Allen Amason

Allen C. Amason is a retired professor and a consultant in strategic management and leadership. He is Dean Emeritus of the Parker College of Business at Georgia Southern University, and formerly a professor at the University of Georgia and Mississippi State University.

Early life and education Amason was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised near Brunswick, Georgia, where he attended high school at Glynn Academy, graduating in 1980. He received his bachelor's degree in finance in 1984 from Georgia Southern University grow substantially, earning him a position on Stanford / Elsevier's annual list of the world's top scholars and researchers.

Administration and service Amason became chair of the Department of Management at the Terry College, in 2006. In 2013, Amason left the University of Georgia to become Dean at the Parker College of Business at Georgia Southern University. As dean, he oversaw significant growth in enrollment, student outcomes, rankings, and programmatic reputation, as well as significant growth in fundraising. Since 2013, the Parker College has received over $13 million in gifts and pledges, including a $5 million gift from Greg Parker, the largest single cash gift in the history of the university. Under his leadership, the Parker College launched multiple high-impact learning programs, including Eagles on Wall Street, the Parker Business Scholars, Eagles on Penn Ave., Business Abroad, and Professional Development Day.

Over the course of his career, Amason served as president of the Southern Management Association, a regional affiliate of the Academy of Management (2008–2009), on the board of governors of the Southern Management Association (2000–2002), and director of undergraduate advancement in the Institute for Leadership Advancement, Terry College of Business (2001 – 2003). He is also a Fellow of the Southern Management Association.

Amason currently serves on the Initial Accreditation Committee (IAC) and was formerly on the Continuous Improvement Review Committee (CIRC) of the AACSB. Internationally, he led the initial accreditation reviews of IBS/RANEPA, Moscow, a leading business school in the Russian Federation and Al Ain University, a leading business school in the United Arab Emirates. He also served as an accreditation mentor to the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University and the International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv), in Ukraine.

Consulting Over the course of his career, Amason built a strong reputation as a consultant, focused on strategic management and decision-making. Strategic partner and consultant: Lore International, Durango, Colorado. (2003 – 2010)

Publications As a researcher and author, Amason has written nearly 50 academic journal articles, chapters, and books. His book Strategic Management: From Theory to Practice was first published in 2011 by Routledge. The second edition, co-authored by Andrew Ward, and published in 2021 by Routledge. Both editions were met with acclaim and commercial success.

Selected publications