Contemporary Trends in
Change Management
Lecture Series
Birck Hall of Science Building: Tellabs Lecture Hall
Saturday - October 3, 2009
9:00AM - 4:00PM
Distinguished Visiting Scholar:
J. Richard Hackman, Ph.D.
Winner of the 2004 George R. Terry Book Award
J. Richard Hackman is Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He conducts research on a variety of topics in social and organizational psychology, including team dynamics and performance, leadership effectiveness, and the design of self-managing teams and organizations.
His book "Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances," won the Academy of Management's Terry Award for the most outstanding management book of the year. A new book, "Senior Leadership Teams: What It Takes to Make Them Great" (with Ruth Wageman, Debra Nunes, and James Burruss), was published in January, 2008.
Hackman received his undergraduate degree in mathematics from MacMurray College and his doctorate in social psychology from the University of Illinois. He taught at Yale for twenty years and then moved to his present position at Harvard.
