James MacGregor Burns

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Noel Capon

Noel Capon (born 1937) is an American organizational theorist, and the R.C. Kopf Professor of International Marketing at Columbia Business School. Biography Capon received his BSc and PhD in Chemistry from the University College London his PhD from Manchester Business School, his MBA from Harvard University and another PhD from Columbia University in 1975 with a thesis entitled “Experimental evaluation of alternative message variables in personal

Charles U. Carpenter

Charles Underwood Carpenter (Indiana, January 1872 – January 15, 1928[1]) was an American business manager, management author, and inventor, known as “one of the earliest advocates of the committee system in factory management.”[2] Biography Carpenter got his degree from Princeton University in 1893, and started his career in industry. He came into prominence after being hired by John

Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci (Italian pronunciation: [anˈniːbale karˈrattʃi]; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of the Baroque style, borrowing from styles from both north and south of their native city, and

Jean-Luc Cerdin

Jean-Luc Cerdin (born c. 1974) is a French organizational theorist, Professor at the French business school ESSEC, known for his contributions on human resources management. He has led researches on international career and mobility. He is currently teaching in and has been twice a visiting teacher in American universities (Rutgers University, University of Missouri–St. Louis) Selected publications Cerdin has authored

James A. Champy

James (Jim) Champy (born 1942) is an Italian American business consultant, and organizational theorist, known for his work in the field of business process reengineering, business process improvement and organizational change. Life and work Champy earned his B.S. in 1963 and his M.S. in civil engineering in 1965 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a J.D. degree from Boston College Law School in 1968. Champy

Alfred D. Chandler

Alfred DuPont Chandler Jr. (September 15, 1918 – May 9, 2007) was a professor of business history at Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University, who wrote extensively about the scale and the management structures of modern corporations. His works redefined business and economic history of industrialization. He received the Pulitzer Prize for History for his work, The Visible Hand: The

Jesus Christ

Historical Jesus Main Article: Existence of Jesus Today, there exists no historical documentation for Jesus’ life beyond the Biblical Gospel, Acts and the epistles, and it is likely that these accounts were not written by eyewitnesses. This lack of evidence makes it very difficult to discern actual historical facts behind the Christian stories that describe him. This, however, has

Clayton M. Christensen

Clayton Magleby Christensen (April 6, 1952 – January 23, 2020) was an American academic and business consultant who developed the theory of “disruptive innovation”, which has been called the most influential business idea of the early 21st century.[1][2] Christensen introduced “disruption” in his 1997 book The Innovator’s Dilemma, and it led The Economist to term him “the most influential management

Alexander Hamilton Church

Alexander Hamilton Church (28 May 1866[1] – 11 February 1936[2]) was an English efficiency engineer, accountant and writer on accountancy and management, known for his seminal work of management[3] and cost accounting.[4][5] Biography Church was born in Uxbridge near London to Richard Stephen Hamilton Church and Jane Grace Quick Clemence,[6] both American. His father was the grandson of Philip Schuyler, a general in

West Churchman

Charles West Churchman (29 August 1913 – 21 March 2004) was an American philosopher and systems scientist, who was Professor at the School of Business Administration and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He was internationally known for his pioneering work in operations research, system analysis and ethics.[1] Biography Churchman was born in 1913 in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, to Clark Wharton Churchman

Stewart Clegg

Stewart Clegg (born 1947, Bradford) is a British-born Australian sociologist and organizational theorist, and a professor at the School of Project Management, University of Sydney.[1] Prior to joining the University of Sydney he was Distinguished Professor of Management and Organization Studies at the University of Technology Sydney.[2] Research Clegg is an Australian professor in the organization studies field and is the author and

James C. Collins

James C. “Jim” Collins (born 1958) is an American researcher, author, speaker and consultant focused on the subject of business management and company sustainability and growth.[3][4] Biography Collins received a BS in Mathematical Sciences at Stanford University, graduating in 1980. He then spent 18 months in McKinsey & Co.’s San Francisco office. He was exposed to what may

Morris Llewellyn Cooke

Morris Llewellyn Cooke (May 11, 1872 – March 5, 1960) was an American engineer, best known for his work on Scientific Management[1] and Rural Electrification.[2][3] Biography Born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as one of eight children of William Harvey Cooke and Elizabeth Richmond Marsden, Cooke attended Lehigh University and obtained his degree in mechanical engineering in 1895. He then joined the work force as a machinist.

Cary Cooper

Sir Cary Lynn Cooper CBE FAcSS (born 28 April 1940), is an American-born British psychologist and 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. Before moving to Manchester he was Distinguished Professor at Lancaster University. Cooper was Head of the Manchester School of Management (within UMIST) from the early 1980s. In 1995 he became Pro-Vice-Chancellor and then Deputy

Stephen Covey

Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.[1] His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child

Philip B. Crosby

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Richard Cyert

Richard Michael Cyert (July 22, 1921 – October 7, 1998) was an American economist, statistician and organizational theorist, who served as the sixth President of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He is known for his seminal 1959 work “A behavioral theory of the firm,” co-authored with James G. March.[2] Early life He was born in Winona, Minnesota and grew up in Minneapolis. He received a B.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1943,

Barbara Czarniawska

Barbara Czarniawska (also known as Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges; born in 1948 in Białystok, Poland) is an organization scholar. At present, she is a Senior Professor of Management Studies at Gothenburg Research Institute, Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law, Sweden.[1] Her research takes a constructionist perspective on organizing,[2] most recently exploring the management of overflows, and integration processes. She is interested in complex

Robert Dahlstrom

Robert F. Dahlstrom (born c. 1958) is an American organizational theorist who is the Seibert Professor in the Miami University Department of Marketing. known for his work on international marketing.[1][2] Education Dahlstrom obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from Xavier University in 1980 and a PhD in marketing at the University of Cincinnati in 1990.[3][4] Career Dahlstrom started his academic career at the University of