Jeremy Rifkin

Jeremy Rifkin (born January 26, 1945) is an American economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political advisor, and activist. Rifkin is the author of 23 books about the influence of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His most recent books include The Age of Resilience (2022), The Green New Deal (2019), The Zero Marginal

Fritz Roethlisberger

Fritz Jules Roethlisberger (October 29, 1898- May 17, 1974) was a social scientist, management theorist at the Harvard Business School.[1] Biography Roethlisberger earned the BA in engineering from Columbia University in 1921,[2] the BS in engineering administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1922, and the MA in philosophy from Harvard University in 1925.[1] Roethlisberger held the following positions at Harvard Business School:

Georges Romme

Sjoerd Abel Georges Lodewijk Romme (born 1960) is a Dutch organizational theorist and professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Biography Georges Romme received a MSc in economics from Tilburg University and in 1992 a PhD degree in business administration from Maastricht University. Since 2005, he is professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), and since 2007 also dean of the

Mike Rother

Mike Rother (born 1958, Michigan, USA) is an American researcher. He introduced the widespread business practices of Value Stream Mapping and Toyota Kata (Improvement Kata + Coaching Kata). He has been affiliated with the Industrial Technology Institute (Ann Arbor), the University of Michigan College of Engineering, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (Stuttgart), and the Technical University Dortmund. Publications Learning to

Martti Saario

Martti Saario (1906 – 1988) was a Finnish organizational theorist and Professor of Accounting at the Helsinki School of Economics, known for his development of the Finnish expenditure-revenue theory.[1][2] Saario obtained his PhD at the Helsinki School of Economics in 1945 with a thesis on the “Realisointiperiaate ja käyttöomaisuuden poistot tuloslaskennassa” (depreciation of fixed assets and annual income

Kenan Sahin

Kenan Eyüp Şahin, (commonly known as Kenan Sahin) is a Turkish-born American scientist and entrepreneur. He is the founder, President and the Chief Technology Officer of TIAX LLC in Lexington, Massachusetts. He is also the founder and CEO of CAMX Power which formerly was a division of TIAX LLC and in May 2014, became a separate company. Early life and

Mohammad Ali Sarlak

Mohammad Ali Sarlak (born March 25, 1970, Iran) is a professor of organizational behavior management at Payame Noor University (PNU), and the former chancellor of this university as the largest public university in Iran.[1] He introduced the concept of the organization’s face for the first time in a multi volume reference book entitled The new faces of organizations in the 21st century.[2] Sarlak was

Jason Saul

Jason Saul is an American author, entrepreneur, and educator, best known as an expert on measuring social impact and benchmarking. He is the founder and CEO of Mission Measurement, a consulting firm that advises corporations, governments, and nonprofit agencies on their social impact.[1] Saul was also the founder of the Center For What Works, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that focused on benchmarking

August-Wilhelm Scheer

August-Wilhelm Scheer (born July 27, 1941) is a German Professor of business administration and business information at Saarland University,[1] and founder and director of IDS Scheer AG, a major IT service and software company. He is known for the development of the Architecture of Integrated Information Systems (ARIS) concept. Biography In 1972 Scheer received a PhD from University of Hamburg with the thesis “Kosten- und kapazitätsorientierte Ersatzpolitik bei stochastisch ausfallenden Produktionsanlagen”. In 1974

Edgar Schein

Edgar Henry Schein (March 5, 1928 – January 26, 2023)[1] was a Swiss-born American business theorist and psychologist who was professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He founded the discipline of organizational behavior,[2] and made notable contributions in the field of organizational development in many areas, including career development, group process consultation, and organizational culture.[3] He was the son of former University of

Eugen Schmalenbach

Eugen Schmalenbach (20 August 1873 – 20 February 1955) was a German academic and economist. He was born in Halver, and attended the Leipzig College of Commerce starting in 1898. That college later became part of Leipzig University, only to emerge again as the Handelshochschule Leipzig. Schmalenbach is best known as a professor at the University of Cologne, and as a contributor

Hein Schreuder

Hein Schreuder (24 December 1951 – 28 May 2023) was a Dutch economist and business executive, executive vice-president corporate strategy & acquisitions at DSM and professor at the University of Maastricht,[1] especially known for his work on “Economic approaches to organizations” with Sytse Douma[2][3] and for his role in the (second) transformation of DSM.[4] Biography Born in Jakarta, Schreuder graduated in Business Economics in

David Meerman Scott

David Meerman Scott is an American online marketing strategist and author of several books on marketing, including The New Rules of Marketing and PR. Education and career Scott graduated from Kenyon College in 1983 with a BA in economics. After early jobs as a clerk on several Wall Street bond trading desks, he worked in the online news and

Walter Dill Scott

Walter Dill Scott (May 1, 1869 – September 24, 1955)[1] was one of the first applied psychologists. He applied psychology to various business practices such as personnel selection and advertising. Early life Scott was born in Cooksville, Illinois near the town of Normal, Illinois. He lived on a farm until the age of 19 when he entered Illinois State Normal University.

Esbjörn Segelod

Esbjörn Segelod (born 1951) is a Swedish organizational theorist and Professor in Business Administration at the Mälardalen University College, School of Business Society and Engineering. He is best known for his work on “knowledge in the software development process”[1] and “software innovativeness”[2] Life and work Segelod obtained his PhD at the University of Gothenburg in 1986 with the thesis,

Peter Senge

Peter Michael Senge (born 1947) is an American systems scientist who is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute, and the founder of the Society for Organizational Learning. He is known as the author of the book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (1990, rev. 2006).

Dorian Shainin

Dorian Shainin (September 26, 1914 – January 7, 2000) was an American quality consultant, aeronautics engineer, author, and college professor most notable for his contributions in the fields of industrial problem solving, product reliability, and quality engineering, particularly the creation and development of the “Red X” concept.[1] Shainin (pronounced SHAY-nin), founder of the technical-problem-solving company

Stanley J. Shapiro

Stanley Jack Shapiro (born 1934) is Professor Emeritus of Marketing at Simon Fraser University. He has served as dean of McGill University’s School of Management and dean of Business Administration for Simon Fraser University. Career After earning his PhD., Shapiro travelled to Montreal to work for private industries. While there, he was approached by McGill University and eventually joined

Seena Sharp

Seena Sharp, author of Competitive Intelligence Advantage, is a recognized leader[citation needed] in Competitive Intelligence. She founded one of the first competitive intelligence company, Sharp Market Intelligence, in the US in 1979, in Los Angeles, a company that serves clients across the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Seena had a successful corporate career in New York City, where she earned her master’s degree in mathematics. Her research,

Oliver Sheldon

Oliver Sheldon (1894–1951) was a director of the Rowntree’s in York, England. He wrote on principles of public and business administration in the 1920s. Life Oliver Sheldon was born on 13 July 1894.[1] He was educated at King’s College School and Merton College, Oxford.[1] In World War I he served as an officer in the Royal Engineers, and was mentioned in despatches.[1] He joined Rowntree’s in 1919 as Personal Assistant