Business Programs

Tim Rahschulte, PhD

Professor of Business

Tim Rahschulte

trahschulte@georgefox.edu

Office: Portland Center South, #192

Office Hours: By appointment only

Tim Rahschulte joined George Fox University’s College of Business in July 2007. He teaches in the Doctor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration programs. Rahschulte has more than two decades of professional management experience in for-profit and nonprofit organizations. He started his career in corporate finance for a multi-billion dollar company in which he successfully managed dozens of bond indentures and average daily investments of $200 million. He also served as a management consultant and director in a venture-funded technology start-up. He later served as chief learning officer in Oregon’s state government.

Rahschulte is a sought-after business lecturer across the U.S. and has lectured outside the U.S. in Oxford, Shanghai, Beijing and Athens. He focuses his research on best practice solutions for high-performance organizations and operational excellence. He has authored dozens of articles in academic and practitioner journals, including  International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies,  International Journal of Knowledge,  Culture, and  Change Management,  Human Resource Development Quarterly,  Effective Executive,  International Academy of Business and Public Administration, and  Advances in Business Research Journal. He also has coauthored the following books:

  • My Best Advice: Proven Rules for Effective Leadership
  • Projects Without Boundaries: Successfully Leading Teams and Managing Projects in a Virtual World
  • Project Management Toolbox (contributing author)
  • Program Management for Improved Business Results
  • Leading Global Project Teams
  • Distributed Team Collaboration in Organizations (contributing author)

Professor Raschulte Teaches

  • Transformational Leadership
  • Human Resources Development
  • Organizational Change Management
  • International Management
  • Organizational Theory
  • Law & Ethics

Education

  • PhD, Organizational Leadership & Human Resource Development, Regent University
  • MBA, Thomas More College
  • BA, Economics and Business Administration, Thomas More College

Research Interests

  • Organizational change
  • Human resource development
  • Leadership (leading globally distributed teams)
  • Addressing the organizational gap

Publications: Books and Book Chapters

  • Rahschulte, T., Halley, R., & Martinelli, R. (2018). My Best Advice: Proven Rules for Effective Leadership. Portland, Oregon: IntelliPress Media.
  • Martinelli, R., Waddell, J. M., & Rahschulte, T. (2017). Projects Without Boundaries: Leading Teams and Managing Projects in a Virtual World. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Rahschulte, T. (2016). Project Closure. In R. Martinelli and D. Milosevic, Project Management Toolbox (2 nd) (pp. 352-374). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Martinelli, R., Waddell, J. M., & Rahschulte, T. (2014). Program Management for Improved Business Results (2 nd). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
  • Rahschulte, T., & Hartsfield, M. (2013). Change implementation theory and change leadership. In J. Westover (Ed.), Leadership and Organizational Change (pp. 128-142). Champaign, IL: Common Ground Publishing.
  • Christopian, F., & Rahschulte, T. (in press). Cultural constructs: The necessary elements for effective knowledge management. In M. Rao (Ed.), Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Martinelli, R., Rahschulte, T., & Waddell, J. (2011). Globalization: History repeats. In K. Milhauser (Ed.), Distributed team collaboration in organizations: Emerging tools and practices (pp. 1-14). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Rahschulte, T. (2011). The evolution of collaborative work. In K. Milhauser (Ed.), Distributed team collaboration in organizations: Emerging tools and practices (pp. 15-31). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Rahschulte, T., & Steele, J. (2011). Creating the environment for high performing distributed teams: Human resource strategies and practices. In K. Milhauser (Ed.), Distributed team collaboration in organizations: Emerging tools and practices (pp. 264-278). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Martinelli, R., Rahschulte, T., & Waddell, J. M. (2010). Leading global project teams: The new leadership challenge. Oshawa, ON: Multi-Media Publications, Inc. 
  • Rahschulte, T. (2008). Understanding how to change: An inductive determination of how agents of state government plan, lead, and sustain change (Doctoral dissertation, Regent University, 2008). Dissertation Abstract International. (UMI No. 3292254)

Publications: Academic Journal Articles

  • Rahschulte, T., Halley, R., & Martinelli, R. (in press). My Best Advice: The 100 Rules of Leadership
  • Halley, R., Rahschulte, T., VandenHoek, J., & Sikema, S. (2012). Addressing today’s talent gap: An inductive investigation into balancing the demand and supply of 21st century workforce talent. Advances in Business Research Journal, 3(1), 99-106.
  • Martinelli, R., Rahschulte, T., & Waddell, J. (2010). Back to basics for global project team leaders. Projects & Profits, 110.
  • Milhauser, K., & Rahschulte, T. (2010). Meeting the needs of global companies through improved international business curriculum. Journal of Teaching in International Business, 21(2), 78-100.
  • Gorlorwulu, J., & Rahschulte, T. (2010). Organizing for transformational development: What are the leadership and organizational requirements? Transformation, 27(3), 199-208.
  • Christopian, F. D., & Rahschulte, T. (2009). A qualitative inquiry into organizational culture’s moderating affect on the use and success of knowledge management projects in the aerospace and defense industry. International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, 3(3/4), 351-363.
  • Rahschulte, T. (2009). Virtues for leading change. The Journal of Virtues & Leadership, 1(1), 15-24.
  • Rahschulte, T., & Hartsfield, M. (2008). Navigating complexity: Inductively determining how government business in the United States plans, leads, and sustains change. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Change Management, 8(4), 1-10.
  • Mensch, K., & Rahschulte, T. (2008). Military leader development: A matter of learner autonomy. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 19(3), 263-272.
  • Longbotham, G., & Rahschulte, T. (2008). From corporate know-how to corporate networks. Effective Executive, 11(6), 10-12. 
  • Rahschulte, T. (2006). Strategic HRD: Facilitating organizational change through individual performance. International Academy of Business and Public Administration, 3(1), 1191-1204.

Academic Conference Presentations & Published Proceedings

  • Sikkema, S., Sauerwein, J., Halley, R., Rahschulte, T., & VandenHoek, J. (2013). A Christian Business Perspective on the Development of Student Character. Calvin College Kuyers Institute’s Virtues, Vices, and Teaching: Conference Proceedings.
  • Halley, R., Rahschulte, T., Sikima, S., & VandenHoek, J. (2012, October 22-23). Addressing today’s talent gap: An inductive determination into balancing the demand and supply of 21st century workforce. Advances in Business Research Symposium. University of Arkansas, Fort Smith.
  • Halley, R., Rahschulte, T., Sikima, S., & VandenHoek, J. (2012, June 25-28). A prized product: Pushing business education closer to the world’s need. Christian Business Faculty Association. British Columbia, Canada.
  • Rahschulte, T. (2012, February 19-22). Making good decisions based on strategic planning and spend analytics. Next Level 2012 Thought Leadership. Miami, FL.
  • Halley, R., VandenHoek, J., & Rahschulte, T. (2011, June 27-July 1). Same three letters . . . New inputs yield new processes. Christian Business Faculty Association. Mount Vernon, OH.
  • Solan, A., Rennaker, M., & Rahschulte, T. (2011, Februar 9-12). Development of a fortuitous events perception instrument. International Self-Directed Learning Symposium. Cocoa Beach, FL.
  • Rahschulte, T., & Milhauser, K. (2010, October 9-12). Beyond the triple constraints: Nine elements defining project success today. PMI Global Congress. D.C.
  • Rahschulte, T. (2009, November 11-14). The transformational nature of virtues in leadership. International Leadership Association. Prague.
  • Rahschulte, T., Herrli, W., & Herrli, D. (2009, October 10-13). The most important aspect of project management today: Determining readiness for change. PMI Global Congress. Orlando, FL.
  • Rahschulte, T. (2008, November, 13-15). Facilitating leadership: A discussion of effective educational tools and tactics that develop 21st century leaders. International Leadership Association. Los Angeles, CA.
  • Rahschulte, T., Herrli, W., & Herrli, D. (2008, October 18-22). States of change: An inquiry into the nature of organizational change. PMI Global Congress. Denver, CO.
  • Rahschulte, T., & Hartsfield, M. (2008, August 5-8) Navigating complexity: Inductively determining how government business in the United States plans, leads, and sustains change. The Eighth Annual International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change. Cambridge, UK.
  • Rahschulte, T., & Longbotham, G. (2008, March 9-13). Facilitated resourcefulness. Autonomous Learning World Caucus. Oxford, UK.
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