Vita

Bing Ran is a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg. His current research involves both macro and micro aspects of organizational life. At the macro level, he is interested in the interactions between organizational identity, organizational structure, and employee's task structure in a creative environment. At the micro level, his interest is in the cognitive linguistic processes of knowledge representation and knowledge integration in modern organizations. His articles have recently appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Public Integrity, Administrative Theory & Praxis, Communications of ACM, Journal of Business and Technical Communication, and Journal of Knowledge & Process Management.

He teaches graduate courses in organizational behavior, organizational theory, and human resource management; and serves as a graduate faculty in MPA, MHA, and PhD programs.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Waterloo (2007)
• M.A.Sc., University of Waterloo (2002)
• M.A., Shanxi University (1997)
• B.A., Shanxi University (1994)

Research Areas

• Knowledge Representation and Integration
• Organizational Identity and Identification
• Employee Task Structure and Organization Structure

Professional Affiliations

• Academy of Management
• Administrative Science Association of Canada

Course Offerings

• P ADM 505 Human Resources in the Public and Nonprofit Sector
• P ADM 510 Organizational Behavior
• H ADM 510 Organizational Behavior
• P ADM 511 Organizational Change and Development

Selected Publications

Ran, B. & Duimering, P.R.(2009). Conceptual Combination: Models, Theories, and Controversies. In Stella P. Weingarten and Helena O. Penat (ed.), Cognitive Psychology Research Developments. New York: Nova Science. pp 39 – 64

Plant, J & Ran, B.(2009). Education for Ethics and Human Resource Management: A Necessary Synergy Public Integrity. Vol 11, No. 3 pp. 221 – 238.

Ran, B. (2008). Book Review: Organizing Doubt - Grounded Theory, Army Units and Dealing with Dynamic Complexity. Administrative Theory & Praxis. Vol. 30. No. 3. pp. 377-382.

Safayeni, F.; Duimering, R.; Zheng, K.; Derbentseva, N.; Poile, C.; Ran, B (2008) Requirements Engineering in New Product Development: How effective are the necessary interactions? Communications of ACM Vol.51. No.3. pp.77 - 82

Ran, B. & Duimering, P.R. (2007) Imaging the Organization: Language use in Organizational Identity Claims Journal of Business and Technical Communication Vol. 21 No. 2 pp. 155 - 187

Duimering, P.R.; Ran, B. , Derbentseva, N.; Poile, C (2006) Patterns of Task Change due to Ambiguity in New Product Development Journal of Knowledge & Process Management Vol. 13 No. 4 pp. 239 - 251