Jim Spee Ph.D.
Education
- Ph.D., Management, Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management Center, The Claremont Graduate School
- Major concentrations in strategic management and management theory
- M.B.A., The Claremont Graduate School
- Concentrations in strategic management and organizational behavior
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington,
- Also completed upper division courses in Aeronautics and Astronautics
- B.S., Engineering and Letters, Calvin University
- Degree awarded concurrent with University of Washington
Professional Background
Professor James C. Spee received his Ph.D. from The Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, USA. He holds an MBA from Claremont, a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle, and a bachelor of science in engineering and letters from Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He teaches courses in strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Redlands School of Business & Society. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Environmental Studies in the University of Redlands College of Arts and Sciences where he teaches courses on sustainable business, sustainable business development, and green design.
Spee’s research focuses on how to connect career and technical education (CTE) pathways to entrepreneurship education in order to create employment opportunities close to where people live. He is also active in diversity and inclusion efforts at the University that resulted in their designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution. He is a member of the board for ONE i/e, a nonprofit supporting startup founders, and of Joshua Tree Recreational Education Experience (JTREE), a non-profit working to build an outdoor education campus inside Joshua Tree National Park.
A native of Seattle, Washington, Spee’s parents owned a small business that chartered helicopters and ran a small airport in Maple Valley, Washington. He spent 3 years working on a community development and micro-credit program in Bangladesh and has worked for nonprofits in California including Union Station Foundation which serves the homeless in Pasadena, and the Boys and Girls Club of Redlands. He is volunteer for the Organization of Black Aviation Professionals Aviation Career Academy and for the Tom Wathen Center’s Aviation Academy at Flabob Airport in Jurupa Valley, CA.
Previous Teaching Experience
- California State University, Fullerton
- Pepperdine University
- University of California, Irvine
- San Bernardino Valley College
- Athabasca University
- Thomas Edison State College
- University of California Riverside Extension
Previous Relevant Work Experience
- 1992-93 Boys and Girls Club of Redlands
- 1986 Union Station Foundation, Pasadena, CA
- 1983 Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. Seattle, WA
- 1980-83 Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, Grand Rapids, MI and Bogra, Bangladesh
Consulting Experience
- Riverside Art Museum
- Riverside Arts Council
- San Bernardino Arts Council
Affiliations
- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
- Management and Organization Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS)
- Organization of Black Aviation Professionals (OBAP)
Publications
Spee, J. C., McMurray, A., & McMillan, M. (2021). Sustainable Relationships are the Foundation of Tribal and Clan Perspectives. In Tribal and Clan Perspectives on Sustainability: Indigenous Stories from Around the Globe (pp. 1–6). Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited.
Spee, J. C., & Tompkins, T. C. (2012). Innovations in curriculum program delivery: Hub and wheel design. The Journal of Human Resource and Adult Learning, 8(2), 20-25. http://www.hraljournal.com/Page/3%20Teri%20C.%20Tompkins.pdf
Spee, J. (2007). Reducing Poverty Through Strategy and Innovation in a Bangladesh Community Development Project. Book chapter in Wankel, C. and Stoner, J. (eds) Innovative Approaches to Reducing Global Poverty. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Spee, J. C. (2019a). The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy, by Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. 115 pages, paperback. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 18(2), 320–323. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2017.0400
McCormick, D. and Spee, J. (2008). IBM and Germany 1922-1941. Organization and Management Journal (Teaching and Learning Section) Volume 5, pp. 208-213. https://doi.org/10.1057/omj.2008.31
McCormick, D. and Spee, J. (2008). Teaching Notes: IBM and Germany 1922-1941. Organization and Management Journal (Teaching and Learning Section) Volume 5, pp. 214-223. https://doi.org/10.1057/omj.2008.25
Awards and Service
- Thunderbird Award for Outstanding Research Paper, Business Assoc. of Latin American Studies, 1993
- Student Recognition Award for Teaching of Graduate Seminar, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, 1997
- Fulbright Senior Lecturer/Research Award in Mexico, Summer/Fall 2001
- Outstanding Alumni Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 2004
- Volunteer Spotlight Recognition, Association for Information Systems, 2010. For a decade of contributions to the field of Information Systems in Latin America
- University Faculty Honors Award for Outstanding Research, University of Redlands, 1993, 2000, 2008, 2015
- University Faculty Honors Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Redlands, 1996
- School of Business Honors Award from Excellence in Research, University of Redlands, 2011 and 2014.
- Recognition Award, for leadership of the Special Interest Group in Geographic Information Systems, Association for Information Systems, 2016.
- Presentations
- Western Academy of Management
- Academy of Management
- Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference
- North American Case Research Association
Areas of Expertise
- Sustainable Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Design Thinking
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Career and Technical Education pathways
- Strategic Management
- Management education and development