Timothy S. Mescon

Biography

Dr. Timothy S. Mescon is Dean and the Tony and Jack Dinos Eminent Scholar at the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University (KSU). Of KSU's 18,000 students, the Coles College enrolls close to 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students and operates Georgia's largest executive MBA program. Business Week ranked the executive MBA program, 2nd largest in the U.S., 3rd in the nation in eBusiness and 10th in Teamwork. The entrepreneurship and Cox Family Business Center at the Coles College of Business have also been consistently nationally ranked in publications, including Business Week, U.S. News & World Report and Success Magazines. All business and accounting programs in the Coles College are fully accredited by AACSB International. Under Mescon's guidance, the Coles College, with the support of the Board of Regents, created Kennesaw State's first three Eminent Scholar Chairs. The Coles College, on behalf of Kroger and Post Properties, developed and deliver Kroger University and Post University, professional management development programs.

Dr. Mescon is the author of more than 200 articles and cases and has co-authored three books, including Cases in Strategic Management: An Industry Approach, Showing Up for Work and Other Keys to Business Success, and his latest, Memos To Management. Additionally, he has co-authored an audiotape series entitled Management Excellence for Nightingale-Conant. He is a contributing monthly columnist to AirTran Arrivals Magazine and a contributing writer for the Atlanta Business Chronicle, for which he also delivers a management minute on Atlanta Public Television's weekly business television show.

Mescon was appointed by Mayor Shirley Franklin as a Commissioner on the Homeless Commission where he chairs the workforce development task force. He just completed a six-year term as a director for the Metropolitan Atlanta United Way, where he continues to serve on the Nominating/Board Development Committee and the community investments committee. Mescon is an advisor to Blairsville-based United Community Banks is a director of Definition6 and the Ashford Club and on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and The Paradies Shops. He has also served as a faculty member at the Stonier School of Banking at Georgetown University for the past 15 years.

Dr. Mescon received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, MBA from Southern Methodist University and B.A. from Tulane University. He has served on the faculties of Arizona State University and the University of Miami. Additionally, Dr. Mescon has served as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Aston in Birmingham, England and Nanjing University in China and as a Visiting Fellow at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Publications

In a world of elaborate business theorems, hostile takeovers and multinational conglomerates, it is often easy to overlook the basics of successful business. In these astute essays, Michael and Timothy Mescon, two of the most respected business educators in America, demonstrate that success starts with good people and good management, and not just in the boardroom. “The message in this potpourri is that people really do make the difference,” the Mescons write, seasoning the mix with sage advice for sound business practices and peppering with hard answers to some hard questions.

Titles

High Performance Service
Lagniappe
What a Wonderful World it Could Be
Total Service Organization
Change is the Rule...Not the Exception
Hyperselling...10 Steps to Success
Five Critical Issues Facing Banks in the 1990s
Strategies for Bank Marketers...Managing Risk
Marketing Quality in Banks...A 10 Step Approach
Bank Marketing...Managing Your P’s and Q’s
Marketing to Bank Customer Demands for Product and Program Quality