Richard L. Daft is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership and is a fellow of the Academy of Management. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Management Education. He has been the associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Dr. Daft has authored or co-authored 14 books and written dozens of scholarly articles, papers and chapters in academic books. A noted expert in organization behavior and organization design, Dr. Daft is one of today's most highly cited academics in the fields of economics and business.
"I have used this book since it was first published, with both
undergrads & MBAs. It seems to be written at a level that is
effective for both groups. I chose it because I know Dick and
respect his research. I have kept using it because it is not too
low level (as many texts are) and it also reflects accurately what
is known in this field based on research, rather than what
practitioners 'think' is good practice. Of necessity he summarizes
some of the research findings rather briefly but usually the models
and recommendations are based on empirical findings. I like that
Daft also takes an applied focus and provides many examples."
"I very much like the explicit presentation of [the Managing by
Design] questions as a launching point to in-class discussion. It
would give the students something concrete to start with in terms
of preparing for the session's discussion."
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