Edwin C. Leonard, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. He received his Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctor's degrees from Purdue University. Since joining the faculty 35 years ago, he has held a variety of positions, including chair of the Management and Marketing Department in the School of Business and Management Sciences. Dr. Leonard has designed and conducted workshops for thousands of supervisors and managers. Dr. Leonard currently serves as academic advisor and coordinator of Do-it-Best Corp's Retail Management Training Course—a comprehensive management program for one of the nation's largest hardware and building materials retailers. Dr. Leonard is also associated with a major full-service training and consulting firm. Dr. Leonard's primary research interests include employee involvement, teaming, organizational climate and leadership, human resource management interventions, and case development. He has published in a variety of academic and professional journals, instructional supplement manuals, and proceedings. His professional memberships include the American Evaluation Association, the Midwest Society for Human Resources/Industrial Relations, the Society for Case Research (SCR), and the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society. Dr. Leonard was the recipient of the National University Continuing Education Association's Service Award for Continuing Education for the Professions and has received the Award of Teaching Excellence from the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies. Dr. Leonard has received several 'best paper' and 'distinguished case' awards from various organizations.
Dr. RaymondL. Hilgert was Professor of Management and Industrial Relations at the Olin School of Business of Washington University. He graduated from Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and received his Master's and Doctor's degrees from Washington University. His business experience included management positions at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and a market research position with an advertising firm. Dr. Hilgert taught at Washington University for more 35 years, where he served as an Assistant Dean and Director of Management Development Programs. He published approximately 90 articles in management, business, and academic journals and co-authored five books on human resources management, supervision, and collective bargaining. Dr. Hilgert was a member of the Academy of Management, the Industrial Relations Research Association, the Society for Human Resource Management, the American Compensation Association, and the American Management Association. He participated in or directed numerous management, supervisory, and business ethics programs and seminars. As an arbitrator certified by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Dr. Hilgert decided more than 550 grievance-arbitration cases. He held the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) accreditation from the Personnel Accreditation Institute and received numerous teaching awards from students at Washington University.
