Faculty
Lila Carden, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Technology Project Management
Office 230C, College of Technology Building
Phone 713-743-4171
Fax 713-743-4032
Email lcarden [at] central.uh.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Ph.D. in Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2007
- Master of Business Administration-Concentration in Finance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1991
- Bachelor of Business Administration-Accounting, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 1985
Certifications
- Certified as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, University of Houston, College of Technology, Department of Information & Logistics Technology, 2014
- Certified in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training, University of Houston, College of Technology, Department of Information & Logistics Technology, 2012
- Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute, 2002
Classes
- TEPM 6391: Project Management Seminar
- TEPM 6395: Integration Project
Awards & Honors
- Chartered Member, 2018, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Alpha Eta Omega Chapter (Service and Sisterhood Organization)
- Carden, L. (2023). Diversity and inclusion: Multilevel recommendations Journal of Management & Organization, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2023.2
- Tran, N. Q., Carden, L. L., & Zhang, J. Z. (2022). Work from anywhere: Remote stakeholder management and engagement. Personnel Review, 51(8), 2021-2038, https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-11-2021-0808.
- Carden, L., & Boyd, R., (2022). Family and medical leave act: Examining a corporate stakeholder model to assist with implementation. Southern Journal of Business Ethics, 14, 24-32.
- Carden, L. L. (2022). Career development of project management professionals: Using salaries as extrinsic rewards. International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 13(1), 1-12. (https://doi.org/10.4018/IJITPM.304056).
- Carden, L., & Brace, C. (2022). Project management office (PMO): Using projects as strategies for managing organizational and human resources. International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 13(1), 1-13 (https://doi.org/10.4018/IJITPM.290419).
- Maldonado, T., Carden, L., Brace, C., & Myers, M. (2021). Fostering innovation through humble leadership and humble organizational culture. Journal of Business Strategies, 38(2), 73-84. (https://doi.org/10.54155/jbs.38.2.73-94).
- Carden, L., & Boyd, R. (2021). Information for organizations: Considerations to reduce the gender pay gap. Southern Journal of Business & Ethics, 13, 94-105.
- Carden, L., & Oladapo, B. (2021). An ethical risk management approach for medical devices. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 14, 2311–2318. (https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S306698).
- Carden, L., Garza, J., Sampson, S. (2021). Technology usage and preferences: Features and functionality for minority diabetes self-management application. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 32(1), 1-7. (doi: 10.1353/hpu.2021.0002. PMID: 33678675, https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2021.0002).
- Greer, T.W., & Carden, L. (2021). Exploring the gender wage gap among project managers: A multi-national analysis of human capital and national policies. 39(1), 21-31. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2020.09.004).
- Carden, L., Kovach, J.V., & Flores, M. (2021). Enhancing human resource management in process improvement projects. Organizational Dynamics, 50(2), 1-6. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2020.100776).
- Maldonado, T., Cao, R.Q., & Carden, L. (2019). Sentiment analysis on organizational resilience. International Journal of Data Science, 4(2), 142-161.
- Pointer, L., Carden, L., Smith, C. (2019). Student perceptions of learning and academic dishonesty by instructional modalities: Are perceptions of online and hybrid modalities improving? International Research Journal of Applied Finance, 10(10), 258-272.