Season 2 Episode 19

Corporate Relations and Training Leaders at the Moore School

• Host
  • Dr. Kasie Whitener, Clinical Assistant Professor, Management
• Guest
  • Dr. Patrick Wright, Associate Dean for Corporate Relations

Universities have relationships with corporate partners that span multiple disciplines and schools. Coordinating those relationships takes transparency and leadership. In his new role as Associate Dean of Corporate Relations, Dr. Pat Wright is representing the Moore School in a campus-wide effort to get on the same page with our corporate partners. In this episode of Moore Impact, we discuss the role, the responsibilities, and the opportunities presented by moving the Moore School forward.

We also look at the newly adopted Leadership Framework at the Moore School, the elements and the various ways we’re using classroom and non-classroom engagements to help our students grow competencies in it. Lastly, we touch on Wright’s upcoming paper about DEI in companies and what’s really going on there.

Patrick Wright is the Associate Dean for Corporate Relations, management department chair, Thomas C. Vandiver Bicentennial Chair and professor of management at the University of South Carolina. He is also founder and former faculty director of the Center for Executive Succession at the Moore School. He teaches, conducts research and consults in the area of strategic human resource management. In particular, his research focuses on how firms use people as a source of competitive advantage, changing nature of the chief HR officer role and CEO succession processes. Each year he conducts a survey of Fortune 500 CHROs which gains insights on issues and challenges from the top of the HR house. Wright has published over 70 research articles in journals, over 20 chapters in books and edited volumes and has co-authored two textbooks and two books on HR practice. He has also served a 3-year term as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Management. 

Topics in this discussion include:

• The Corporate Relations role
• How coordination benefits the Moore School and our students
• The Leadership Framework and how we’re delivering qualified students
• How the Leadership Framework was developed and set to be implemented
• What’s next in Leadership training at the Moore School
• Wright’s research on DEI and what companies are reporting on the topic

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