John Fuehrer

John Fuehrer teaches courses in the management and leadership department in the BW Carmel Boyer School of Business. Areas include organizational behavior, human resource management, systems management, organizational leadership and international business. He began teaching at Baldwin Wallace in 2000 as an adjunct professor and became a full-time professor in 2008. Fuehrer has taught in the undergraduate, MBA, healthcare MBA, executive MBA, and hybrid MBA programs at BW.

He was the co-leader of Discovering China, a faculty-led study abroad program in which he and his co-leaders led five tours and approximately 100 students through a 20-day tour of Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, China. In 2022, Professor Fuehrer was awarded the Faculty Leadership in Study Abroad Award. He will be co-leading another study abroad program to Thailand in 2025. Fuehrer is faculty advisor for the MBA association, and the advisor for over 120 MBA students. He has been nominated twice for the Bechberger Award for Human Development and has been recognized as a "faculty member of great influence" for both student-athletes and honors students.

Fuehrer is also the president and CEO of Access Cleveland. Founded in 1988, Access Cleveland is an organizational development consulting firm. His company assists over 200 businesses across the country with their hiring practices and developmental needs.

He successfully completed his coursework and comprehensive exams for his Doctor of Business Administration in management & labor relations from Cleveland State University. His research interests include recruiting and employment assessment, organizational commitment, the impact of national culture on organizational culture and business and organizational development in China. Fuehrer is presently conducting research on the impact of personality on academic success in graduate business programs.

Areas of Expertise

General management, organizational behavior, leadership, systems management and international business.

Courses

Undergraduate

• Introduction to Business (BUS-108)
• Introduction to Management (MGT-205)
• Study Abroad Courses

Graduate

• Systems Management & Organizational Theory (MGT-501)
• Organizational Leadership (MGT-509)

Research Grants, Consulting, Contracts and Awards

Fuehrer has conducted consulting with local, domestic and international organizations such as Timken, Medical Mutual, Carleton McKenna, and Pioneer Physicians.

• 2022 Faculty Leadership in Study Abroad award
• 2019 Capsim Management Simulations - Subject Matter Expert, Cultural Awareness
• 2016 Boesel Scholarship recipient for creating MBA study abroad program for MBA students
• 2016 Faculty member of influence award for student athlete
• 2014 Faculty member of influence award for student athlete
• 2012 Faculty member of influence award for student athlete
• 2012 Nominated for the Bechberger Award for Human Development
• 2010 Nominated for the Bechberger Award for Human Development