A Business School’s Unique Hiring Process

Hiring effective employees is essential to the success of all organizations - regardless of their vision, mission, tactics or discipline. Effective employees understand, support and promote the organization's mission and strategy. The Martin V. Smith School of Business and Economics (Smith School) is part of California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) that was established as the 23^rd campus of the California State University (CSU) system in Camarillo, California in 2001. The CSUCI Mission Statement strongly emphasizes interdisciplinarity. The Smith School reflects this emphasis in its academic programs, and participates in a unique search process to hire faculty members committed to interdisciplinarity. This paper describes the Smith School's interdisciplinary approach to its curricula and the linking of the interdisciplinary approach to its hiring process.