Organization Studies Faculty

In addition to offering one of the nation’s most highly regarded MBA programs in human and organizational performance, Owen boasts an impressive array of faculty specializing in topics ranging from new product development to negotiation strategies to business ethics. Faculty research has also delved deep into some of the most widely discussed issues in business today: working with Chinese counterparties, ensuring safe healthcare delivery, and designing for innovation, giving students front-row access to the workplaces of tomorrow.

 

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Bruce Barry

Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management;Professor of Sociology

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Bruce Barry’s research and expertise lie in two areas: the social issues in management, including ethics, workplace rights, public policy, and the social impact of new media; and the psychology of interpersonal and group behavior in organizations, including power, influence, negotiation, conflict and justice. He has published on these topics in numerous scholarly journals and volumes.

Video: Ethics
Video: The Intersection of Business and Society
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Richard Daft

Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor of Management

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Richard Daft is a noted expert in change management, organization behavior, organization design and leadership. He has published 12 books and dozens of articles on the subject. He also developed and managed the Center for Change Leadership. Richard's books on organization management and leadership are the most widely used in their categories at business schools around the world, including his latest, The Executive and the Elephant: A Leader's Guide to Building Inner Excellence.
Video: Leadership
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Ray Friedman

Brownlee O. Currey Professor of Management; Associate Dean for Faculty and Research

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Ray Friedman is an expert in human organizational behavior focused on understanding how cultural differences and backgrounds influence both negotiation and conflict resolution. He is also a leading expert in Chinese management, focusing on conflict styles, negotiation arbitration and biculturalism in management.
Video: Doing Business in China
Video: The Obama Effect
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Tim Gardner

Associate Professor of Management

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Tim Gardner is a recognized expert on strategic human resource management, including aligning HR systems with firm strategy, employment branding, employee selection, and retention. His career includes extensive experience in the human resources field for several U.S.-based companies.
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David Owens

Clinical Professor of Business Strategy and Innovation; Faculty Director, Executive Development Institute

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David Owens’s research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the London Guardian and NPR’s Marketplace. His work in the area of business strategy, innovation process and product development has included engagements with NASA, LEGO, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He has also performed product design consulting work for a variety of firms including Daimler Benz, Apple Computer, and Coleman Camping. Most recently, while on leave from Vanderbilt University, Owens served as CEO of Griffin Technology Inc., the largest consumer electronics firm in the MP3/iPod accessory market space.
Video: Strategic Innovation
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Rangaraj Ramanujam

Associate Professor of Management

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Rangaraj "Ranga" Ramanujam is a leading researcher and consultant on the organizational causes and consequences of errors in high-risk work settings. His research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Medical Care, Journal of Patient Safety, Journal of Applied Psychology, and other journals.
Video: Reducing Errors in the Health Care Environment
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Bart Victor

Cal Turner Professor of Moral Leadership

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Bart Victor joined the Owen faculty from the Institute for Management Development International (IMD), in Lausanne, Switzerland where he was Professor of Management and Director of the Program for Management Development. Prior to IMD, Bart was on the faculties of the University of North Carolina and the University of Nebraska. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Academy of Management and the International Association for Business and Society.
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Tim Vogus

Assistant Professor of Management

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Tim Vogus joined the Owen faculty in 2004 and specializes in such topics as leading teams and organizations, as well as negotiation. Prior to his academic career, he was a business process analyst for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), where he worked on competitive intelligence systems and multiple system implementations.

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Bruce Barry

Facebook, freedom and thin-skinned bosses

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Ranga Ramanujam, Mark Cohen and Tim Vogus

The causes and consequences of the BP oil spill

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Ray Friedman

Shame versus guilt when a company misbehaves

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