Dr. Ronald E. Purser

Adjunct Professor-Management

Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, CO

Hassan, R & Purser, R. (Eds). (2007). 24/7: Time and temporality in the network society. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Purser, R.E. (2007). Large group interventions: A review of theory and practice. In T. Cummings (Ed.), Handbook of organization development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Purser, R. (2008, March) A taste of MERLOT (Multi-media Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. Symposium presentation at the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA.

Purser, R.(2008, April). The role of primary process thinking in positive organization design. Paper presented at the Positive Organization Design Conference. Monterey, Mexico, April 2008.

Purser, R. (2008, July). The order of disorder in scientific creativity. Paper presentation at the International Society for the Psychology of Science and Technology conference, Berlin.

Purser, R. (2008, August). Challenging the inquiry defiency in management education and professional practice. Symposium presented at the Academy of Management conference, Anaheim, CA.

Purser, R., A. L., (2010, August 8). The dilemmas of management: Zen, Koans and creativity. Paper resented at Academy of Management, Management, Spirituality and Religion Interest Group, Montreal, Canada. (August 8, 2010).

Purser, R., (2010, August 9). What Zen Koans can teach management. Paper presented at Academy of Mangement, Management, Spirituality and Religion Interest Group, Montreal, Canada. (August 9, 2010).

Purser, R. (2010, November 13). Protecting the academic freedom of chairs in times of financial crisis. Paper presented at Shared Governance, American Association of University Professors, Washington DC. (November 13, 2010).

Purser, R. (2011). A Buddhist-Lacanian perspective on Lack. The Humanistic Psychologist, 39.

Purser, R. (2011). Developing awareness of time in organizational change. Organization Development Journal.

Purser, R. (2011, June 8). No professor left behind. Paper presented at Annual Conference on the State of Higher Education, American Association of University Professors, Washington DC.

Purser, R. (2011, June 8). Protecting academic freedom through campus investigation: Lessons from two case studies. Paper presented at Annual Conference on the State of Higher Education, American Association of University Professors, Washington DC.

Purser, R. (2011, July 8). Zen and the art of organizational maintenance. Paper presented at European group for Organization Studies, Gothenberg Sweden.

Purser, R. (2011, August). Virtual R&D organizations: A sociotechnical systems study. Paper presented at Academy of Management, San Antonio, Texas.