About

Presently I’m the Dean of Technology and Business Programs for American Sentinel University (ASU).  I began working for ASU in 2002 when I became the Associate Dean of Business Programs.  Prior to joining ASU, I was a professor and developed online courses for Aspen University.  From 2000 to the present I have developed more than sixty online graduate and undergraduate courses in Business, Technology, Business Intelligence, Healthcare/Nursing, and Criminal Justice.   I have been involved with obtaining DETC accreditation for new courses and new degree programs such as BSBA, BSBA-Human Resource Management, MS-Nursing, RN to BS-Nursing, MS-Business Intelligence, MBA, MBA-Sustainable Management, and MBA-Healthcare.

I have taught a variety of online courses including the following graduate courses: MBA Capstone-Research, MBA Capstone-Business Simulation, MBA Capstone-Strategic Planning, Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Change Management, Management Theory, Nursing Research, Human Resource Management-Healthcare, and Modern Organizations in Healthcare.  At the undergraduate level in a classroom setting, I have taught Senior Capstone Research Course, Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Marketing Management, Organizational Development, Management Theory, and Personal Finance

Within my role at ASU, I also lecture at Ningbo Dahongying University in China.  In addition to classroom teaching, I work with Ningbo Dahongying University President Wu Guoliang on matters related to faculty development.  The picture on the left was taken during my May 2008 visit to Ningbo Dahongying University, with an ASU visiting professor a several other faculty members.  My work with Ningbo Dahongying University also includes teaching online courses, including the Senior Capstone Research course.

also work with my wife who is the Managing Partner of eLearning and Development.  We provide teaching, research, curriculum development, and consulting services to on-line educational institutions and corporations who wish to provide on-line education for their employees.

Recently, Dr. Dani Babb and I completed writing a book about online course development.  This book has the working title: A Guide to Online Course Development for Trainers, Professors and Learning Entrepreneurs.  I have also recently completed work on a textbook with the working title: Change Management 360.  I have also written several ebooks including: Change Navigation, Breakthrough Change Management, Breakthrough Performance Management, Leading and Developing Teams, Breakthrough Performance Management for Teams, Performance, Making Changes, and Corporate Culture, and Human Performance Architecture.

My Academic Career Summary

University of Missouri-Columbia

While completing my Ph.D. degree, I thought Personal Finance and Principles of Management.

Aspen University

I developed more than forty online courses in Aspen’s Masters in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and Masters in Nursing Administration degree programs.

American Sentinel University

At American Sentinel University I created entire degree programs including a Masters Degree in Business Administration, a Masters Degree in Business Administration – Healthcare, and Masters Degree in Business Intelligence.  I developed more than 60 online courses in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Web Design, Geographic Information Systems, Nursing, and Technology Management.  I played important roles in obtaining DETC accreditation for degree programs.  I taught numerous online courses in Information Systems, Nursing Management, and the MBA program including those related to Change Management, Strategic Management, Organizational Behavior, the MBA Capstone course, Human Resource Management, and Nursing Research.  Dr. Dani Babb and I have recently completed a book on developing online courses for universities and training organizations.  We expected to have a contract with a publisher by the end of 2008.

My Consulting Career Summary

Prior to founding eLearning and Development with my wife, I worked exclusively for a client in China to help them establish a joint venture technology company in China with Compaq Corporation. From 1996 to late 1998, I was the Managing Director of Change Management, Greater China, for Andersen Consulting (now called Accenture Consulting). I managed more than 50 consultants based in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei, generating more than $4 million in annual revenues. The picture on the right is from a seminar and retreat I hosted for my staff in Hong Kong.  I joined Andersen Consulting in 1994 and was initially assigned to the Atlanta office. In 1995, I was promoted and transferred to Andersen’s consulting office in Seoul, Korea. A year later, I moved to Taiwan and assumed responsibility for the Greater China Change Management Consulting Practice.

From 1992 to 1994, I worked for Alexander & Alexander Consulting, initially to establish an Organizational Effectiveness consulting practice in Atlanta.  Later, I was appointed National Practice Leader for Organizational Effectiveness consulting in Canada.

From 1988 to 1992, I was a Principal with the Watson-Wyatt Company in Phoenix where I orchestrated the start-up of an organizational effectiveness consulting practice.  I conducted a variety of human resource consulting assignments in the Mountain States Region, specializing in performance management, organizational development, and compensation.

From 1982 to 1987, I founded and managed my own consulting firm in Dallas, Texas – Phillip Ash & Associates. Through his firm, I participated in several corporate turnaround projects in Tulsa, OK – most notably Telex Computer Products and Liberty Glass Company.  In addition, he partnered with Sun Venture Capital Partners to conduct due diligence studies and turnaround proposals.

I began my consulting career with Ernst & Young as a Senior Consultant in 1977.  Later I became a Manager in the Dallas Office and served as Practice Leader until 1982.

Prior to consulting, I was a member of the faculty at Columbia College and the University of Missouri.

Education Summary

University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Ph.D.
Strategic Management
Full Academic Fellowship
Special Stipend as a Business School Lecture

Drake University
Des Moines, IA
M.B.A.
Management Emphasis
Class President
Full Academic Scholarship

William Jewell College
Liberty, MO
B.S.
Business Administration
Partial Academic Scholarship
Finalist, Wall Street Journal Award for Outstanding Business Graduate

For more information and to view my ePortfolio visit my personal website at www.professor-ash.com