John R. Hendon

A seven-time entrepreneur and former operations director for a $60 Million company, John brought his experience and interests to the classroom full time in 1994 and has been a Management Instructor for the University of Central Arkansas and more recently the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for over fifteen years. He teaches primarily in the areas of Human Resources Management, Strategy and Planning and Organizational Management and researches in a number of areas in the Management field, specializing in Entrepreneurial research.

Along with Dr. Robert Lussier, John authored Human Resource Management: Functions Applications, Skill Development, now in its second edition. In addition, a new fundamental Human Resource book will come out in January of 2016.

John is also currently the President of "The VMP Group", an Arkansas-based business consulting firm. John consults with a variety of small and medium-sized businesses in the areas of Human Resources, Family Business, Strategic and Business Planning, Organizational Design, and Leadership. You can reach him anytime at jrhendon@ualr.edu.