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Karen
Jacobs, Ph.D.

Phone: 903.233.3638
Email: KarenJacobs@letu.edu

  • Professor of Management




Karen Jacobs is currently serving as a Professor of Management in the School of Business at LeTourneau University. Her dissertation studied the relationship between effective teaching and servant leadership. She has been teaching for 30 years. LeTourneau holds a special place in her heart because of the students. In addition to preparing students academically, she sees teaching as a ministry that helps prepare students for the mission field of corporate America and beyond.  Karen and her husband Wayne have a passion for strengthening marriages through workshops, seminars and couple coaching.

 

Education

  • Ph.D., Northcentral University
  • M.B.A., Stephen F. Austin State University
  • B.B.A., Stephen F. Austin State University

  

Experience

Before coming to LeTourneau, Karen taught at Stephen F. Austin State University for 10 years. She also has developed and written curriculum for children’s and women’s ministries as well as marriage workshops.


Courses Taught

MGMT2303          Principles of Management

MGMT3203          Human Resource Management

MGMT3313           Organizational Behavior

MGMT4103           Compensation & Benefits

MGMT4203          Staffing

MGMT4313           Conflict Resolution

MGMT4363          Project Management

MGMT4803          Strategic Management

MGMT4943          Business and Engineering Project Management

BUSI3343             Employment Law

BUSI4873             Dynamics of Leadership

BUSI4921              Businesss Internship

LETU1101              Cornerstone: Business

Research Interests

 

  • Faith Integration
  • Servant Leadership
  • Leadership Style and Personality Differences
  • Pedagogy for Improving the Classroom Experience

Publications & Research

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