Carol D. Hansen
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- School: Georgia State University
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Atlanta, GA - 30303 - Dates at Georgia State University: December 2006 - January 2011
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Biography
Georgia State University - Public Policy
Visiting Professor Universities of Strasbourg and Valencia
Carol
Hansen
Greater Atlanta Area
Consultant and academic in international cultural assessment, organizational culture, cross-cultural management and training development. Strong international background with experience in Western Europe and West Africa. Fluent French and years of experience in living and working in Francophone countries. Authored two books and over 40 book chapters, articles and papers. Pioneered research techniques that are presently used in academia and business. Continues to serve as a visiting professor to the MBA program at the University of Strasbourg, France.
Experience
Georgia State University
Associate Professor and Emerita
Tenured member of the senior research faculty, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. Taught and conducted research in organizational culture, qualitative research, training design and needs analysis and program evaluation. Published two books and over 40 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters. and papers. Supervised 12 award winning dissertations. Visiting Professor at the Universities of Paris (Sorbonne), Strasbourg, L'Essec, Paris-Est, Valencia, Lausanne and Mainz. Taught graduate seiminars and conducted research in French. Created exchange programs with the University of Strasbourg and the University of Lausanne. DADD scholar to Germany. Faculty consultant to the Educational Research Bureau in ethnographic research. Outstanding GSU Faculty Schievement Award Finalist, 1997.
U.S. Department of State
Branch Chief for Human Resource Development
Created three Human Performance Technology (HPT) sections: Program evaluation, Instructional design and Media development. Conducted worldwide HPT studies to identify cultural issues and training needs for Foreign Service Officiers and local nationals.Chaired inter-agency task forces (which included the CIA, the FBI, and the US Marine Corps) and established graduate-level internships with local universities. Created presidential cabinent briefings for the Secretary and other high level briefings at the Assistant Secretary level. Received Agency Performance Award, 1989.
Emory University Hospital
Lead Research Consultant
Lead an on-going faculty team to conduct funded cultural assessment of medical personnel who support chronically ill and dying patients. The team employed methodology created by me and published in the peer reviewed journal "Human Relations." The findings yeilded recommendations for the training of medical students and other medical personnel and also led to a review of procedures and practices related to organ donnation. The study was conducted in several stages over a period of 5 years.
IntraHealth International
Research Assistant and Translator
Analized and translated program evaluation data on family planning training programs conducted in North and Sub-Sahran Africa. Served as one of three agency translators (French to English). The agency and the USAID supported my dissertation research in educational psychology conducted in Morocco with the Ministry of Public Health. All data were collected and analyzed in French.
Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Human Resources Development and Cultural Anthropology
Dissertation: A Study in Cognition and Culture through Subject Designed Stories in Film. Data collected in Morocco and supported by the Ministry of Public Health in Morocco en francais. Chair: Wallace Hannum, Educational Psychology. Doctoral minor in cultural anthropology with Norris Johnson.The University of Illinois at Champaign
MAT
20th Century European History
Thesis on the White Rose Student Resistance Movement at the University of Munich. .The University of Illinois at Champaign
Bachelor of Science (BS)
History Education and French
Junior year abroad at the University of Paris - Sorbonne and attended the summer program for international affairs at the University of Geneva.
Publications
The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development
Palgrave
Book Review: Adult Education Quarterly 2011 61: 299 Carmeda L. Stokes and William H. Young Context of Human Resource Development . New York, NY: Palgrave Hansen, Carol D. & Lee, Yih-teen (Eds.). (2009). The book provides insight into the cultural diverseness of human resource development (HRD). The text aims to broaden the knowledge of the HRD field by communicating the impact that culture has on the development of human resources in various organizational settings. To achieve this objective, the text is composed of 14 chapters written by various authors that together provide the reader insight and understanding of the role and function of HRD in varying cultural contexts. The book is organized into three main parts. Each part addresses a focused question. Part I asks the question, “How and why cultural context is important to HRD.” It sets a foundation for discussion by establishing how anthropology is vital to the cultural comprehension of HRD theory and practice. More specifically, how anthropological methods have informed organizational practices related to training and development, organizational development, and career development. Part II interrogates how the national or societal culture of an organization influences the role and strategies of HRD (e.g., emphasis on management development in the United States vs. technical training in Germany). It encompasses six chapters that provide illustrative views of HRD from six different “societal cultures.” Part III consists of seven chapters that focus on the role and functions of HRD from a sociocultural context of the American model of HRD and poses the question, “Does individual organizational culture affect the strategic power of employee development interventions?” In its entirety, the text reflects a variety of international perspectives and organizational settings in which the aim and purpose of HRD are explored.
The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development
Palgrave
Book Review: Adult Education Quarterly 2011 61: 299 Carmeda L. Stokes and William H. Young Context of Human Resource Development . New York, NY: Palgrave Hansen, Carol D. & Lee, Yih-teen (Eds.). (2009). The book provides insight into the cultural diverseness of human resource development (HRD). The text aims to broaden the knowledge of the HRD field by communicating the impact that culture has on the development of human resources in various organizational settings. To achieve this objective, the text is composed of 14 chapters written by various authors that together provide the reader insight and understanding of the role and function of HRD in varying cultural contexts. The book is organized into three main parts. Each part addresses a focused question. Part I asks the question, “How and why cultural context is important to HRD.” It sets a foundation for discussion by establishing how anthropology is vital to the cultural comprehension of HRD theory and practice. More specifically, how anthropological methods have informed organizational practices related to training and development, organizational development, and career development. Part II interrogates how the national or societal culture of an organization influences the role and strategies of HRD (e.g., emphasis on management development in the United States vs. technical training in Germany). It encompasses six chapters that provide illustrative views of HRD from six different “societal cultures.” Part III consists of seven chapters that focus on the role and functions of HRD from a sociocultural context of the American model of HRD and poses the question, “Does individual organizational culture affect the strategic power of employee development interventions?” In its entirety, the text reflects a variety of international perspectives and organizational settings in which the aim and purpose of HRD are explored.
The Cultural Context of HRD in USA and Canada
2014 University Forum (International) Human Resource Development Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland
Practitioners responsible for training and organization change in multi-national companies were interviewed. Exploratory, qualitative, comparative study of influence of societal culture in the practice of training, career development, organization development in Francophone Quebec, Anglophone Canada and the US revealed potential differences in intent, actors, language, and religion linked to colonial history of the region influences business practice and expansion efforts.
