University of New England

Assistant Professor of Management
207-602-2554
jluhman@une.edu

B.A., International Studies and Economics, The American University, 1988
M.A., International Development, The American University, 1993
Ph.D., Business Administration, New Mexico State University, 2003

John Luhman worked in the field of training and development as well as project management for ten years before entering the academic world. He worked for non-profits, local government, and the federal government as both employee and consultant. For a short while he ran his own career counseling business in Washington, D.C. He has also traveled to, or lived in, such places as Zambia, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Italy, Germany, Spain, England, Jamaica, and Ecuador. Prior to arriving at UNE, John taught for seven years in New Mexico. Presently, he enjoys his teaching and scholarship activities. He is published in journals such as Organization Studies and the Journal of Management Inquiry, and has many conference proceedings and presentations. John is very active in professional development with manuscript reviewing and board membership.

BUMG 200 Management
BUMG 301 Organizational Behavior
BUMG 302 Human Resource Management
BUMG 311 Business and Society Relations
BUMG 498 Administrative Policy and Strategy

Academy of Management
Standing Conference for Management and Organization Inquiry
Eastern Academy of Management

John has three streams of interest in his research. The first follows the historical development of organizational social structures. Specifically, the conceptual development of ‘democratic’ management practices in conjunction with the development of ‘rational-collective’ as a fourth form of legitimate authority. The second follows the historical development of morality and ethical principles from traditional, religious, and philosophical thought. The third stream follows the development of narrative methodology in how narratives (i.e. stories, drama) are related to organizational issues such as culture, change, and leadership styles.

John was born in New York, spent his formative years overseas in Zambia and Bangladesh, did JROTC during high school, and has continued to travel as an adult. He is an avid reader and nature lover. Besides enjoying traveling, John is into discussing religion and mysticism, postmodern, anarchist, and Marxist philosophy. John is married, has a son and a stepson.