Aarti Sharma

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Aarti Sharma is a budding scholar of corporate strategies and organizational behavior for sustainability. She recently completed her Ph.D. in Management (June 2008) from the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. In addition, Aarti holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Research (2003) from the University of Waikato, New Zealand; Master of Business Administration (specializing in Human Resource Management, 2002) from the Indira Gandhi National Open University, India; Master of Chemistry (specializing in Organic Chemistry, 1997) and Bachelor of Chemistry (Honors, 1995) degrees from the University of Delhi, India.

In her research, she is interested to understand collaborative behavior and dialogue that strategically involve individuals and organizations to achieve sustainability. She is intrigued by the complexities and potential of reliance on such engagements as institutional mechanisms to achieve sustainability. She draws on institutional theory and social movements theory to explain: (a) how and why individuals and organizations engage in, or disengage from sustainability organizing; and (b) how can they act as change agents in the sustainability movement. Philosophically, Aarti draws inspiration from Hans-Georg Gadamer and Jürgen Habermas when she critical analyses and problematizes dialogic relationships involving stakeholders, organizations and society within the context of sustainable development.

Aarti has been teaching the exit and capstone course on Strategic Management to the senior students of the College since Fall 2006. While teaching strategic management, she draws on, and integrates her knowledge, experience and interests on corporate sustainability, international business and base-of-the-pyramid strategies, corporate environmental strategies, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. In her course, she also educates students on the strategic implications of global warming and climate change on corporations and the global economy.

Aarti is also actively serving the Academy of Management. Since 2006, she has been an elected member of the Publications Team of the Academy of Management’s Organization and Natural Environment (ONE) Division. She has also served as the Assistant Program Chair for the 2005 ONE programs organized during the Academy of Management Annual Meetings in Honolulu, Hawaii.

She enjoys her life as an academic. She draws extensively on her multi-disciplinary educational background and multi-national professional experience in her teaching and research. Prior to joining the academia, Aarti had an active career in international relations, and on sustainable development. Her professional expertise is in developing collaborative strategies for, and dialogue on sustainability. She served the U.S. Departments of State, and Health and Human Services as a Scientific Affairs Specialist. In that role, she contributed to building strategic U.S. - India government dialogue and collaborations on public health, including environmental and occupational health, and technology management. She has also served The Energy and Resources Institute as a Research Associate.