Faculty
Steve Schein, Senior Instructor
Management
Office: Central Hall 123
Phone: (541) 552-6708
FAX: (541) 552-6715
Email: scheinst@sou.edu
Education:
MA, 2004, Organization Development, Fielding Graduate University
BS, 1982, Accounting, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Teaching:
Organizational Leadership
Strategic Management
Organizational Behavior
Small Business Start-up and Entrepreneurship
Business Planning
Hospitality/Tourism Marketing and Management
Business, Government, and Society
Accounting and Financial Management
Organizational Consulting
Spirituality and Business
Assistant Professor Steve Schein's primary areas of interest include human potential within the context of organizational leadership; the relationship between leadership, organizational culture, and overall performance; how to link individual performance goals, overall satisfaction, and organizational strategy; and how to build community in organizations. His upcoming book is called Seven Perspectives on Business Life.
In addition to being a CPA and former CEO, Steve Schein has over twenty-five years of leadership, business development, and senior management experience in a broad range of industries. He is a founder of several companies including a New York Stock Exchange Company, ResortQuest International, Inc. Leading up to the initial public offering of ResortQuest in 1998, Mr. Schein had been the founder and President of the two largest resort management companies in Telluride, Colorado and Scottsdale, Arizona. Most recently he served as the Senior Regional Vice-President of the Western Region for ResortQuest, responsible for over 20 resort operating companies throughout the Western US and Canada with combined revenue of over $100 million.
As the managing partner of Windstone Partners, an opportunity based venture and consulting group, Mr. Schein has been a founding investor and consultant in a variety of start-up and early stage opportunities in several industries including computer software, leisure travel, resort development, sports marketing, and international trade.
Prior to ResortQuest and Windstone, he was an international financial auditor with Arthur Young & Co. and RJR Nabisco during the 1980's. He received his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Colorado, Boulder and his Masters in Organization Development from Fielding Graduate University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of CPA's. He has international business experience in Mexico, South America, Europe, and Asia and speaks three foreign languages: Spanish, French and Portuguese.
