Marilyn Helms
DR. MARILYN M. HELMS is the Sesquicentennial Chair and Professor of Management at Dalton State College (DSC), Dalton, Georgia. Dr. Helms joined the DSC faculty in 2000 and works closely with the area business community conducting research projects, seminars, and training programs. Dr. Helms teaches production and operations management classes as well as classes in quality management and entrepreneurship. She is a frequent speaker in the Dalton, GA and Chattanooga TN areas. From 1987 to 2000, Dr. Helms held the UC Foundation and George Lester Nation Professor of Management at the University of Tennessee (UTC), Chattanooga, TN and directed UTC’s Institute for Women as Entrepreneurs.
Dr. Helms holds a Doctorate of Business Administration Degree (as well as an M.B.A. and B.B.A.) from the University of Memphis (TN). She is a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM), a Certified Integrated Resources Manager (CIRM), and a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) of the American Production and Inventory Control Society. She teaches certification review courses for APICS and serves as Educational Director for the local Tri-State Chapter of APICS. Dr. Helms is a Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CQM/OE) certified by the American Society for Quality.
She has published over 200 journal articles in periodicals including the Production and Inventory Management Journal; Transportation Quarterly; European Business Review; Journal of Information Systems Education; International Journal of Benchmarking for Quality Management and Technology; The TQM Magazine; Industrial Management; Quality Progress; Industrial Management; and the Operations Management Review.
Dr. Helms is a frequent manuscript and book reviewer. She writes business cases as well as instructor’s notes and student study guides for production and operations management and entrepreneurship textbooks. She has served as editor for the last two editions of the reference volume, the Encyclopedia of Management". She writes a business column for the Sunday Dalton Daily Citizen newspaper. She has received grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the Coleman Foundation, and the Southern Regional Education Board to develop new curricula and outreach programs. She serves on the editorial board of several academic peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Helms has directed and taught study abroad programs in Manchester Business School and at Kings College-Kensington (London); Cairns and Sydney, Australia; Monterrey, Mexico; and Dublin and Galway, Ireland. She has participated in faculty study abroad programs in Salta and Buenos Aires, Argentina and Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. She was awarded the Fulbright Teaching and Research Award and taught at the University of Coimbra, Portugal in spring 2000. During her 2000 sabbatical she taught in Tokyo, Japan for Temple University.
Dr. Helms is a member of numerous professional organizations including the Academy of Management, the Academy of Entrepreneurship, the Decision Sciences Institute, the American Society for Competitiveness, and the American Production and Inventory Control Society. Her current research interests include entrepreneurship by women, manufacturing strategy, and supply chain management. Dr. Helms teaches Junior Achievement to third grade classes at Tunnel Hill Elementary School in Tunnel Hill, Georgia and is on the Junior Achievement Board of Directors for Whitfield County GA.
Dr. Helms has local and regional consulting experience and has spoken to international and national groups including the Decision Sciences Institute, the American Production and Inventory Control Society, and the Academy of Management. Dr. Helms received the 2007 Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award from the University System of Georgia for Two-Year and State Colleges and the Dalton State College Foundation Teaching Excellence Award in 2006.
She enjoys swimming, scuba diving, lawn care, and foreign travel. Her husband, Lee Tubbs, owns and operates EnviroGuard/Daisy Pest Control (www.egpest.com). They live in Ringgold, GA with their dog, Daisy. Her parents moved from Memphis, TN in 1994 and reside in Ringgold, GA. Her mother, Evelyn Helms, was a classmate of Elvis Presley at Milam Jr. High School in Tupelo, MS.
Supervisors: Dr. Elmore R. Alexander, III
Phone: 706-272-2600 office
Address: School of Business Administration
Dalton State College
650 College Drive
Dalton, GA 30720
Dr. Helms holds a Doctorate of Business Administration Degree (as well as an M.B.A. and B.B.A.) from the University of Memphis (TN). She is a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM), a Certified Integrated Resources Manager (CIRM), and a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) of the American Production and Inventory Control Society. She teaches certification review courses for APICS and serves as Educational Director for the local Tri-State Chapter of APICS. Dr. Helms is a Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CQM/OE) certified by the American Society for Quality.
She has published over 200 journal articles in periodicals including the Production and Inventory Management Journal; Transportation Quarterly; European Business Review; Journal of Information Systems Education; International Journal of Benchmarking for Quality Management and Technology; The TQM Magazine; Industrial Management; Quality Progress; Industrial Management; and the Operations Management Review.
Dr. Helms is a frequent manuscript and book reviewer. She writes business cases as well as instructor’s notes and student study guides for production and operations management and entrepreneurship textbooks. She has served as editor for the last two editions of the reference volume, the Encyclopedia of Management". She writes a business column for the Sunday Dalton Daily Citizen newspaper. She has received grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the Coleman Foundation, and the Southern Regional Education Board to develop new curricula and outreach programs. She serves on the editorial board of several academic peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Helms has directed and taught study abroad programs in Manchester Business School and at Kings College-Kensington (London); Cairns and Sydney, Australia; Monterrey, Mexico; and Dublin and Galway, Ireland. She has participated in faculty study abroad programs in Salta and Buenos Aires, Argentina and Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. She was awarded the Fulbright Teaching and Research Award and taught at the University of Coimbra, Portugal in spring 2000. During her 2000 sabbatical she taught in Tokyo, Japan for Temple University.
Dr. Helms is a member of numerous professional organizations including the Academy of Management, the Academy of Entrepreneurship, the Decision Sciences Institute, the American Society for Competitiveness, and the American Production and Inventory Control Society. Her current research interests include entrepreneurship by women, manufacturing strategy, and supply chain management. Dr. Helms teaches Junior Achievement to third grade classes at Tunnel Hill Elementary School in Tunnel Hill, Georgia and is on the Junior Achievement Board of Directors for Whitfield County GA.
Dr. Helms has local and regional consulting experience and has spoken to international and national groups including the Decision Sciences Institute, the American Production and Inventory Control Society, and the Academy of Management. Dr. Helms received the 2007 Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award from the University System of Georgia for Two-Year and State Colleges and the Dalton State College Foundation Teaching Excellence Award in 2006.
She enjoys swimming, scuba diving, lawn care, and foreign travel. Her husband, Lee Tubbs, owns and operates EnviroGuard/Daisy Pest Control (www.egpest.com). They live in Ringgold, GA with their dog, Daisy. Her parents moved from Memphis, TN in 1994 and reside in Ringgold, GA. Her mother, Evelyn Helms, was a classmate of Elvis Presley at Milam Jr. High School in Tupelo, MS.
Supervisors: Dr. Elmore R. Alexander, III
Phone: 706-272-2600 office
Address: School of Business Administration
Dalton State College
650 College Drive
Dalton, GA 30720
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