S. Charles Malka is a professor of management at Sullivan University's Graduate School. Malka's professional background combines a vast experience in both business and academic spheres. He is a former president of six franchises in KY and IN for close to two decades, an acknowledged entrepreneur, and a recipient of numerous national achievement awards from Gingiss International Inc. of Chicago. Small business management has always been his passion. Later in his business career, he advised small businesses with transfer and acquisition transactions while a Principal at Fortune BTA of Louisville, and served scores of small businesses across the U.S. as a Senior Business Analyst with the Buffalo-Grove, IL based consulting firm IPA-IBA. His early consulting work, as an associate at the Conservation Company, a Philadelphia based firm - with an extensive portfolio of corporate and state clients – focused on state funded programs. He co-authored studies commissioned by Pennsylvania and New York States - exploring rate setting options for financing of state programs – and was a co-developer of a cost effective model for day care management in Pittsburgh that was adopted for use in State supported programs throughout Pennsylvania.

In his previous academic career, Dr. Malka was a faculty member at Israel's Haifa University, and at Ottawa University where he helped grow and coordinate the MBA and MAHR programs. In addition to his instructional responsibilities at HU, he helped develop and coordinate a two-year country-wide management training program for administrators of human service organizations. He also engaged in advising corporate-based EAP directors with a focus on human resource and employee support systems. At OU-IN, he was instrumental in strengthening the quality and rigor of the MBA program and its instructors base, and was the author of materials used to gain state recognition for the MAHR program. At SU, he is a member of the Curriculum Committee, and the Executive Curriculum Committee for the Graduate School.

Malka's teaching and research interests focus on business strategy, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and shareholder activism. Dr. Malka is the author of an eclectic body of research published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Proceedings of the Academic Organization for Advancement of Strategic and International Studies; Journal of Advancements in Economics, Finance & Accounting (IAABR’s journal), Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Association Journal; Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning; Journal of Advancements in Applied Business Research (IAABR’s journal); Vocational Evaluation and Career Assessment Professionals Journal; Journal of Administration in Social Work; and The Journal of Conflict Management. He is twice the recipient of SU faculty research grants for independent research projects ((2012 and 2020), and he is the Co-editor of the 2022 book - Back to a new normal: Searching for stability in an era of pandemic disruption – insights from practitioners and academics. IAP Publishing.

Dr. Malka earned a B.S.W from the University of Haifa, an M.A in HR management and Industrial Relations from the University of Tel-Aviv School of Labor Studies, a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh with a concentration in EAPs, and an MBA from Ottawa University. His doctorate dissertation entitled "Retirement preparation: A model for the workplace and correlates of well-being" was based on an IBM employee sample. A proud Kentucky Colonel, he was voted best faculty member for 1987 by the Student Council at the University of Haifa, and was declared a Distinguished Citizen in 1983 by Louisville Mayor Harvey Sloane as a tribute to his early work as an ambassador of good will in the U.S.

BOOK

Shalom, C. Malka & Robert, Tiell (Eds.)(2022). Back to a new normal: In search of stability in an era of pandemic disruption - Insights from practitioners and academics. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.  

RECENT CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

Malka, Shalom, C. & Tran, Tuan (2021). Revisiting the myopic-activists claim of short- termism: Assessing the long-term effects of hedge fund activists on firm operational performance. Research paper presented at the Orlando International Academic Conference on Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting, May 29-30, 2021.

Malka, Shalom, C. and Magzoub, Elsuhaili (2021). Are operations management dimensions necessary for firm performance? A necessary condition analysis. Research paper presented at the Miami International Academic Conference on Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting, August 20-21, 2021.

Malka, Shalom, C. & MacLennan, Helen (2021). Firm effects versus industry effects: Are they necessary for firm performance? A necessary condition analysis. Research paper presented at the Orlando International Academic Conference on Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting, November 6-7, 2021.

JOURNAL PUBLICATION – MOST RECENT (2021-2022)

Malka, S. (2022). On the paradoxical nature of exploration and exploitation: Can they co-exist? Insights, considerations, and managerial implications. The Journal of Conflict Management. Forthcoming issue, Spring 2022.

Malka, S. (2022). On the blessings that chaos brings: A closer look at chaos theory and conflict. Submitted to The Journal of Conflict Management. Forthcoming issue, Spring 2022.

Malka, S. & Tran, T. (2021). Revisiting the myopic-activists claim of short-termism: Assessing the long-term effects of hedge fund activists on firm operational performance. Journal of Advancements in Applied Business Research, X(1), 29-43.ISSN 2332-0311 (A publication of the International Association of Applied Business Research - IAABR).

Malka, S., and Magzoub, E. (2021). Are operations management dimensions necessary for firm performance? A necessary condition analysis. Journal of Advancements in Economics, Finance and Accounting, VIII(1), 5-20. ISSB 2327-9087. (A publication of the International Association of Applied Business Research - IAABR). 

Malka, S. & MacLennan, H. (2021). Firm effects versus industry effects: Are they necessary for firm performance? A necessary condition analysis. Journal of Advancements in Economics, Finance and Accounting, VIII(1), 21-37. ISSB 2327-9087. (A publication of the International Association of Applied Business Research - IAABR). 

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