Business Administration Department
Mission
The mission of the Department of Business Administration is to support the mission of the College of Business & Public Administration by offering high-quality education for a degree in Business Administration with concentrations in: Accounting, Entrepreneurship and Management. The Department functions as part of a public institution that supports the delivery of quality education, research excellence, and community services. In addition, the department also offers service courses that are required by all programs in the College of Business & Public Administration and some other programs outside of the College. The Department is committed to serving the educational needs of the entire student population and the business education needs.
Goals
Ethics Goal: Student will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of ethics and its application in the decision-making process.
Communication Goal: Student is able to apply effective communication skills in a professional environment.
Analysis Goal: Student is able to analyze and solve problems in an organizational setting.
Technology Goal: Student is able to understand the importance of technology in organizations.
Program Specific Goal: Student will demonstrate knowledge of core business concepts to have after the program.
Staff
Phone: 504.286.5173
Fax: 504.286.5304
Email: cbriggs@suno.edu
Teaching Areas: Principles of Micro and Macroeconomics, Supply Chain Management and International Business
Research Interests: Supply Chain and Information Technology, E-Supply Chain, Transportation Economics, Piracy and Oil Transportation Security, Digital Supply Chain Economy, Oil Transportation Security.’ RFID application in Oil Production; Global Oil Trade; Transportation Security and Logistics Systems; Statistical Analysis in oil Industry Risk Management.
Charles Briggs, Ph. D.
Professor
Yun Doo Lee
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of New Orleans
Phone: 504 286 5143
Fax: 504 286 5304
Email: ylee@suno.edu
Teaching Areas: Finance
Research Interests: Consumer Finance, Retirement, Banking and Institutions, and Investments
Simeon Okpechi
Professor
College of Business and Public Administration
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Phone: 504.286.5305
Fax: 504.286.5304
Email: sokpechi@suno.edu
Teaching Areas: Principles of Finance, Cost Accounting, Governmental Accounting, Federal and State Taxes, Principles of Managerial Accounting
Research Interests: Use of Accounting information for macro and microeconomic decisions, Public sector budgeting, and International Standard setting issues
Dr. Igwe Udeh
Dean and Alvin James Lawson Endowed Professor
College of Business and Public Administration
Ph.D., St. Louis University
Phone: 504.286.5330
Fax: 504.286.5304
Email: IUdeh@suno.edu
Research Interests: Strategic Management, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, International Business
Teaching Areas: Strategic Management, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, International Business
Krishna P. Poudel
Assistant Professor - Business Administration Department
PhD., University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Phone: 504-286-5161
Email: kpoudel@suno.edu
Teaching areas: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance
Research Interests: New ventures, entrepreneurship, innovation, identity
Victor Ukpolo
Professor of Economics - Department of Business Administration
Ph.D., American University
Phone: 504.286.5017
Fax: 504.286.5304
Email: vukpolo@suno.edu
Teaching Areas: Economics, Business and Economics Statistics, Public Finance
Research Interests: Economic Development, Macroeconomics, International Economics