Jakari Griffith has been into management education for the last few years and have been associated with popular Business management colleges across Boston. He has also been an eminent contributor in management studies with his research publications alongside Fred Luthans.
Professor Griffith teaching and research interests lies in the following fields of Human resource management:
  1. Human Resource
  2. Organization Behavior
  3. Leadership
  4. Human Capital Development
  5. Social Identity
Jakari Griffith has completed his Ph.D from university of Nebraska Lincoln (August 2010). Griffith as a professor teaching leadership has always emphasized on practical oriented teaching methodologies. Dr. Griffith is a firm believer of the fact that leaders cannot be produced by classroom and text book learning. Professor Griffith says " that a classroom and text book can only tell you about the qualities and characteristics of a leader, it can site examples of Jack welch, Steve Jobs, or  a Warren Buffet but that is not enough to understand leadership " Griffith stresses that leadership needs to be practised to understand the unique inherent challenges associated with different work.
Jakari Griffith has made it a regular activity to throw challenging assignments like fundraiser for charity, organizing event for charity and the like  to promote leadership skills among his students. 
Dr. Jakari Griffith has actively promoted fund-raising activity of non-profit organization across Boston, New York and other places. Griffith has effected accelerated fund raising activity by challenging his students of management to come up with out-of-the box ideas to promote cause and raise funds. Professor Griffith achieved this feat along with Salem state university students ($20,000 raised) by dividing a class full of students into small active group with goals defined for each members and helped them achieve the goals set in five weeks. The students used their creativity and business prowess to raise more than $20,000 for the Foundation with fundraisers such as comedy shows, walk-a-thons, charity nights at local restaurants, and so much more.This has given the students a sense of achievement and a taste of leadership and its inherent challenges.

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