Education
Ph.D., Capella University; M.S., Rochester Institute of Technology, B.S., Bemidji State University
Research Interests
Human resources; career development; leadership; organizational culture; strategic management; performance measurement; business ethics; poverty; corporate social responsibility
Background
Dr. Dwyer has spent more than 30 years working in the public sector at the regional, national, and international levels. He has been able to leverage his expertise to facilitate and strategically engage public sector leadership to support accountability renewal, create Canada’s first Aboriginal Auditor Development Program, and develop and implement a public sector human resource strategy to build an Aboriginal executive cadre within the federal public service. Internationally, Dr. Dwyer was the inspiration, driving force, and co-editor behind the Emerald Group Publishing’s, Corporate Social Responsibility Special Edition Management Decision Journal series on relevant current global topics, which have included poverty, corporate ethics, environmental stewardship, and responsible management (Alleviating Poverty–“Making Trade Work for the Poor”, Corporate Ethics–“Ethics in the Global Marketplace,” and Environment Stewardship–“Why Green Management Matters” and “Daring to Care: A Basis for Responsible Management”).
Dr. Dwyer is a faculty member in the D.B.A. program and currently supports Walden learners in the Qualitative and Case research for Business Analysis, and in the Doctoral Study Mentoring and Doctoral Study Completion programs.
His research has been published and presented at conferences and symposiums in Canada, the United States, South America, Germany, Russia, and the People’s Republic of China.