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Thomas Bussen

Assistant Teaching Professor

Management


Thomas Bussen

Contact Information

Office Hours

  • T/TH: 2:45 - 4:15pm or by Appointment

Links

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Profile

Academic Background

  • Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA), University of Florida, 2021
  • Juris Doctor (JD), Saint Louis University, 2012
  • MBA, Saint Louis University, 2012
  • BA, Saint Louis University 2009

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Miami University, Assistant Teaching Professor, Management, 2022 - 2024; 2025 - Current
  • Hari Shankar Singhania School of Business, Visiting Professor & Advisor to the Dean, 2024-2025
  • African Leadership University, Assistant Professor, Management, 2020-2022
  • University of Florida, Graduate Assistant, 2018-2020
  • Central European University, Faculty Development Fellow (Spring 2018)
  • American University of Central Asia, Assistant Professor, Business & Law, 2016-2018

Recent Publications

  • Thomas Bussen, with Henry Biggs & Timothy Bono. (2024). Enlightened Self-Interest: Individualism, Community and the Common Good. Georgetown University Press.
  • Biggs, H., Bussen, T., & Ramsey, L. (2019). Shaping the Global Leader: Fundamentals in Culture and Behavior for Optimal Organizational Performance. Routledge.
  • Dr. Maciej Kisilowski, Thomas J. Bussen & Meerim Tupchubaeva, Administrategy: Central Asian Book Edition (Russian language), Turar Publishing, 2018
  • Dr. Nitish Singh & Thomas Bussen, Compliance Management: A How to Guide for Executives, Lawyers and Other Compliance Professionals. ABC-CLIO, March, 2015

Honors & Awards

Biography

Tom is an Assistant Teaching Professor. He holds a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) in the area of Organizational Behavior from the University of Florida. He received his Juris Doctor (JD) and his Masters of Business Administration (MBA), both from St. Louis University. He joined the Management Department following numerous posts abroad, including at the American University of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan), Central European University (Hungary), the African Leadership University in Kigali, Rwanda, and the Hari Shankar Singhania School of Business in Jaipur, India. Tom is a former Peace Corps Volunteer, a member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County, and a volunteer instructor for Professors without Borders (in Nigeria, and India). He has written numerous books and articles on culture and well-being, visited around 80 countries for work and for pleasure, and is a devoted meditator and long distance runner.

Courses

  • MGT 291 D 11:40AM 1:00PM M W 1035 FSB
  • MGT 291 E 1:15PM 2:35PM M W 1035 FSB
  • MGT 291 F 2:50PM 4:10PM M W 1035 FSB
  • MGT 291 G 4:25PM 5:45PM M W 1035 FSB