Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Details
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
College News
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ comes to campus Nov. 12 to 15
Little Shop of Horrors, with its man-eating plant Audrey II and toe-tapping music, comes to Penn State Harrisburg’s Olmsted Auditorium for a four-day run November 12 through 15.
Presented by the college’s Capital Players with a cast and crew of 24 undergraduate and graduate students, Little Shop of Horrors takes to the stage at 8 p.m. November 12, 13, and 14 with a 2 p.m. matinee November 15.
Research, innovation partnerships profiled at ’EnerG‘ symposium
Penn State Harrisburg recently hosted a “Research Symposium on EnerG,” an overview of the Innovation Transfer Network effort pairing area business with regional faculty and students on energy-related initiatives aimed at accelerating commercialization.
The symposium brought together all parties involved for an update on the partnerships progress.
Obama Administration gets "Six–Month Checkup" Nov. 4
A local consultant physician and surgeon will join three Penn State Harrisburg faculty experts to give a public “Six-Month Checkup of the Obama Administration” at noon Wednesday, Nov. 4.
The presentation in the Gallery Lounge of the Olmsted Building on campus is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6315.