Scott Hammond, PhD
Associate Professor
Assistant VP Academic Affairs
Utah Valley State College
About
Scott C. Hammond is an Assistant Academic Vice President and Associate Professor of Business Management in the School of Business at Utah Valley State College. Scott is internationally known by academics and practitioners for his work in complex problem solving processes, dialogue and cross-cultural communication. His clients include the National Security Study Group (Hart-Rudman Commission), Johnson & Johnson, Visteon, The US Department of Energy, The US Department of Agriculture, The University of San Francisco and many others. Scott has published over 40 articles and book chapters. Recently he has presented workshops on faculty development and productivity at the Academy of Management, the Organizational Behavior Teachers Conference, the Western Academy of Management, and an a number of individual colleges and universities. His writing on dialogue, power and management has appeared in The Journal of Management Inquiry, Communication Yearbook, Executive Excellence, and other publications.
Scott currently teaches Organizational Behavior (MGMT 3000) and Cross Cultural Communication for Business (MGMT 3320). He is currently creating two interactive video cases for McGraw-Hill filming at Johnson & Johnson world headquarters.
Scott and his wife Barbara are the parents of five children. Two of his five children attend UVSC. He loves hiking, cross country skiing, and cowboy poetry.
Scott is a former news reporter for KUTV and KTVX in Salt Lake City. He currently hosts the Telly Award winning Utah Business Boardroom (PBS) broadcast weekly on KUEN and seen statewide in Utah. He enjoys backcountry skiing, hiking and cowboy poetry.
Consulting Interests
Principal, Hammond Associates, Inc. (1987- Present): A consulting practice managing organizational learning towards large system change in high tech and life science corporations, education and government agencies. Specific projects focus on diversity and inclusion in a global work environment. Clients include: Monsanto (Searle), University of San Francisco, Johnson & Johnson Corporate, Pfizer, Avinaide, KBYU Television, KSL Television, Equis (Reuters), The U. S. Department of Energy, The Los Alamos National Laboratory, The Idaho National Engineering Lab, Intermountain Health Care, The National Park Service, General Electric, Visteon, and others.
Research Interests
culture, dilaogue, group problem solving, power, leadership, retention, social network theory
Teaching Interests
cross cultural, international business, dialogue, organizational behavior