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Edward J. Romar , PhD

  • Lecturer in Management
  • Telephone: 617-287-7884
  • Office Location: M-5-437

Areas of Expertise

Business Ethics, Business-to-Business Marketing

Degrees

PhD, City University of New York
BA, University of Massachusetts Boston

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Romar, Edward (2009), “Harmony as Strategic Intent: How the Confucian Concept of Harmony can Contribute to Firm Success.” Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Management, Enterprise, and Benchmarking, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 71-79.
  • Romar, Edward (2009), “Snapshots of the Future: Darfur, Katrina, and Maple Sugar (Climate Change, The Less Well-Off and Business Ethics),” Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 85, N0.1.
  • Romar, Edward, J. (2008), “Noble Markets: The Noble/Slave Ethic in Hayek’s Free Market Capitalism,” Online, forthcoming hard copy, Journal of Business Ethics.
  • Romar, Edward J. and Gavriel Meirovich (2006), “The Difficulty of Implementing TQM in Higher Education Instruction: The Duality of Student/Instructor Roles,” Journal of Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. 14, No 4.
  • Romar , Edward J., Managerial Harmony: The Confucian Ethics of Peter F. Drucker, in John C. Wood and Michael C. Wood eds., (2005), Peter F Drucker: Critical Evaluations, Routledge, London , England.
  • Romar, Edward J. and Gavriel Meirovich (2005), “Confucianism as an Ethical Foundation for Total Quality Management,” Business and Professional Ethics Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Additional Information

Background

Dr. Romar was employed for many years at IBM, where he held more progressively responsible marketing positions. He has also operated a small consulting practice specializing in providing strategy and business development services to small technology companies. He joined the CM faculty in 1995.

Courses Taught

Managerial Ethics, Business Environment and Public Policy, Strategic Management, Managing Organizations and Principles of Marketing, Marketing Management, Business-to-Business E-Commerce.

Research Interests

Business ethics, The uses of technology in marketing, The marketing of technology products.

Honors
  • Spring 2009, Fulbright Scholar, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary
  • Summer 2008, Visiting Professor, International Summer Program, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.