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University of New Haven Faculty

Maurice Cayer

UNH Faculty Member: Maurice Cayer
Maurice "Mo" Cayer, Ph.D.
Title: Lecturer
College: College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business
Dept: Psychology and Management
Phone: 203.932.7384
Email: MCayer@newhaven.edu
Office: Harugari Hall 231
  300 Boston Post Rd
West Haven, CT 06516

Education

Ph.D., Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York University
B.A., Psychology, University of Bridgeport

Courses Taught

MG415 Multinational Management

MG645 Management of Human Resources

MG637 Management Process

P610 Industrial Psychology

P619 Performance Appraisal Systems

P641 Personnel Training and Development

P642 Organization Change and Development

P635 Psychological Testing in Industry

Other/Career Briefs

Mo has extensive industry experience developing, delivering and evaluating a wide range of management, leadership and organizational development interventions and learning experiences. His career includes having been a Leader at the American Management Association. Prior to the AMA, he was the head of Organizational & Leadership Development for Bayer Healthcare/Pharmaceutical, NA. He helped lead several organizational change initiatives, talent management, and leadership/executive development and coaching engagements during turbulent times.

At GE Capital Corp. for several years, he was the Leader, Best Practices & Program Development, designing and consulting on a wide variety of Organizational and Leadership Development interventions, executive coaching and learning initiatives (e.g., Six Sigma, Strategic Leadership Skills), integrating mergers, and applying GE's legendary Work-Out and Change Processes. In addition, Mo was with R.H. Macy & Co. as their Vice President, Organizational Development & Executive Compensation, and in various Human Resource leadership roles at the JC Penney Co.

He has consulted with Starwood Hotels, BMS, Fidelity Investments, Development Dimensions International (DDI), Save the Children, John Hancock Financial Services, Mercer, Federated Department Stores, KCI, Southland Corp., Pivotal Resources, Inc., Life Office Management Association (LOMA), State of Oregon, and Chrysler, among other organizations.

Mo was an adjunct professor in graduate-level Psychology programs at New York University. His research, speaking and consulting engagements include human resource strategies, leadership & executive development, organizational development and change, and strategic thinking.

Memberships

  • American Psychological Association
  • Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
  • Academy of Management
  • Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
  • Organizational Development Network
  • Metropolitan New York Association for Applied Psychologists (METRO)