Grace is a Latin American Economist born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America. She obtained both her MBA degree and B.S. degree in Economics in her native country. She has completed post-baccalaureate courses in Agricultural Economics -as USAID scholar at Iowa State University- and, in International Agricultural Marketing -as DSE-ZEL scholar in Feldafing, Germany. Economic consultant to the public and private sector in Latin America for more than 17 years, with concentration in quantitative methods, econometric models and applied research. Her current research focus integrates studies in leadership, organizational behavior, business education, and relationship fundraising. Ms. Thomson's involvement in higher education for more than 15 years in Latin America and the United States includes teaching, administration, and consulting. In 1990 she started as a visiting professor in her alma mater -Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador- and shortly after she obtained tenure, at age 26. In 2000 she was appointed by the University Board as the first Director of MBA programs in the institution. One year later, Grace was also appointed as the General Coordinator of Graduate Studies, positions that she successfully managed until 2003, when she relocated to the U.S. As of 2004 Grace teaches full-time for the Business Administration Program at Nevada State College (NSC)in Henderson, Nevada. She is also an Adjunct instructor for the Graduate Business Administration Program of University of Phoenix Las Vegas Campus. Awarded with the NSC Heritage Faculty Fellowship, Grace is now pursuing her doctoral degree in Business Administration with the School of Advanced Studies of University of Phoenix. Her volunteer work links her passion for academics and consulting. She is a volunteer chapter editor for the Global Text Project, volunteer Business Counselor with SCORE (Counselors to Small Business in America, and volunteer translator for Small Business School. As an entrepreneur, Grace manages her firm Spanish Communication Services (www.spanishcommunicationservices.com) as a consultant on diversity, and Latino affairs in Nevada. Grace lives in Henderson, Nevada with her husband Ken, and daughter Elenita.
Best Practices in Business Education
A resource-based view of Diversity in the Business Administration Program- NSC, Diversity Panel- Faculty Development Week (2009)
This document was presented to faculty members of Nevada State College in the context of...
Diversity and Heritage
A resource-based view of Diversity in the Business Administration Program- NSC, Diversity Panel- Faculty Development Week (2009)
This document was presented to faculty members of Nevada State College in the context of...
Diversity in the Classroom: The Business experience, Nevada State College - Heritage Center (2007)
Finances and Value Added
Global Strategic Management
A Taxonomy of Global Management Theories (2008)
This document presents a taxonomy of 14 management theories and models that incorporate grounded theory...
Grace Thomson in the Media
Commerce in Education: SCORE one for college Business class (with Jennifer Robison), Las Vegas Review Journal (2007)
News: Innovation and Solidarity by Guillermo Arosemena- Diario El Universo Guayaquil, Ecuador (with Guillermo Arosemena), Diario Expreso de Guayaquil- Ecuador (2007)
Leadership Theories
A Review of Transformational Leadership Models and its Linkage to the Scholarship/Practice/Leadership Model (2007)
The success of organizations is the result of a combination of factors: financial, material and...
Organizational Behavior and Organizational Design
A Taxonomy of Selected Organizational Theories (2007)
Abstract This research proposes a taxonomy of 16 organizational theories that represent both germinal and...
Organizational Design Strategy- A Case Study on a Public Baccalaureate College (2007)
This paper presents a proposal of re-design strategy for a higher education institution located in...
The Open-Systems Approach to Organizational Design (2007)
The open-systems approach in organizational design is the most appealing perspective for most of organizational...
Relationship Marketing
Evaluation of the Customer Management and Relationship Marketing Plan for Southwest Airlines, Relationship Marketing (2008)
Evaluation of the Customer Management and Relationship Marketing Plan for Southwest Airlines
Successful firms...
Taxonomy of Selected Relationship Marketing Theories, Selected Works (2008)
Taxonomy of Relationship Marketing Theories
A customer-centric marketing strategy relies on the creation of...
Global Marketing Strategy for the Internationalization of a U.S.-based University in Latin America, Relationship Marketing (2008)
This document simulates a senior executive-level proposal of a methodology of global marketing decision-making to...
Spanish Language/Translation/Interpretation
Workplace Spanish (with Leslie Holloway) (2007)
In Workplace Spanish (2nd Edition), employees will learn to communicate with other employees, clients, and...