Patricia Scescke Ed.D.
Title:
Professor Emerita/Adjunct Instructor
Programs/Classes Taught:
- BUS 430 Management and Leadership
- MGT 410 Management and Supervision
- MGT 412 Organizational Behavior
- MGT 478 Managerial Assessment
- MGT 479 Management Development Practicum
- MGT 430 Communication in Organizations
- MGT 482 Strategic Management
- LAS 331 Dynamics of Group Behavior
- LAP 300 Adult Development and Learning
- LAS 431 Managerial and Supervisory Behavior
Areas of Expertise:
Various aspects of Management Development/Organizational Development/Group Dynamics, Managing Change and Leadership
Biography:
Dr. Scescke retired from National Louis University in 2012, after 32 years of service as a full-time faculty member. She was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus at that time, and continued to teach at least two courses each term at NLU since then. She has also taught for Eastern Illinois University and is currently teaching at the College of DuPage.
Teaching, consulting, and counseling have been the three major threads in Dr. Scescke’s diverse professional life. She has taught at the elementary, high school, and university levels; served as a high school social worker, as well as a juvenile probation officer; and was a counselor in a number of social service agencies. Her consulting activities include Train the Trainer workshops at a variety of organizations, such as police departments, community colleges, and health care organizations; Outplacement Consulting; Career Planning and Assessment; and Leadership Assessment projects at AT&T, US Cellular, SBC, T-Mobile, and United Airlines.
Dr. Scescke believes in the principles of adult education and focuses on praxis, the application of theory to life experience. She regards adult education – as well as life as a whole – to be a continual process of unlearning, learning, and re-learning.
Education:
Dr. Scescke holds a Doctorate in Adult and Continuing Education (with a concentration in Human Resource Development) from Northern Illinois University, a Master’s Degree in Administration and Organizational Behavior from George Williams College, and a Master of Social Work (MSW) from George Williams College.
Research and Interests:
Dr. Scescke’s research interests include Surviving Organizational Transition and Change.
