Grand Champion teams in the Best-Strategy Invitational competition for August of 2009.

Craig Carter, Tom Gattiker and Lisa Ellram

The Journal of Supply Chain Management recently announced the winner of the 2008 Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award. Tom Gattiker’s winning paper is titled: ‘‘Structure-Infrastructure Alignment: The Relationship between TQM Orientation and the Adoption of Supplier-Facing Electronic Commerce among Manufacturers.” Xiaowen Huang and Roger Schroeder were co-authors on the paper.

The winning paper was chosen by a subcommittee of the Journal’s Associate Editors. This year’s subcommittee members were Amelia Carr, Phil Evers, Britta Gammelgaard, and Larry Giunipero. The other finalists for the 2008 Award were:

‘‘Strategic Alignment and Purchasing Efficacy: An Exploratory Analysis of Their Impact on Financial Performance” Christian Baier, Evi Hartmann, and Roger Moser

‘‘The Information Technology Capability of Third-Party Logistics Providers: A Resource-Based View and Empirical Evidence from China” Fujan Lai, Dahui Li, Qiang Wang, and Xiande Zhao

‘‘Development of Cooperative Norms in the Buyer-Supplier Relationship: The Chinese Experience” Shaohan Cai and Zhilin Young

‘‘Supplier Innovativeness and the Role of Interorganizational Learning in Enhancing Manufacturer Capabilities” Arash Azadegan, Kevin J. Dooley, Phillip L. Carter and Joseph R. Carter.

The Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award is generously funded by the Institute for Supply Management. This year’s Award was presented at the Journal of Supply Chain Management Reception at the Academy of Management Conference in Chicago, Illinois on August 8, 2009.

To see this paper go to 2008 Harold E. Fearon Best Paper Award.

The award, established in honor of John Lawler, former Journal editor and AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) Senior Vice-President, consists of a $500 cash prize and an award. It recognizes the author(s) of the best article published in the Journal during the twelve months ending with the December issue, as determined by the magazine’s editorial advisers.

The winning article was co-authored with Paul Miller, Professor of Accountancy, and Brian McAllister, Assistant Professor of Accountancy, both at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Dusty Bodie was honored as the Boise State Service-Learning Faculty of the Year at the Celebration of Service on April

 30. Bodie has taught with service-learning for six years in four different courses: Nonprofit Management (MBA), Human Resource Management, Managing in the Nonprofit Sector, and Leadership Skills.

Students consistently report that Bodie’s expert content knowledge, enthusiasm and mentoring made their service-learning experience exceptionally valuable for professional and personal development. Bodie has served on the Service-Learning Advisory Board and has been involved with several nonprofit organizations for years. Other service-learning honorees include Boise Rescue Mission (Community Partner of the Year) and Cristina Bistricean (Student of the Year).

Dusty Bodie’s Recent Publications

Baughn, C., Bodie, N. (2009) Socio-Political and Economic Influences on Corporate Environmental Responsibility in Europe. Revista de Responsabilidad Social de la Empresa.

Kaupins, G., Bodie, N. (2008) Live case options for human resource management classes.. Western Journal of Human Resource Management.

Quddus, M., Bell, R. L., Bodie, N. (2009). Faculty Perceptions and Encounters with Disrespectful Student Behavior. To appear in Academy of Educational Leadership Journal (AELJ).