An authority on promotional selection systems for financial
analysts and upper management in government, the impact
of technology-based toll collection systems on subway riders,
and the use of technology and software to support the
instructional process in higher education, Dr. Dan Baugher is
a professor of management at the Lubin School of Business and
Chair of the Department of Management and Management
Science.
Dr. Baugher has served as a management consultant for Yale
University, the New York State Division of the Budget, AT&T,
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, CBS, the New York State
Division of Taxation and Finance, Hardee’s Food Systems, New
Jersey Transit Rail Operations, the law offices of Fragomen, Del
Rey, and Bernsen, Citibank, American Express, Ardsley Partners
(a $1 billion dollar hedge fund), the New York City Board of
Education, and the Connecticut Department of Labor. Dr. Baugher began his academic career as
a visiting professor at Rutgers University and he served as a research intern in the Human
Resources Research Laboratory of AT&T, where he received training in psychometrics and test
validation. He also served as a research intern at The Carrier Clinic, in Belle Meade, New Jersey
where he developed techniques for assessing the symptoms of clinical depression. He continues
to consult with the Executive Department of the Governor's Office and the New York State
Division of the Budget and has done so under both Governors Pataki and Cuomo. He also
provides credential evaluations on behalf of clients for review by the immigration service and
homeland security, when appropriate.
Dr. Baugher has co-authored several texts and a variety of support materials including videos,
case studies, and computer-based simulations in the field of management on such topics as
strategic management, organizational behavior, leadership, and operations management for
McGraw-Hill, Southwestern Publishing, and Random House. He has also made contributions to
the Encyclopedia of Distance Education. Dr. Baugher is the author of articles in a number of
journals, including Transportation Research Record, Public Personnel Management, Aging and
Work, Journal of Research in Personality, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Journal of
Education in Business, Journal of Managerial Issues, and Decision Sciences Journal of
Innovative Education.
In 1994, Dr. Baugher assessed turnstile throughput for the Metrocard in the New York City
subway system on behalf of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph. He also aided in developing the
business plan for bringing the Metrocard above ground as a payment medium in retail
establishments (then known as expanded utility). In 1998, Dr. Baugher received the Lubin
School of Business Award for Innovation in Teaching and in 2000 and he was the keynote
speaker on the use of Internet-based courseware systems at the Association for Business
Simulation and Experiential Learning (ABSEL). In 2002, SAP, the world's largest enterprise
software manufacturer, awarded a $25,000 grant to Dr. Baugher, Dr. Szen and Dr. Varanelli of
Pace to develop a plug-and-play software module for demonstrating the value of Enterprise
Resource Planning in the design and costing of a new manufacturing facility. In the fall, 2004,
Dr. Baugher along with Dr. Varanelli and Dr. Weisbord of Pace were presented with a best
journal article award by the editors of Decision Sciences Institute for an article appearing in
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative education. In 2007, Dr. Baugher, Dr. Varanelli and Dr.
Weisbord were inducted into the Institute’s Hall of Fame for their research contributions in
business.
Dr. Baugher is currently conducting research on the validity of training and experience as a
predictor of job performance for high-level government managers. He is also developing
research to ascertain the impact of cultural diversity on the performance of students in
competitive business games. Recent research efforts are focusing on how the views of divisional
and corporate executives in diversified service may differ regarding where policies and
procedures should be developed in their firms.