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Ruth Huwe
Lecturer in Management

PhD, University of Washington, 1995
MA, San Diego State University, 1990
BA, San Diego State University, 1986


Phone:   
206-543-7150 Mailing Address:
Fax:
206-685-9392 Michael G. Foster School of Business
Office:
Email:
347 Mackenzie Hall
rhuwe@u.washington.edu

Management and Organization Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200
     
Faculty Personal Web Page:   http://faculty.washington.edu/rhuwe


Specialties

    Metrics for high-performance teams, collaborative leadership, intercultural communication skills and negotiations.

Positions Held

    At the University of Washington since 1990
    Production Director, KJQY Radio, Westinghouse (1983-1990)
    On Air Personality
    KPNW Radio (1981-1983)
    KRSB Radio (1978-1981)

Consulting Experience

  • Leader of the "Partners in Leadership" program that ran for six years at the Boeing Company.
  • Invited speaker and negotiation consultant to the SPEEA union representing technical and engineering employees.
  • Developed management tools to improve worker utilization, satisfaction and productivity that were a primary component of an instructional CD rom created by the Boeing Company.
  • Numerous speaking engagements to the University of Washington Medical School providing team building and negotiation training.
  • Authored a performance appraisal system and provided training to 250 managers and executives to use it, Puget Power and Light Company.
  • Conducted extensive studies of white-collar labor issues for the Ed Wells Initiative, an organization jointly sponsored by the SPEEA union and the Boeing company.

Honors and Awards

    Undergraduate Professor of the Quarter for Autumn for Human Resource Management (2005, 2006)

Community Service

    Conciliator, Dispute Resolution Center
    Adult volunteer, the university neighborhood teen homeless shelter






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