Edward Freeman

Robert Edward Freeman (born December 18, 1951) is an American philosopher and professor of business administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia, particularly known for his work on stakeholder theory (1984) and on business ethics. Biography Born in Columbus, Georgia, Freeman received a B.A. in mathematics and philosophy from Duke University in 1973 and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis in 1978. He taught at the University of Minnesota and the Wharton School, and

Mike L. Fry

Michael L. “Mike” Fry (October 25, 1960 – November 4, 2012) was an American serial entrepreneur, entertainer, trainer and marketing expert. He was the original Happy the Hobo on the children’s television series Happy’s Place, and the creative mind behind and owner of Fancy Fortune Cookies. Entertainer Mike Fry was born in Watseka, Illinois[1] but grew up in the Huntington, Indiana area.[2] He was the state Tae Kwon Do champion

Adrian Furnham

Adrian Frank Furnham (born 3 February 1953) is a South African-born British BPS chartered occupational psychologist and chartered health psychologist. He is currently an adjunct professor at BI Norwegian Business School and professor at University College London.[1] Throughout his career, he has lectured in the following post-secondary institutions: Pembroke College, Oxford, University of New South Wales, University of West Indies, Hong Kong University Business School, and the Henley Management College.[2] Furnham

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith[a] OC (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics from an institutionalist perspective.[1][2] Galbraith was a long-time Harvard faculty member and stayed with Harvard University for half

Henry Gantt

Henry Laurence Gantt (/ɡænt/; May 20, 1861 – November 23, 1919) was an American mechanical engineer and management consultant who is best known for his work in the development of scientific management. He created the Gantt chart in the 1910s. Gantt charts were employed on major infrastructure projects including the Hoover Dam and Interstate highway system and continue to be an important tool in project management and program management.

Burleigh B. Gardner

Burleigh Bradford Gardner (December 4, 1902—January 12, 1988) was an American social anthropologist, and Founding Chairman of Social Research Inc. of Chicago, Illinois,[1] known for its pioneering work in the field of consumer motivation research[2] and quantitative marketing research.[3] Biography Dr. Gardner grew up in Falfurrias, Texas, after his family left Galveston following the Galveston Flood in which his

Michael Gerber

Michael E. Gerber (born June 20, 1936)[1] is an American author and founder of Michael E. Gerber Companies, a business skills training company based in Carlsbad, California. Early life Michael E. Gerber was born on June 20, 1936, in Elizabeth, NJ. He was the son of Harry Gerber (a furniture salesman) and Helen Gary Gerber Aaron. With

Jamshid Gharajedaghi

Jamshid Gharajedaghi (Persian: جمشید قراچه‌داغی, born c. 1940) is an Iranian-American organizational theorist, management consultant, and Adjunct Professor of Systems thinking at Villanova University. He is known for his work of systems thinking, managing complexity, and business architecture.[1][2] While in Iran, Gharajedaghi headed Industrial Management Institute (IMI)[3] and was a member of board of trustees for Azad University, Iran from 1976 to 1979. He has two

Sumantra Ghoshal

Sumantra Ghoshal (26 September 1948 – 3 March 2004) was an Indian scholar and educator.[1] He served as a Professor of Strategic and International Management at the London Business School, and was the founding Dean of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. His Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution,[2] co-authored with Christopher A. Bartlett, has been listed in the Financial Times as one of the 50 most

John P. van Gigch

John Peter van Gigch (1930 – August 29, 2006 in Sebastopol, California) was an American organizational theorist and Professor Emeritus in System Management at the California State University.[1] Life and work Born in Argentina in 1930, Van Gigch transferred in the 1960s from a university to the States.[2] In 1968 he received a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Oregon State University for his dissertation The Impact of

Frank Bunker Gilbreth

Frank Bunker Gilbreth (July 7, 1868 – June 14, 1924) was an American engineer, consultant, and author known as an early advocate of scientific management and a pioneer of time and motion study, and is perhaps best known as the father and central figure of Cheaper by the Dozen. Both he and his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth were industrial engineers and efficiency

Frank Gilbreth -Time and motion study

A time and motion study (or time-motion study) is a business efficiency technique combining the Time Study work of Frederick Winslow Taylor with the Motion Study work of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (the same couple as is best known through the biographical 1950 film and book Cheaper by the Dozen). It is a major part of scientific management (Taylorism). After its first introduction, time study developed in the direction

Seth Godin

Seth W. Godin is an American author and former dot com business executive. Background After leaving Spinnaker in 1986, he used $20,000 in savings to found Seth Godin Productions, primarily a book packaging business, out of a studio apartment in New York City.[4] He then met Mark Hurst and founded Yoyodyne (named in jest after the fictional Yoyodyne in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Eliyahu Moshe Goldratt (March 31, 1947 – June 11, 2011) was an Israeli business management guru.[1][2] He was the originator of the Optimized Production Technique, the Theory of Constraints (TOC), the Thinking Processes, Drum-Buffer-Rope, Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) and other TOC derived tools. He was the author of several business novels and non-fiction works, mainly on the application of the theory of

Marshall Goldsmith

Marshall Goldsmith (born March 20, 1949) is an American executive leadership coach and author.[1][2] Early life and education Goldsmith was born in Valley Station, Kentucky, and received a degree in mathematical economics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1970; where he was also a brother of the Theta Xi Kappa Chapter Fraternity.[3][4] He then earned an MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley

Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman (born March 7, 1946) is an author, psychologist, and science journalist. For twelve years, he wrote for The New York Times, reporting on the brain and behavioral sciences. His 1995 book Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times Best Seller list for a year and a half, a bestseller in many countries, and is in print worldwide in 40 languages.[1] Apart

Vytautas Andrius Graiciunas

Vytautas Andrius Graičiūnas (August 17, 1898 in Chicago – January 9, 1952 in Olzheras, Siberia)[1] was a Lithuanian American management theorist, management consultant, and engineer,[2][3] and was a known expert in his field. Born to Lithuanian immigrants, he studied at the University of Chicago. During World War I he served in France. After coming back in 1919, he became interested in management and continued his studies at the Illinois Institute

Lynda Gratton

Lynda Gratton (born February 1955) a British organizational theorist, consultant, and Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and the founder of HSM Advisory, known for her work on organisational behaviour. Biography Born in Liverpool, England, the oldest of four children,[1] Gratton took a degree in psychology degree followed by a PhD at Liverpool University.[2] After graduation, Gratton started her career at British Airways, where she was Chief Psychologist. In 1982 she moved to

Jackson Grayson

C. Jackson “Jack” Grayson, Jr. (October 8, 1923 – May 4, 2017) was the chairman of APQC, dean of two business schools, head of the U.S. Price Commission (1971), a farmer, newspaper reporter and FBI agent. In 1977 he founded APQC as a private sector, non-profit organization. C. Jackson Grayson was the U.S. chairman of

Danny Greefhorst

Danny Greefhorst (born 31 December 1972) is a Dutch enterprise architect and consultant at ArchiXL, known for his work in the field of enterprise architecture.[1][2] Biography Greefhorst obtained his master in computer science at Utrecht University in 1995 with the master thesis “”A Simulation Environment for Ariadne.”[3] Furthermore, he became IBM Certified Senior IT Architect in 2004. He is TOGAF