 Bill
Kahnweiler is an Associate Professor and Director of Human
Resource degree programs, Department of Public Administration
and Urban Studies, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. He
has been in the field of "people development" for over 30
years and has been a professor at GSU since 1990. Prior to his
arrival at GSU, Bill was an organizational and HR consultant
for over 10 years in 3 capacities--as an internal with General
Electric Company, as an external with a large, international
consulting firm (Hay Management Consultants), and as an
entrepreneur running his own consulting business. He also was
an HRD professional for the federal prison system, a public
high school, and a university as well as a professor of
Counseling Psychology at Miami (Ohio) University.
His teaching assignments
focus on non-training HRD interventions, including
organizational career management, organizational development,
and management consulting. In addition, Bill has guided
numerous doctoral students to conduct their own research. His
teaching style is student-centered; thus, he emphasizes the
teaching of and learning from people more than subject matter,
per se.
His research interests include employee involvement in
decision making, innovative group career development
strategies, consulting competencies for HRD professionals, and
effective leadership of HRD functions. He has published over
80 articles in a variety of outlets, from the popular to the
scholarly. Bill has been quoted frequently by local and
national media on a range of "people issues" in the workplace.
He served as editor of the OD Journal, a blind, peer reviewed
journal for OD professionals and academics. He also serves as
a manuscript reviewer for several other scholarly journals.
Bill was elected to and
served on the Board of Directors of The Academy of HRD, the
leading professional association devoted to HRD research. He
has also served on the Boards of several non-profit social
service agencies and task forces, with the goal being to
improve the lives of people and assist them in reaching their
potential.
Bill attempts to walk
the HRD talk in his teaching, research, and service. To help
bring out the best in people is at the root of his
professional endeavors, be they in the classroom, in the
community, or writing at a computer keyboard.
Bill's B.A. (sociology)
and M.A (counseling) are both from Washington University in
St. Louis. His Ph.D. is in counseling and human systems from
Florida State University.
Bill's Web Site:
http://aysps.gsu.edu/people/KahnweilerB.htm
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