Jerry W. Koehler
Professor

Jerry Koehler has been associated with the University of South Florida since 1976.  He has served USF as Assistant to the President, Dean of Extended Studies and Chair of the Department of Management.  Also, while associated with USF, he has been granted leaves of absence to serve as a consultant to Honeywell Space Systems, to Florida’s Departments of Revenue, Labor, and Office of the Governor.  Further, from 1992 to 1995 he served as Deputy Secretary of Florida’s Department of Labor and Employment Security.

Prior to the University of South Florida, he earned his doctorate in Communication at the Pennsylvania State University, served as Assistant to the CEO of Teacher’s Management Investment Corporation, sales representative for American Express Investment Management Company, and Director, University of California, Irvine Executive Program. 

Dr. Koehler has authored or co-authored twelve books, numerous articles and professional papers.  His research interests include perceived organizational hypocrisy, executive leadership, organization change, organization design, total quality management and innovation.

Dr. Koehler’s achievements have been recognized by the late Governor, Lawton Chiles, who presented him with the Governor’s “Florida’s Finest” award.  He has been honored by the Hillsborough County Commission for Chairing the Blue Ribbon Committee on Hillsborough County Finances, elected by USF MBA students as the best teacher in Management and the best teacher in the College of Business Administration, and has been the recipient of the University of South Florida College of Business Administration Community Service Award.  Kagawa University, Japan, selected him to teach a course in organizational behavior and conduct seminars for Japanese business leaders.