University Daily Kansan / Wednesday. June 21, 1989
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Law dean mulls job
Faculty retention a worry, Jerry save
by Christina Mann Kansan staff writer
hell would you want to go and do a thing like that?"
When Bob Jerry told one of his friends he wanted a supply for a dean's position at the University of Kansas law学院
It is a question that any faculty member faces when moving into administration, Jerry said. But his response was simply, "I decided right now would be a good time both personally and professionally to do
That is the same reason Mike Davis, outgoing dean, gave for leaving the position
Effective July 1, Jerry, 36, will replace Davis.
"The reason I decided to (leave) now is it seemed like the right time." Davis said. "I stayed a few more years than I originally intended so I could work on Campaign Kansas. But I think you instinctively know when to move on. It's part of doing a job well knowing when to stop."
Jerry said he was not surprised that he ended up in education because his parents were college professors. Jerry said that as he worked to get involved at the University of Michigan he thought about teaching someday.
"Kansas was one of the opportunities I had," Jerry said. "I decided that of all the places I could have gone, this was the place I wanted to
When he got an offer to teach law at KU in 1881, he accepted. Jerry moved from a private practice in Indiana to Lawrence for three years, to move to Lawrence in 1882.
"The fact is, I enjoy all aspects of being a professor very much," he said. "I enjoy teaching, I like the research and I enjoy the service."
"I've been involved in a number of University committees and other activities, and although sometimes I complained, the fact is I got quite a bit of satisfaction out of service activities. This opportunity in administration will give me a chance to engage in a super kind of service."
"One of the nice things about becoming dean at this time is the school is in good shape. That's a tribute to my predecessor, who would point out that progress this past decade has been the work of many people. But Mike was the energy for a lot of this progress," Jerry said.
course. My goal is to build on this foundation."
Jerry said one of the biggest challenges he would face was retaining faculty members. Of the 25 memb- resdards are in their 40s and 50s, he said.
a lot of this program. "Do you
"The school is clearly on the right
"In other words, the major core of this faculty is reaching its maturity in teaching and research," he said. "Inevitably, people with that kind of prominence are attractive to other law schools."
"If we can hang on to this faculty for another decade or longer, the quality that we'll have here will be..."
Davis also spoke of the importance and frustration of hiring and retaining faculty.
"You can't do this for nine years and not have frustrations. The biggest of these, I think, was when good people left," he said. "While we did it we were very frustrated with members, there were always one or two that went somewhere else."
Another challenge Jerry said he would face is how to use the small faculty to get the best all-around curriculum for 500 students.
"It is impossible for a faculty of 28 to do everything perfectly," Jerry said. "Having said that, there's absolutely no doubt that KU is providing a very high quality legal education at a very fair price. I don't know where they are in good shape. I just think any school faces certain challenges."
Jerry said the thing he liked most about his career up to this point was being able to influence the way students viewed their law careers.
"I appreciate the most being able to 'talk to students about ethics and what social obligations lawyers have to our system of justice,' he said.
"If I've caused a few students to think hard about their roles as practicing attorneys in our society, then I will tell them that as my favorite achievement."
"I'm sure there are some students who think about law as little more than a business, but one of the virtues of this school is that we have many faculty members who have a broader picture. I think we do a pretty good job of communicating that to the students."
"My goal is to be as good as dean as I can in the short run," he said. "I'm not going to worry about the long run, because in my business I will know eventually I will return to the role of a full-time faculty member."
Steve Travnor/KANSAN
ticipalting in the Midwestern Music Camp at KU this week. The Midwestern camps, run through the end of July on campus.
Pat Duffer, Lawrence, concentrates on his music while Frankie Laguardia, Baskersfield, Calif., imitates him. The two are par-
Trumpet Tunes
StudEx to review KJHK funds
by Charles Higginson
Kenyon staff writer
Kansan staff write
The Student Executive Committee decided Thursday to devote an entire future meeting to questions about its role in the U.S. military-operated radio station JKHF-KM.
StudEx will meet Monday to formulate a written response to the KJHK staff and the faculty of the journalism school and to reconsider the station's eligibility for Student Senate financing.
That action was prompted by changes in the station's operations mandated last Tuesday by the journalism faculty. The faculty's reorganization of KJHK will affect the station's organization and specifies that its primary purpose is to serve as a laboratory for broadcast students. It also specifies that students seeking managerial positions should have completed management course work.
Off-campus senator Aaron Rittmaster, as well as several other
senators, said the changes would prevent Senate from supporting the station.
"We can't." Rittmaster said. "Bot tom line. It's a clear violation of our rules."
Rittmatter and Pat Warren, finance committee chairman, said Senate rules governing financing of student organizations precluded funding of primarily academic activities. They also said the rule does not restrict activities that involve academic prerequisites for participation.
Senators also questioned the manner in which the changes were made.
Warren said he thought the faculty might have exceeded its authority as described in the station's constitution.
"The faculty cannot simply mandate that change," he said.
Warren said the faculty's decision to rescind the station's application to the Federal Communications Commission for increased power changed the station's budget request. Senate allowed $29,000 for additional equipment related to the increase in equipment.
Warren said his committee investigated aspects of the station's operations last semester but was never rescinded. FCC application might be rescinded.
Several StudEx members questioned Mike Ulin, KJHK student station manager, after he read a letter signed by Ulin and Max Utsler, chairman of radio-television and acting general manager of KJHK.
"I've got a real question about whether someone was trying to conceal this from the committee," Warren said.
Bice Mosley, liberal arts and sciences senator, asked Ulin if the School of Journalism wanted KJHK to go off the air.
"I've been assured by the dean of the school that, if the Senate funding
Mike Kautsch, dean of the School of Journalism, said yesterday, "I believe the station probably can be the most effective basis without Senate funding."
goes, the school would immediately pick up the funding," Ulin answered.
Kautsch said cuts in staff and operating hours would be necessary to reduce the need for equipment and other resources.
B. Jake White, student body president, asked Ulin at the meeting why the student members of the KJHK board were not informed of the pending changes before Tuesday's board meeting.
Ulin said, "I cannot speak for the faculty of the School of Journalism," Studsx members discussed possible courses in immediate catechisms in KJHK's funding.
"I'm very concerned," Rittman said. "I don't think I'm ready to make a decision because, frankly, right now I'm just angry."
Weekend conference centers on East Asian business tactics
Cultural literacy noteworthy Weekend conference centers on East Asian business tactics
by Angela Howell Kansan staff writer
Culture counts in business, and the American approach to negotiation doesn't always save the day or the deal.
That was the message of speakers at a conference last weekend on doing business in East Asia, sponsored by the Center of East Asian Studies and the Kansas Center for the Humanities.
John Carlin, former Kansas governor and president of the consulting firm Economic Development Associates, said. "It's not just a matter of having a broader knowledge of other people, it's a matter of whether you want to be successful in doing business around the world."
Carlin discovered this for himself when he visited Japan for the first
time in 1987.
"When I saw those wonderful, smiling Japanese across the table, nodding at every proposal I brought up, I knew there would be contracts in the mail within days," Carlin said.
Nothing came out of those visits. Now he recognizes the difference between Asian hospitality and securing business deals, he said.
G. Cameron Hurst III, director of the Center for East Asian Studies, said misunderstandings because of cultural differences could account for the American trade deflated a billion a year to East Asian nations.
Many American businesspeople are frustrated by the amount of time it takes to seal a deal. That is the reason it is the importance East Asians place on relationships.
"Relationships are not designed to make one business transaction." Carlin said. "They're designed for a lifetime, so they're slow."
Judy Hancock, chairman of the international department at the Kansas City, Mo., law firm of Shook, Hardy and Bacon, said Americans were more impatient than their Asian counterparts.
Americans value facts, logic and reasoning and are confused with Chinese values where empathy, connections and the political situation could have more of an effect on the outcome of the negotiation, Hancock said.
Contracts with Asians are the cause of much American constrastion. Often, to an East Asian company, the contract is seen as another
stage of negotiation, as an agreement to continue business.
"Koreans will feel no qualms at all to change the contents of the contract if the economic climate changes. We see it the way we do." Hurst said.
Americans believe in universal, never-changing rules. Hancock said. The Chinese have a different cultural understanding.
"The Chinese see ethics and morality as relativistic." Hancock said. "They change depending on the situation."
Jill Kleinberg, professor of business, said Americans valued individualism and egalitarianism. In Japan, they emphasize teamwork and a hierarchical organization. The firm is seen as a family. Kleinberg said.
Dario Robertson, professor of law, said that the unity felt in the country resulted in competitiveness.
"They'll have slogans on the wall, Kill Toyota!" if you work at Honda. They're vehement against the competition," Robertson said.
Informality, common among American businesspeople, may put off Asians.
"Asians come to the negotiating table and say 'Let's get on a first-name basis. I'm Harry, he' Joe What's your name? How would you prefer Mr. Tanaka would probably prefer to be called Mr. Tanaka until he gets to know someone very well."
The custom of gift-giving often vexes American businesspeople. Hurst said it was important to give presents.
"You must give presents," Hurst said. "It's very difficult, calculating what ought to be given, exactly when and how. It has to wrapped properly. There's a whole ritual involving present-giving."
In Korea, entertaining plays an important role in business.
"It might not be a good idea to send your most devout Mormon over." Hurst said. "Because there's a strong chance he will be dragged
from bar to bar. It is part and parcel of Korean business."
Business cards, banded about caviily here, are essential in East Asia. The hierarchical structure in East Asia dictates that a proper match, according to position, must be set up for meetings.
"if you want to make a presentation to the president of the company, your president will have to make the presentation." Carlin said. "They want someone across the table that matches."
Hurst said globalization of markets was occurring on some levels, but superficial similarities often masked cultural differences.
"Just because you go to the Rotary Club meeting in Tokyo and you meet someone who has a Ph.d from John Hopkins who is wearing a Brooks Brothers suit and speaks impeccable English does not mean his mind works the same way as yours," Hurst said. "People in Nebraska and Nepal, despite globalization, do not approach problems the same way."
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