Joseph “Joe” Sprangel, Jr.
BA, Eastern Michigan University; MBA, Spring Arbor University; PhD, Lawrence Technological University. View video interview
Joe Sprangel is an associate professor of business administration and department co-chair at MBU. He teaches MBA and undergraduate courses and focuses on using business as a force for good. Joe is the author of Humanist Manufacturing: A Humanitarian Approach to Excellence in High-Impact Plant Operations. He is a LinkedIn Top Voice, recognizing his thought leadership in responsible manufacturing, and he writes a weekly LinkedIn newsletter on strategy that emphasizes a human-centered approach to leading businesses. He served as the founding dean of the College of Business and Professional Studies for 5 1/2 years before returning to his faculty role in 2022.
Before joining the Mary Baldwin faculty in 2010, Sprangel taught at Ithaca College for three years, where his classes included Operations Management in the undergraduate program and Decision Support Analysis and Sustainable Practices in Operations & Technology in the MBA program. His classroom experience also included adjunct work at Spring Arbor University and Lawrence Technological University, teaching Change Management, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior, and Strategy courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs.
He brings 28 years of industry experience to the position. This includes work in machine build and repair, machine design, manufacturing engineering, and plant and engineering management. This led to his interest in developing courses and programs that emphasize learning while doing, with assignments and projects that replicate the work done in industry.
Sprangel earned a Doctorate of Business Administration degree from Lawrence Technological University. His dissertation research was “A Study of the Direct and Mediational Effects of the SOARTM
Framework, Trust, and Environmental Management Systems on Chemical Management Services Supplier Performance at Haas TCM Group”. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Spring Arbor University, a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Eastern Michigan University, and an associate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology.