Communicating in Organizations: A Customized Version of Communicating in Business Designed Specifically for Bakersfield College

Robert Insley is the coordinator for the business communication course offerings in the Department of Management (College of Business) at the University of North Texas. He received his B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Business Education from Bowling Green State University and his Ed.D. in Business Education, with specialization in Business Communication, from Northern Illinois University. He was a high school business teacher and wrestling coach before working as a software quality reviewer for Zenith Data Systems. Next, he turned his attention to university teaching, research, and service. He is a senior faculty fellow in the Next Generation Course Redesign Program at the University of North Texas—a program designed to promote engaged learning instructional strategies. He is also the faculty advisor for the Alpha Nu chapter of Phi Chi Theta business and economics fraternity. He has won several university and college awards including the university Honor Professor Award, several College of Business Outstanding Teacher Awards, and the university Extraordinary Professional Service Award. He is a member of honor societies in business and business education.

Robert has 32 years of experience teaching business communication, organizational behavior, and management concepts as well as other courses. He has served on several Ph.D. dissertation committees as well as numerous university, college, and department committees. Over the years, he has consulted and conducted training sessions for a number of corporations and governmental associations including the Ford Motor Company, UPS, and Boeing Electronics.

He has conducted research on a variety of business communication topics, instructional pedagogies, engaged learning, communication technologies, university space management, and business ethics. He has had articles published in the Journal of Business Communication, Business Communication Quarterly, The Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Organizational Behavior Education, Journal of Business & Entrepreneurship, Journal of Computer Information Systems, and elsewhere. Robert has also written supplements for business communication, organizational behavior, principles of management, introduction to business, and labor relations and negotiations textbooks. He has also given presentations and chaired sessions at numerous international and national professional conferences including the Association for Business Communication, Academy of Management, Decision Sciences Institute, Comparative International Educational Society, American Educational Research Association, Society for Research in Higher Education, Sloan Consortium Blended Learning Conferences, and World Universities Forum Conference.

Robert has served on several school district bond committees in his home town. He has served consistently on the technology subcommittees and most recently chaired the technology and security subcommittee.