Qualifications:
BBA (with Distinction) (Mount Saint Vincent), MBA (Dalhousie), Ph.D. (Northcentral)
Professional credentials: Personal Finance Planner (PFP), Canadian Securities & Mutual Funds courses.
Joined MSVU: 2003
Relevant Prior Work Experience:
Regional Manager of Group Pensions, TD Canada Trust; Regional Manager of Real Estate Operations, TD Canada Trust; National Manager for Operations and Administration, Central Guarantee Trust Company; Marketing Director for Marex Properties; Legal Assistant for Crawford, Boudreau & Khattar.
Courses taught:
Busi 1112 (Introduction to Business), Busi 2230 (Principles of Marketing), Busi 2231 (Applied Marketing), Busi 2214 (Organizational Behaviour: Individuals in Organizations), Busi 2215 (Organizational Behaviour: Groups, Structure and Culture), Busi 3316 (Organizational Topics), Busi 3308 (Production and Operations Management), Busi 3312 (International Business Management), Busi 3313 (Human Resource Management), Busi 3331 (Consumer Behaviour), Busi 3333 (Advertising), Busi 3334 (Personal Selling and Sales Management), Busi 4412 (Values in a Business Society: Issues and Analysis), Busi 4419 (International Human Resource Management), Busi 4432 (International Marketing).
Research Interests:
Non-profit organizations, managerial competencies, learning in the workplace.
Academic Activities and Publications:
Journals and Conference Proceedings:
Elliott, C., Findlay, S., & Orser, B. (2011). Client perceptions about women-focused small business programs and the implications for SME policy. Conference Proceedings of the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship for the 8th AGSE International Research Exchange.
Findlay-Thompson, S. (2006). The Dilemma of the NonProfit – How to Act like a Nonprofit and Be Successful in the Competitive Business Environment. The International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD)
Peer Reviewed Presentation:
Findlay-Thompson, S. (2007) The Boundaryless Organization.Atlantic Schools of Business Conference.
Non-Reviewed Plenary Session:
Blayney, C., Blotnicky, K., Findlay-Thompson, S., & Seniuk, E.(2004) Plenary Session on Managerial Competencies in MSVU's BBA and BTHM Degrees. Atlantic Schools of Business Conference, Halifax, NS
Doctoral Dissertation:
Findlay-Thompson, S. (November 11, 2009). Assessing the Relationship between Mission-Based Management Practices and Revenue in Non-Profit Organizations in Nova Scotia, Northcentral University, AZ.
Research Grants:
2011: Joint research project with Dr. Jeff Young and Prof. Wendy Doyle on a study: Workplace Learning in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector. An internal grant of $3,350.15 was awarded by the Committee on Research and Publication at MSVU. Three papers are in progress and anticipated to be completed in 2012.
Professional Programs and Activities:
2010: Findlay, S., & Orser, B. March 2010. Research project titled Supporting Women’s Enterprise: The Impact of Women-Focused Business Management Programming. Research project conducted on behalf of the MSVU Centre for Women in Business (CWB).
2009, Summer and Fall: Working with Barbara Orser, University of Ottawa, to investigate the economic impact of the Centre for Women in Business as it pertains to the Nova Scotia economy. Report and findings expected by December 2009 and publication in early 2010.
2008 - Colloquium: A Model of Entrepreneurship Education. The applicant was invited to attend the Colloquium: A Model of Entrepreneurship Education held at Acadia University June 20-21, 2008. The Colloquium was held in conjunction with the 2008 ICSB World conference as a pre-ICSB Policy Forum for faculty and administrators from the United States, Ireland, Canada, and England to determine a model for entrepreneurship within higher education. This is considered to be of a scholarly and professional nature because the outcome of the week-end sessions resulted in a model that was able to be presented by Chris Pelham, Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship, at the 2008 ICSB World Conference. Subsequently, the Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship forwarded to Colloquium participants the working model it had adopted for use in its own Centre.