Edward R. Balotsky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Discipline Taught: Managing Human Capital
Office: Mandeville 234
Phone: (610) 660-1447
Fax: (610) 660-1229
Email: edward.balotsky@sju.edu
Education
- B.S., Philadelphia University '77
- Ph.D., Temple University '99
Professional Experience
- Academy of Management(2001-Present). External reviewer for the Business Policy and Strategy and Health Care Management divisions. Selected as an Outstanding Reviewer in Health Care Management Division in 2001. 2002 and 2003.
- Business and Health Administration Association (2002). Chair, Managed Care Track, 2003 BHAA Annual Meeting.
- Eastern Academy of Management (1999 to Present). External Reviewer. Designated as an outstanding reviewer for 2001.
University Service
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) 2003-present
- Faculty Senate Executive Committee 2008-present
- Harassment Assessment Team 2008-present
- Provost Search Committee 2004-2005
Haub School of Business Service
- HSB Advising Committee 2008-present
- HSB Strategic Planning Committee 2004-present
- Business Policy Task Force 2002-present
- Undergraduate Programs Committee 2006
- Executive MBA Admissions Committee 2005 to 2007
Management Departmental service
- Undergraduate Committee 2007-present
- Teaching and Learning Committee (Chair) 2004-2006
- Department Strategic Planning Committee 2005-2006
- Department Assurance of Learning Committee 2004-2006
- Search Committee: Strategic Management (2) 2004-2007
- Search Committee: Business Law 2005
- Course Coordinator (2) 2003-present
Contributions to the University’s Mission as a Jesuit institution
- Ignatian Pilgrimage 2008
- Institute of Catholic Bioethics 2005-present
- Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics 2004-present
- Collegium Faculty 2006-present
- Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education (CJBE) 2004
Positive Involvement in Student Life and Activities
- Haub School of Business Student Advising Center 2004-present
- Beta Gamma Sigma 2003-present
Service in a Professional Organization
- Academy of Management 2001-present
- Business and Health Administration Association 2004
- International Conference Promoting Business Ethics 2006
- Midwestern Academy of Management 2007
- Journal of Managerial Issues 2007-present
Community Service
- Saint Frances Cabrini RC Church 2005-present
- American Red Cross 1996-present
Publications
Balotsky, Edward (2008). “Where Strategy and Ethics Converge: Pharmaceutical Industry Pricing Policy for Medicare Part D Beneficiaries.” Journal of Business Ethics.
Balotsky, Edward R. and John J. Newhouse (2007). “Reformation in Chinese Healthcare: Lessons to be Learned from U.S. Best Practices in Consulting, Education and Development of Health System Change.” International Journal of Chinese Culture and Management, 1 (1), 73-92.
Balotsky, Edward R. and David S. Steingard (2006). “How Teaching Business Ethics Makes a Difference: Findings from an Ethical Learning Model.” Journal of Business Ethics Education 3, 5-34.
Balotsky, Edward R. (2005). “Is It Resources, Habit or Both: Interpreting Twenty Years of Hospital Strategic Response to Prospective Payment.” Health Care Management Review, 30 (4), pp. 337-346.
Balotsky, Edward R. and Edward W. Christensen (2004). “Educating a Modern Business Workforce: An Integrated Educational Information Technology Process.” Group and Organizational Management, 29 (2), 148-170.
Hacker, James O. and Edward R. Balotsky (1998). “Strategic Business units (SBUs): Competitive positioning in a Managed care environment.” Carolina Health Services and Policy Review, 5, 17-27.
Zinn, Jacqueline, Roger Kaslak and Edward Balotsky (1994). "Selecting Markets Strategically for International Competition: Lessons from the For- Profit Hospital Industry." Hospital and Health Services Administration, 39 (1), 17-31.
Proceedings
Balotsky, Edward R. and Patrick G. Maggitti (2007). “The Relative Influence of Market Structure Versus Resource Configuration on Organizational Performance.” 2007 Midwest Academy of Management 50th Anniversary Meeting, October 4-6, Kansas City, MO.
Balotsky, Edward (2006). “Where Strategy and Ethics Converge: Pharmaceutical Industry Pricing Policy for Medicare Part D Beneficiaries.” 13th Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, October 25-27, 2006, Niagara Falls, NY. (Published Abstract).
Balotsky, Edward R. and David S. Steingard (2005). “How Teaching Business Ethics Makes a Difference: Findings from an Ethical Learning Model.” 12th Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, October 26-28, 2005, New York, NY. (Published Abstract).
Balotsky, Edward R. and John J. Newhouse (2004). “Reformation in Chinese Healthcare: Lessons to be Learned from American Best Practices in Consulting, Education and Development of Health System Change.” 3rd International Conference on Healthcare Systems, October 14-17, 2004, Charleston, WV.
Balotsky, Edward R. (2003). “Can the Sub-Acute Care Industry Learn from the Hospital Experience with Managed Care?” Midwest Business Administration Association Annual Meeting, March 12-14, 2003, Chicago, Illinois.
Balotsky, Edward R. and Edward W. Christensen (2002). “Educating a Modern Business Workforce: An Integrated Educational Information Technology Strategy.” Eastern Academy of Management Annual Meeting, May 1-4, 2002, New Haven, CT. Nominee for Outstanding Conceptual Paper Award.
Balotsky, Edward R. (2001). “Hospital Response to the Diffusion of Managed Care: A Neo-Institutional Perspective.” Eastern Academy of Management Annual Meeting, May 8-11, 2001, New York, NY.
Book Chapters
Balotsky, Edward R. and David B. Smith (Forthcoming). “Strategic Planning,” In Marilyn D. Harris, Ed., Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, 5th edition. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Balotsky, Edward R. and Patrick G. Maggitti (2006). “Setting Objectives and Making Strategic Choices.” In Stephen J. Porth (Ed.), Strategic Management: A Cross-Functional Approach, 2nd edition. Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing, 153-157.
Balotsky, Edward R. and David B. Smith (2005). “Strategic Planning,” In Marilyn D. Harris, Ed., Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, 4th edition. Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 693-707.
Pantuosco, Louis j. and Edward R. Balotsky (2000). “Progression Toward Efficiency: Why Managed Care is an Economically Rational Strategy for Health Care Onsurers and Consumers,” in Strategy & Tactics in Business Management for the New Millennium, J.S. Boronico (ed.), Edwin Mellen Press: Lewiston, NY.
Balotsky, Edward R. and James O. Hacker (2000). “Beyond the Strategic Business Unit (SBU): How Hospitals are using the Center of Excellence as an Evolving Strategic Response to Managed Care Diffusion,” in Strategy & Tactics in Business Management for the New Millennium, J.S. Boronico (ed.), Edwin Mellen Press: Lewiston, NY.
Aaronson, William and Edward R. Balotsky (1999). "The Community Hospital as the Fulcrum of a Community Care Networks: Promises and Obstacles. In A. O. Kilpatrick and J. A. Johnson, Eds., Handbook of Health Administration and Policy. Marcel Dekker: New York.
Balotsky, Edward R. and David B. Smith (1997). Strategic Planning. In Marilyn D. Harris, Ed., Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, 3rd edition. Gaithersburg: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 693-707.
Smith, David Barton and Edward R. Balotsky (1994). "Strategic Planning." In M.D. Harris, Ed., Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, 2nd edition. Gaithersburg: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 541-552.
Other Publications
Smith, David B., Apt, Joan, Aaronson, William A., Balotsky, Edward R., Shields, John, Roth, Lisa, Kotranski and Loeb, John (1994). “The Bucks County Community Health Assessment.” A joint report submitted to the seven Bucks County hospitals, Bucks County Medical Society and Bucks County Health Department.
Presentations
Government Policy Implications for Long Term Care: Provider Opportunities During a Presidential Election Year (2008). Institute for Continuing Education & Research, March 4, 2008, Philadelphia, PA.
The Role of Government in Health Policy and Reform: Back to the Intentions of our Forefathers (2007). Institute for Continuing Education & Research, August 15 and March 29, 2007, Philadelphia, PA.
The Role of Government in Health Policy and Reform: Balancing the Budget Versus Mid-Term Elections (2006). Institute for Continuing Education & Research, August 2 and March 29, 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
A Comparison of U.S. and Indian Health Care: A Management Perspective (2006). Made to the first cohort of Indian students in the joint Masters of Health Administration program between Saint Joseph’s University and Dr. NGP College of Arts and Sciences, Coimbatore, India, June 12, Philadelphia, PA.
Lessons of New Orleans: Looking Forward - The Responsibility of the Business Community (2005). A series of panel discussions presented by Saint Joseph’s University, October 6, 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
The Long Term Care Administration and Government Interface: Policy Implications in the Immediate Post-Presidential Election Environment (2005). Institute for Continuing Education & Research, February 15 and July 20, 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
Meet the Healthcare Industry Executives (2004). A panel discussion on issues in international healthcare administration. 3rd International Healthcare Systems Conference, October 15, 2004, Charleston, WV.
Government Policy Implications for Long Term Care: Provider Opportunities During a Presidential Election Year (2004). Institute for Continuing Education & Research conferences, March 30 and July 22, 2004, Philadelphia, PA.
Federal, State and Local Governments Role in the Financing and Structure of U.S. Healthcare (2003). A lecture given to the Shanghai, China Municipal Health Bureau during an executive education program conducted by Saint Joseph’s University, December 3-5, 2003, Philadelphia, PA and Washington, D.C.
The Long Term Care Administration and Government Interface: An Evolving Relationship (2003). Institute for Continuing Education & Research, March 5 and August 12, 2003, Philadelphia, PA.
Government Policy and Its Impact on Long Term Care Administration (2002). Institute for Continuing Education & Research, August 22, 2002, Philadelphia, PA.
The Role of Government in Health Policy, Regulation and Reimbursement (2001). Institute for Continuing Education & Research, March 8, 2001, August 1, 2001, December 12, Philadelphia, PA.
Work in Process
Balotsky, Edward R. and Patrick Maggitti. “The Role of Market Structure Versus Resource Configuration on Organizational Performance: The Experience of the U.S. Hospital Industry.” Submitted to the Journal of Managerial Issues.
Balotsky, Edward R. “Is It Possible to Identify, Measure, and Rank the Determinants of Effective Ethical Education: A Longitudinal Approach Through the Use of a Survey Instrument.” A Proposal for the 15th Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, October 2008.
Grants
Saint Joseph’s University
- Merit Award for Teaching (2006).
- Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics Fellow in Professional Development (2006).
Monmouth University
- School of Business Administration Beta Gamma Sigma Faculty Service Award (2001).
Temple University
- Beta Gamma Sigma: the national honor society for Collegiate Schools of Business (1999).
National Medical Enterprises, Inc.
- Richard K. Eamer Presidential Fellowship for Young Administrators (1982).
United States Air Force
- Certificate of Recognition for Meritorious Service (1977).
Faculty Expert Profile
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Expertise: Health Care Management, Delivery Issues and Trends, Managed Care Financing

