St. Bonaventure University

Faculty


Stevens, John B.

  • Stevens, John

  • ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
    Management
    ACADEMIC SCHOOL
    School of Business

    TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
    Senior Lecturer of Management
    CONTACT
    Office phone: (716) 375-7662
    Send an email
    Fax: (716) 375-2191
    Website:  www.jbstevens.com
    OFFICE
    Swan Business Center 105
    COURSES TAUGHT
    • MGT 301. Management & Organizational Behavior
    • MGT 401. Human Resources
    • MGT 402. Advanced Human Resource Management
    • MBA 613. Organizational Behavior
    • MBA 632. Human Resource Management
    • MBA 649. Business Policy
    • MBA 698DM. Problem Solving and Decision Making
    • MPL - Change Management
    ACADEMIC DEGREES
    • M.A., Business and Policy Studies, Empire College, State University of New York
    • B.A., Journalism, St. Bonaventure University
    OTHER EDUCATION
    PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

    John is an organizational development, training and human resources consultant. In addition to his position at St. Bonaventure University he owns and operates JB Stevens Organizational Solutions.

    John has more than 30 years of experience in positions involving organizational development, administration, human resources, communications and public relations. He provides services to meet the performance needs of business, industry, organizations, and nonprofit agencies.

    His career includes:

    • Director of the MBA Program at St. Bonaventure University, 2009-2014,
    • VP for Human Resources at a 500+ employee non-profit institution
    • Director of the Achievement Center for Continuous Learning at St. Bonaventure University 
    • Manager of Training and Employee Development at the CUTCO Cutlery Division of Alcas Corporation, the leading manufacturer of household cutlery in North America  
    • Training Manager for AVX Corporation in Olean, NY (maker of ceramic capacitors
      used in the electronics industry)
    • Training Specialist for Dresser-Rand Corporation, Olean, NY, a multi-national
      manufacturer of compressors and turbines used in the gas transmission industry

    He is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) recognized by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and is a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT) - the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI).

    John is a past president of the Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce.  Her serves on the Cattaraugus-Allegany County Workforce Investment Board, and is president of the Leadership Cattaraugus program.

    He is certified to deliver training in problem-solving and decision-making, performance appraisal, coaching skills, and the AchieveGlobal library of Management courses.  He has presented/delivered training programs to agencies throughout the Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania area.

    He has taught continuing education and/or college courses at Cornell University, Jamestown Community College, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, and Penn State University.

    He is published monthly, writing a business column for the Olean Times Herald, a daily newspaper. He has been instrumental in helping Olean-area schools develop partnerships in education with business, industry and non-profit organizations.

    ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
    There is no such thing as a dumb question; asking is how we learn.
    CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS
    PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
    He is a board member of the Cattaraugus/Allegany Workforce Investment Board. John is president of the Leadership Cattaraugus program, which he helped found in 2003. 

    John has been keeping statistics for the men's basketball team at SBU for 37 years, and for the women's team for about 10 years.
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