Dr. Benjamin Benson
College Professor

Professional Development Center
Phone (248)204-3092
benson@ltu.edu

Dr. Ben Benson serves as College Professor in the College of Management. Benson teaches MBA courses including Strategic Management, Leadership and Management, and Project Management. Prior to joining the College as a full-time faculty member, he served as an Adjunct Faculty Member since 2001.

Recently, Dr. Benson served as DaimlerChrysler's Global Account Manager for Development Dimensions International, a global Human Resource consulting firm based in Pittsburgh with more than 70 offices around the world. Previously, Benson held senior leadership posts as Sales and Engagement Director for Spherion Technology and as an Associate Partner for Accenture, where he worked for eight years leading large-scale consulting initiatives such as Mergers, Systems Integration, and Organization Restructuring.

Benson earned a Ph.D. from Wayne State University in Organization Design. He has consulted for 20 years in the automotive industry, from shop floor execution to Corporate Strategy, at organizations such as DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Nissan, Mazda, Caterpillar, and the UAW. Outside of the automotive industry, Ben has consulted for leading organizations including Brunswick, Kmart, State Farm, BankOne, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aon, University of Michigan, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, and US Bank. Ben has published research with the American Society for Training and Development and with South-Western College Publishing in the areas of leadership development, change management, and HR transformation. Ben is a lifelong Detroiter, living in Troy, MI with his wife, Dawn and son, Benjamin.

Areas of Expertise

Education

• Detroit College of Law, Post-Doctoral Studies (Legal Writing, Contracts) - 1993
• Wayne State University, Ph.D. (Organization Design/Instructional Technology) - 1988
• University of Detroit, Master of Arts (Public Administration) - 1984
• University of Michigan, Bachelor of Business (Business Administration) -1983
• Accenture Training: Relationship Selling, Balanced Scorecard, IT Strategy, eCRM, Improving SupplyChain, Global Mergers, Procurement,eCommerce, mCommerce & Dealership, B2C Solutions. Business Redesign. Signature Selling. Customer Acquisition and Market Share.

Teaching Experience

• Lawrence Technological University - MBA Program, College Professor (Project Management, Strategic Management, Leadership and Management) - 2004 to present, Adjunct Faculty Member, 2001-2004
• University of Detroit Mercy - Instructor (Business Communication) - 1993 to 1995
• University of Michigan - Adjunct Professor (Technical Writing for Engineers) - 1988 to1992
• Wayne State University - Adjunct Professor (Business Writing) - 1984 to 1998
• Saint Mary's College - Assistant Professor (Organization Design) - 1984 to 1991

Publications and Presentations

• CFO Understanding of Back Office Return on Top- and Bottom-Line Improvement. Management Performance Institute and DDI. 2004.
• Human Performance: The Last Button on the Automotive Dashboard. Accenture POV Series. 2001.
• eCommerce and the Human Performance Framework. Accenture Knowledge Manager: eLearning Toolkit, v.2. 2000.
• Change Management and Human Resources in the 21st Century. Southwestern. 2000; HR in 21st Century.
• In Focus: Chrysler Finance College: Change Management and Reengineering. American Society for Training and Development Press. 1998.
• "Shared Services: Achieving Organization Change without Mutiny." IASA, Nashville 1997.