Organizational Behavior

The organizational behavior group is dedicated to advancing research, teaching, and practice on the management of organizations. The group’s faculty research fundamental questions in organizational behavior, from both a social psychological and a sociological perspective, and publish their research in books and in the top management and social science journals.

MBA courses in organizational behavior help students to understand behavior at both the individual and organization levels. Topics at the individual, or “micro” level, include: individual motivation and behavior, decision making, interpersonal communication and influence, small group behavior, and individual, dyadic, and inter-group conflict and cooperation. At the organization, or “macro” level, topics include organizational growth, organizational change, organizational learning, organizations and leadership, power, social networks, and social responsibility.

More generally, the organizational behavior curriculum helps prepare students for their managerial careers, providing students with frameworks for diagnosing and dealing with the problems and opportunities that typically arise in organizational settings.

Faculty

 

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William Barnett, Professor
David L. Bradford, Senior Lecturer Emeritus
Scott Bristol, Lecturer
Tony Bryk, Consulting Professor
Robert A. Burgelman, Professor
Glenn R. Carroll, Professor
Geoffrey Cohen, Professor (by courtesy)
John-Paul Ferguson, Assistant Professor
Francis J. Flynn, Professor
Richard P. Francisco, Lecturer
Amir Goldberg, Assistant Professor
Lindred L. Greer, Assistant Professor
Harold Irving Grousbeck, Consulting Professor
Deborah H. Gruenfeld, Professor
Bill Guttentag, Lecturer
Nir Halevy, Assistant Professor
Michael Hannan, Professor
Sharique Hasan , Assistant Professor
Chip Heath, Professor
Mary Ann Huckabay, Lecturer
Roderick M. Kramer, Professor
Mary Lang, Lecturer
Kristin Laurin, Assistant Professor 
Brian Lowery, Professor
James March, Professor Emeritus
Joanne Martin, Professor Emerita
Daniel A. McFarland, Associate Professor (by courtesy)
Debra Meyerson, Associate Professor (by courtesy)
Dale T. Miller, Professor
Benoît Monin, Professor
Margaret A. Neale, Professor
Charles O'Reilly, Professor
Robert M. Pearl, Lecturer
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor
James A. Phills, Professor (Teaching)
Jerry I. Porras, Professor Emeritus
Walter W. Powell, Professor (by courtesy)
Hayagreeva Rao, Professor
Carole Robin, Lecturer
JD Schramm, Lecturer
Robert E. Siegel, Lecturer
Jesper B. Sorensen, Professor
Sarah A. Soule, Professor
Robert I. Sutton , Professor (by courtesy)
Larissa Tiedens, Professor
Jane Wei-Skillern, Lecturer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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