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Dr. Dave Oehler
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| Title: |
Associate Professor
Department Chair |
| Office: |
WH 150 |
| Phone: |
660.562.1848 |
| Fax: |
660.562.1411 |
| Email: |
oehler@nwmissouri.edu |
| Joined Northwest in 1982 |
Courses Taught
- 29-102 Fundamentals of Oral
Communication
- 29-226
Principles of Interviewing
- 29-240
Principles of Leadership
- 29-469
Internship in Public Relations
Education
- Ph.D.
Higher Education; Iowa State University 1990
- M.F.A.
Theatre Design and Technology; University of Utah 1982
- B.A.
Speech Education; Iowa State University 1978
Academic Interests
- Continuous Quality Improvement
- Planning
- Instructional Design
- Teaching Evaluation
- Program Evaluation
- Assessment of Student Learning
Scholarly Activity
Publications (book chapters)
- "Exploring Good Leadership and Management
Practice in Higher Education: Issues of Engagement." Chapter co-author. The Use
of Evidence in Decision Making in Higher Education by Jan Botha, Berit
Karseth, Lin Norton, David Oehler, Pete Sayers and Philip Sullivan.
Jill Rogers Associates Limited, Publishers, Cambridge, England 2006.
- "Quality and Performance Excellence in Higher
Education: Baldrige on Campus." Chapter
co-author. Northwest Missouri State
University by Dean L. Hubbard and David C. Oehler. Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 2005.
- "Goal Setting Workshops." Chapter in The Culture for Quality:
Effective Faculty Teams, Prescott Publishing Co., 1995.
Publications
- The Hubbard Cycle: Seven
Steps to Improved Quality and Reduced Costs.
Co-author.
- David C. Oehler and Dean L. Hubbard. Prescott Publishing Co. July 2005.
- Guidelines
for Implementing the Seven-Step Q/ABC Planning Process. David C. Oehler and Dean L. Hubbard,
Northwest Missouri State University, 2003.
- Guidelines
for the Implementation of the Seven-Step Planning Process. David C. Oehler and Tracie A. Knapp,
Northwest Missouri State University, June 1996.
- Benchmarking:
What it is and how to do it.
David C. Oehler, Northwest Missouri State University, May 1996.
Presentations
(international)
- Learning From
America.
Presentations with Philip Sullivan. - A Higher Education Funding Council of
England (HEFCE) Leadership, Governance and Management Fund Project, February
2006, University of Manchester, University of Northumbria, University of
Sheffield, University of London, United Kingdom.
- Using Assessment to Drive
Institutional Improvements at Northwest Missouri State University:
- A Case Study. - Dr. David C. Oehler and
Dr. Linda Hays, Program Director, Higher Education Assessment, Educational
Testing Service. - Assessing Quality in Higher Education (AQHE), Eleventh
International Conference, July 25, 1999, Manchester, UK.
Presentations (invitational)
- Keynote speaker for "CQI Day" at Dakota
State University (2011), four presentations including the SHEEO/NCES Network
Conference and IPEDS Workshop (2006), the South Carolina FIPSE 2001 National
Conference on Performance Funding, the Association of Collegiate Business
Schools and Programs (ACBSP) Region V Annual Meeting (2006), and Missouri
Statewide ETS Academic Profile Workshops (2002)
Presentations & Workshops
(national, regional, state)
- Twenty-seven national presentations and seventeen state / regional
presentations on Quality, Measurement, Data Analysis, and Reporting Systems
between 1993 and 2006; twenty-two workshops on Quality Planning, Dashboards /
Balanced Scorecards, use of the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence
between 1994 and 2008
Faculty Research / Scholarly Activities
- Five
local grants between 1991 and 2008; approximately 70 theatrical designs between
1982 and 1993
Other Professional
Experiences
- BALDRIGE / MISSOURI QUALITY AWARD
APPLICATIONS - contributing
author to twelve Baldrige-based Quality Award applications between 1994 and
2008
- CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
- over thirty consultation services
regarding Quality Planning, Dashboard / Balanced Scorecard Implementation, and
Using Quality Principles for Assessment and Management between 2000 and 2011
- DASHBOARD SHOWCASE WORKSHOPS
- hosted nine showcases highlighting our
locally developed Dashboard / Balanced Scorecard system, serving 34 attendees
between 2004 and 2008
- SERVICE
- journal referee for two submissions to
the Regional Business Review
