Teacher Feature: Dr. David Jacobs
Katherine Powell
Issue date: 10/1/02 Section: Features
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Dr. David Jacobs, professor of management, joined the Hood faculty this summer. He is a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and comes to Hood after teaching at American University for the past 16 years. A D.C. native, he currently resides in Silver Spring, MD.
Having received his B.A. from the University of Michigan Residential College, Jacobs was drawn to Hood partially due to fond memories of his own studies on a small campus. "There's more opportunity for the innovative, experimental teaching and learning on a smaller campus," he said.
Jacobs said he places strong importance on labor and management relations. He said he believes corporations should negotiate fairly not only with unions, but also with environmental and other groups in the surrounding community. According to Jacobs, society as a whole suffers without this kind of dialogue. "Management can't imagine what the needs of labor are," he said.
Jacobs also suggests that the average citizen pay more attention to companies' ethics to encourage good relations between labor and management. "Buy products when you approve of companies, and don't when you don't. Don't think you can't make a difference, because you are making a difference. When a company is doing something that is morally wrong or socially damaging, people have a responsibility to act," he said.
Jacobs is currently teaching "Principles of Management" and "Organizational Behavior" at the undergraduate level, as well as a graduate course. He said he welcomes students from all disciplines to participate in the management courses offered on campus.
Advocating an education as broad as possible, he said he believes that those who would not normally take a class in management frequently offer innovative solutions to problems.
Having received his B.A. from the University of Michigan Residential College, Jacobs was drawn to Hood partially due to fond memories of his own studies on a small campus. "There's more opportunity for the innovative, experimental teaching and learning on a smaller campus," he said.
Jacobs said he places strong importance on labor and management relations. He said he believes corporations should negotiate fairly not only with unions, but also with environmental and other groups in the surrounding community. According to Jacobs, society as a whole suffers without this kind of dialogue. "Management can't imagine what the needs of labor are," he said.
Jacobs also suggests that the average citizen pay more attention to companies' ethics to encourage good relations between labor and management. "Buy products when you approve of companies, and don't when you don't. Don't think you can't make a difference, because you are making a difference. When a company is doing something that is morally wrong or socially damaging, people have a responsibility to act," he said.
Jacobs is currently teaching "Principles of Management" and "Organizational Behavior" at the undergraduate level, as well as a graduate course. He said he welcomes students from all disciplines to participate in the management courses offered on campus.
Advocating an education as broad as possible, he said he believes that those who would not normally take a class in management frequently offer innovative solutions to problems.