Talya Bauer, Ph.D. Wins Academy of Management Innovative Teaching Award

Washington, DC , August 4, 2015 (Newswire.com) - The Academy of Management’s 2015 Human Resources Division Innovative Teaching Award is given to Talya Bauer, Ph.D. The award recognizes colleagues in the HR Division of the Academy of Management who have demonstrated innovation in the classroom or leadership in disseminating their innovations in the teaching of HRM. Special attention is given to methods that are developed as a result of interactions with the business community and those methods and designs that are widely disseminated. The award ceremony will be held at the Academy of Management meeting on Monday, August 10 from 7:30 am – 9:30 am at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in Saturna Island, British Columbia. Dr. Bauer’s latest textbook, Organizational Behavior, will be available in the Flat World booth #124 at the Academy of Management Annual meeting in Vancouver from August 7-11.  

“We are proud to have Dr. Bauer as part of Flat World’s distinguished group of authors. Her contribution as an author, educator and innovator to our digital-first textbooks allow us to provide affordable and flexible agile learning solutions.” Said Chris Etesse, CEO, Flat World. “On behalf of the whole Flat World team, we congratulate Dr. Bauer on receiving AOM’s 2015 Innovative Teaching Award.”

"We are proud to have Dr. Bauer as part of Flat World's distinguished group of authors. Her contribution as an author, educator and innovator to our digital-first textbooks allow us to provide affordable and flexible agile learning solutions."

Chris Etesse, CEO, Flat World

About Talya Bauer, Ph.D.
Dr. Bauer earned her degree in Business with a special emphasis in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources from Purdue University. She is an award-winning researcher and teacher in the areas of recruitment and selection and new employee onboarding and offboarding. Her work has been covered in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, the Oregonian, Portland Business Journal, and Business Week as well as appearing on NPR and KGW News. Dr. Bauer has co-authored several textbooks, which includes Flat World’s Organizational Behavior and Principles of Management.

About Flat World
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It has upgraded the creation of higher education textbooks, using digital technology in order to deliver quality products to more than one million students, 13,000 faculties, and 2,500 institutions worldwide. It supports today’s higher education by addressing some of the biggest issues, including degree affordability, access and efficiency through an online platform for skill-based or competency-based learning.

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