University at Buffalo School of Management

2 Buffalo Business Autumn 2015 Tesluk named interim dean of UB School of Management In July, Paul E. Tesluk, the Donald S. Carmichael Professor of Organizational Be- havior, took the reins as interim dean of the School of Management, succeeding Arjang Assad, who accepted a position as dean of the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Gradu- ate School of Business (see story, page 6). A faculty member since 2011, Tesluk served as chair of the school's Department of Organization and Human Resources and is academic director of the Center for Lead- ership and Organizational Effectiveness (CLOE). "I am grateful to Professor Tesluk for his willingness to serve as interim dean while we conduct an international search for the next dean of the School of Man- agement," said Charles F. Zukoski, UB's provost and executive vice president for ac- ademic affairs. A prominent expert in leadership development, team design and effectiveness, and organizational cli- mate and performance, Tesluk is a prolific scholar who has published more than 25 articles in the most selective journals in his field. His research in the areas of virtual team effective- ness and organizational innovation and change has been supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and several other funding agencies, and he has secured more than $2.5 million dollars in grant funding. Tesluk has extensive experience in designing, lead- ing and teaching in numerous executive and corporate development programs on topics involving teams, lead- ership development, organizational change and inno- vation. He also has worked with numerous private and public sector organizations in both research and consult- ing capacities. He led the creation of CLOE at UB, which advanc- es research, education and outreach in leadership and organizational effectiveness. In 2014, he received a UB Exceptional Scholar Sustained Achievement Award. While earning doctoral and master's degrees from The Pennsylvania State University, Tesluk majored in industrial/organizational psychology and minored in man- agement and organization. He earned a bachelor's degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University. x startups School of Management grads crush CPA exam Once again, accounting graduates from the School of Management are No. 1 in CPA exam performance among the ten largest accounting programs in New York State. According to the 2014 National Association of State Boards of Accountancy Uniform CPA Examination Candidate Performance publication, released in early 2015, UB graduates had a pass rate of over 68.3 percent, significantly higher than the average of 55 percent for all jurisdictions and 55.5 percent statewide. UB's pass rate increased for the third consecutive year and is over 9 percent higher than the next contender in the largest school category, the University at Albany. In addition, among the state's ten largest programs, School of Management graduates scored highest on each of the three sections that focus on topics taught in accounting classes, and second, just behind Fordham, in the Business Environment and Concepts section, cover- ing economics, finance and technology. Across Western New York schools, regardless of size, UB was a close second to Geneseo. Among large national universities, the UB School of Management ranked 12th, ahead of such schools as the University of Illinois, Ohio State University and The Pennsylvania State University, and up from 24th just three years ago. The high success rate comes at a great value as well. The Accounting Degree Review ranked the School of Management No. 13 nationwide on the "30 Most Affordable Residential Master's Programs in Accounting for 2015." UB was the only school in the state to make the list. x Tesluk Photo: Douglas Levere

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