William H. Starbuck

William Starbuck is professor-in-residence at the Lundquist College of Business of the University of Oregon and professor emeritus at New York University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in industrial administration at Carnegie Institute of Technology, after receiving an A.B. in physics at Harvard. He also received a Ph.D. honoris causa in social science from Stockholm University and the title Docteur honoris causa from both the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) and the Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III). He has held faculty positions at Purdue University, the Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and New York University, as well as visiting positions at ESSEC Business School, London Graduate School of Business Studies, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, the University of Gothenburg, Stockholm School of Economics, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, the University of Canterbury, Université de Paris IX - Dauphine, the University of Oregon, University of Aix-Marseille III, Université de Paris I – La Sorbonne, and the University of Oxford. As well, he was a senior research fellow at the International Institute of Management, Berlin. He has been the editor of Administrative Science Quarterly; he chaired the screening committee for senior Fulbright awards in business management; he directed the doctoral program in business administration at New York University, and he was the President of the Academy of Management. He formerly served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Review; Accounting, Management and Information Technologies; Administrative Science Quarterly; the Journal of Applied Social Psychology; the Journal of Leadership Studies; and the Journal of Socioeconomics; and he currently serves on the editorial boards of the Asian Case Research Journal; the British Journal of Management; Information and Organization, the International Journal of Management Reviews; the Journal of Management Inquiry; the Journal of Management Studies; Knowledge Management and Information Studies; Organization; Organization Management Journal, and the Scandinavian Journal of Management. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the British Academy of Management, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and a member of several other professional associations.

He has published over 140 articles on accounting, bargaining, business strategy, computer programming, computer simulation, forecasting, decision making, human-computer interaction, learning, organizational design, organizational growth and development, perception, scientific methods, and social revolutions. He has also written two books and edited seventeen books, including two-volume the Handbook of Organizational Design, which was chosen the best book on management published during the year ending May 1982.

WILLIAM HAYNES STARBUCK

Born: September 20, 1934 - Portland, Indiana

Degrees:

1956 Harvard College - A.B. in Physics

1959 Carnegie Institute of Technology - M.S. in Industrial Administration

1964 Carnegie Institute of Technology - Ph.D. in Industrial Administration

Positions Held:

1960-64 Instructor in Industrial Management and Economics, Purdue University

1964-65 Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Purdue University

1965-67 Associate Professor of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Purdue University

1966-67 Visiting Associate Professor of Social Relations, The Johns Hopkins University

1967-71 Professor of Administration, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, Cornell University

1968-71 Professor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University

1970-71 Visiting Professor of Administration and Fulbright Fellow, London Graduate School of Business Studies

1971-74 Senior Research Fellow, International Institute of Management, Berlin

1974-75 Research Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

1974-84 Evan and Marion Helfaer Professor of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

1977-78 Visiting Professor, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen

1977-78 Visiting Professor and Fulbright Research Fellow, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

1977-78 Visiting Professor, Stockholm School of Economics

1985-05 ITT Professor of Creative Management, New York University

1985-89 Director, Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University

1998 Visiting Professor, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

1999 Visiting Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

1999 Visiting Professor, Université de Paris IX - Dauphine

1999 Visiting Professor, University of Oregon

2000 Visiting Professor, Université de Aix-Marseille III

2001 Visiting Researcher, Université de Paris I – La Sorbonne

2003 Visiting Professor, Université de Aix-Marseille III

2004 Visiting International Fellow, Advanced Institute for Management Research program, UK, and Visiting Fellow, Said Business School, University of Oxford

2005- Professor-in-Residence, Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon

2005- Professor emeritus, New York University

2006 Visiting Professor, ESSEC Business School

2006 Visiting Professor, Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III)

2007 Visiting Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

2008 Visiting Scholar, University of South Florida

2008 Visiting Professor, ESSEC Business School

Honors:

1975- Fellow, American Psychological Association

1986- Fellow, Academy of Management

1987 Distinguished Scholar Award, Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management

1989- Fellow, Association for Psychological Science

1989- Fellow, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology

1995 Ph.D. in social science honoris causa, University of Stockholm

1996 "William H. Starbuck" par Philippe Baumard. Revue Française de Gestion, No. 110, pp. 56-68.

1998- Honorary Fellow, British Academy of Management

2001 Jack Rudin & John G. Driscoll Distinguished Visiting Professor, Hagan School of Business, Iona College

2004 Docteur honoris causa de l’Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)

2004 Distinguished Scholar Award, Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, Academy of Management

2005 Award for Distinguished Scholarly Achievement, Academy of Management

2006 Docteur honoris causa de l’Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III)

2007 “(Un)learning and (mis)education through the eyes of Bill Starbuck: An interview with Pandora’s playmate” by Michael L. Barnett. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 6(1): 114-127.

2007 “Produire la connaissance et éduquer les managers: Entretien de William H. Starbuck,” par Jean-Claude Tarondeau. Revue Française de Gestion, 33(178-179): 71-89.

Professional Activities:

1966-68 Member, Editorial Board, Administrative Science Quarterly

1966-69 Member, Research Advisory Committee, U.S. Air Force Personnel Research Laboratory

1968-71 Editor, Administrative Science Quarterly

1970-78 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Social Psychology

1973-74 Chairman, College on Organization, The Institute of Management Sciences

1974 Member, Advisory Panel, Research Management Improvement Program, National Science Foundation

1978- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Management Studies

1981-83 Member, Advisory Screening Committee for Senior Fulbright Awards in Business Management, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

1981-86 Member, Editorial Review Board, Academy of Management Review

1982-85 Member, Editorial Board, Administrative Science Quarterly

1983-84 Chairman, Advisory Screening Committee for Senior Fulbright Awards in Business Management, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

1984-85 Editor, The Programmer's Corner, ICON

1984- Member, Editorial Board, Scandinavian Journal of Management

1988-95 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Behavioral Economics/Journal of Socioeconomics

1989- Member, Editorial Board, British Journal of Management

1989-00 Member, Editorial Board, Accounting, Management and Information Technologies

1990 Chair, Interest Group on Managerial and Organizational Cognition, Academy of Management

1991- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Management Inquiry

1991-99 Member, Board of Governors, Academy of Management

1993- Member, Editorial Board, Organization

1994-95 Vice President and Program Chair Elect, Academy of Management

1995-96 Vice President and Program Chair, Academy of Management

1996-97 Vice President and President Elect, Academy of Management

1997-98 President, Academy of Management

1998-99 Past President, Academy of Management

1997- Member, Editorial Board, Asian Case Research Journal

1997-? Member, Editorial Board, Knowledge Management and Information Studies

1998- Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Management Reviews

1998-? Member, Management of Healthcare Technology Advisory Board

2001- Member, Editorial Board, Information and Organization

2001-03 Member, Review Panel, Innovation and Organizational Change Program, National Science Foundation

2002- Member, Society for the Advancement of Management Studies

2003- Member, Advisory Board, Organization Management Journal

2003 Advisory Editor, Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, second edition

2004 Member, Committee of Visitors, Economics Decision and Management Sciences Cluster, National Science Foundation

2004 Participant, Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure and the Social Sciences, National Science Foundation

2006 Advisory Board, United Nations and Academy of Management conference on business as an agent of world benefit

2006- Advisory Board, Managerial Issues in Theory & Practice

Publications:

1. "Computing machines: Rent or buy?" Journal of Industrial Engineering, 1958, 9: 254-258.

2. "Two experiments on bias and conflict in organizational estimation," with Richard M. Cyert and James G. March, Management Science, 1961, 7: 254-264.

3. "Testing case-descriptive models." Behavioral Science, 1961, 6: 191-199. Reprinted in Computer Simulation of Human Behavior; Wiley, 1971.

4. "A generalization of Terborgh's approach to equipment replacement." International Journal of Production Research, 1962, 1(3): 29-38.

5. "Level of aspiration." Psychological Review, 1963, 70: 51-60.

6. "Level of aspiration theory and economic behavior." Behavioral Science, 1963, 8: 128-136.

7. "Sales volume and employment in British and American retail trade." Pages 212-219 in W. S. Decker (ed.), Emerging Concepts in Marketing; American Marketing Association, 1963.

8. Contributions to A Behavioral Theory of the Firm, by Richard M. Cyert and James G. March. Prentice-Hall, 1963.

9. "Discussion of 'Measurement of behavior structures of means of input-output data,'" with Philip G. Herbst. Human Relations, 1963, 16: 385-389.

10. "On managers and theories," with John M. Dutton. Management International, 1963, No. 6: 25-50.

11. "The aspiration mechanism." General Systems, 1964, 9: 191-203.

12. "Mathematics and organization theory." Pages 335-386 in J. G. March (ed.), Handbook of Organizations; Rand McNally, 1965. Partially reprinted in Tenth Muse, Spring, 1966. Instituto Nacional de Administracion Publica, Madrid, is selling a Spanish translation in Spain and South America.

13. "Organizational growth and development." Pages 451-583 in J. G. March (ed.), Handbook of Organizations; Rand McNally, 1965. Reprinted in Organizational Growth and Development; Penguin Books, 1971. A Polish translation appeared in Socjologia Organizacji i Zarzadzania (edited by Morowski and Doktor), Panstwowe Sydawnictwo Naukowe, Warsaw.

14. "Eve with 28 faces." Contemporary Psychology, 1966, 11: 119 and 122.

15. "Mathematics and the social sciences." Tenth Muse, Spring, 1966.

16. "The effects of advisors on business game teams," with Ernest Kobrow. American Behavioral Scientist, 1966, 10(3): 28-30. Reprinted in S. S. Boocock and E. O. Schild (eds.), Simulation Games in Learning; Sage Publications, 1967, 232-239.

17. "The efficiency of British and American retail employees." Administrative Science Quarterly, 1966, 11: 345-385. Reprinted in Organizational Growth and Development; Penguin Books, 1971.

18. "On teaching business policy." Academy of Management Journal, 1966, 9: 356-361.

19. "An experimental study of risk-taking and the value of information in a new product context," with Frank M. Bass. Journal of Business, 1967, 40: 155-165.

20. Review of R. E. Brown's Judgment in Administration. Administrative Science Quarterly, 1967, 11: 697-699.

21. "How Charlie estimates run-time," with John M. Dutton. Pages 48-63 in M. P. Hottenstein and R. W. Millman (eds.), Research Toward the Development of Management Thought; Academy of Management, 1967.

22. "Organizational metamorphosis." Pages 113-132 in R. W. Millman and M. P. Hottenstein (eds.), Promising Research Directions; Academy of Management, 1968. Reprinted in Organizational Growth and Development; Penguin Books, 1971.

23. "Some comments, observations, and objections stimulated by 'Design of proof in organizational research.'" Administrative Science Quarterly, 1968, 13: 135-161.

24. "Coordination, output markets, and collective action." Pages 312-321 in M. Zald (ed.), Power in Organizations; Vanderbilt University Press, 1969.

25. Organizational Growth and Development (edited); Penguin Books, 1971.

26. "Concerning a misspecified specification." Sociometry, 1971, 34: 214-226.

27. "Computer simulation models of human behavior: A history of an intellectual technology," with John M. Dutton. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1971, SMC-1: 128-171.

28. "The history of simulation models," with John M. Dutton. Pages 9-102 in Computer Simulation of Human Behavior; Wiley, 1971.

29. "Finding Charlie's run-time estimator," with John M. Dutton. Pages 218-242 in Computer Simulation of Human Behavior; Wiley, 1971.

30. Computer Simulation of Human Behavior, edited with John M. Dutton; Wiley, 1971.

31. "Bargaining strategies with asymmetric initiation and termination," with Dorothy F. Grant. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1971, 1: 344-363.

32. "A critique" (of a paper by Robert J. Swieringa and Joel S. Demski). Pages 458-474 in T. J. Burns (ed.), Behavioral Experiments in Accounting; The Ohio State University, 1972.

33. Review of H. C. White's Chains of Opportunity. Acta Sociologica, 1972, 15: 298-301.

34. "Computer simulation as a tool for descriptive behavioral science," with John M. Dutton. Pages 257-289 in W. Goldberg (ed.), Computer Simulation Versus Analytical Solutions for Business and Economic Models, Volume I: Simulation Methodology; BAS, Business Administration Studies, No. 17, 1973.

35. "Tadpoles into Armageddon and Chrysler into butterflies." Social Science Research, 1973, 2: 81-109.

36. "Designing adaptive organizations," with John M. Dutton. Journal of Business Policy, 1973, 3(4): 21-28.

37. "Trends in the growth and development of computer simulation," with John M. Dutton. Pages 47-52 in W. G. Yost and M. H. Mickle (eds.), Modeling and Simulation, Volume 4; Instrument Society of America, 1973.

38. "The current state of organization theory." Pages 123-139 in J. W. McGuire (ed.), Contemporary Management: Issues and Viewpoints; Prentice-Hall, 1974.

39. Review of J. Hage's Techniques and Problems of Theory Construction in Sociology. Administrative Science Quarterly, 1974, 19: 262-264.

40. "Systems optimization with unknown criteria." Pages 67-76 in Proceedings of the 1974 International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1974.

41. "Information systems for organizations of the future." Pages 217-229 in E. Grochla and N. Szyperski (eds.), Information Systems and Organizational Structure; de Gruyter, 1975.

42. "Organizations and their environments." Pages 1069-1123 in M. D. Dunnette (ed.), Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Rand McNally, 1976.

43. "Camping on seesaws: Prescriptions for a self-designing organization," with Bo L. T. Hedberg and Paul C. Nystrom. Administrative Science Quarterly, 1976, 21: 41-65.

44. "Interacting processes as organization designs," with Paul C. Nystrom and Bo L. T. Hedberg. Pages 209-230 in R. H. Kilmann, L. R. Pondy, and D. P. Slevin (eds.), The Management of Organization Design, Vol. I, Strategies and Implementation; Elsevier North Holland, 1976.

45. "Why prescription is prescribed," with Paul C. Nystrom. Pages 1-5 in Prescriptive Models of Organizations; North-Holland, 1977.

46. "Designing organizations to match tomorrow," with Bo L. T. Hedberg and Paul C. Nystrom. Pages 171-181 in Prescriptive Models of Organizations; North-Holland, 1977. Reprinted in M. R. Weisbord (ed.), Organizational Diagnosis; Addison-Wesley, 1978, pages 115-123; and in P. E. Connor (ed.), Organizations; SRA, 1980, pages 501-507.

47. Prescriptive Models of Organizations, edited with Paul C. Nystrom; North-Holland, 1977.

48. "Saving an organization from a stagnating environment," with Bo L. T. Hedberg. Pages 249-258 in H. B. Thorelli (ed.), Strategy + Structure = Performance: The Strategic Planning Imperative; Indiana University Press, 1977.

49. "Responding to crises," with Arent Greve and Bo L. T. Hedberg. Journal of Business Administration, 1978, 9(2): 111-137. Also pages 111-137 in C. F. Smart and W. T. Stanbury (eds.), Studies on Crisis Management; Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1978. Reprinted in S. J. Andriole (ed.), Corporate Crisis Management; Petrocelli Books, 1985, pages 155-188.

50. "Diffusion of an intellectual technology," with John M. Dutton. Pages 489-511 in K. Krippendorff (ed.), Communication and Control in Society; Gordon and Breach, 1979.

51. "Organisationstheorie - Mathematische Modelle einer einzelnen Organisation." Pages 309-314 in M. J. Beckmann, G. Menges, and R. Selten (eds.), Handworterbuch der Mathematischen Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Volume 1; Th. Gabler, 1979.

52. Review of L. L. Cummings and B. M. Staw (eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior. Administrative Science Quarterly, 1980, 25: 533-536.

53. "A trip to view the elephants and rattlesnakes in the garden of Aston." Pages 167-198 in A. H. Van de Ven and W. F. Joyce (eds.), Perspectives on Organization Design and Behavior; Wiley-Interscience, 1981. Reprinted in D. S. Pugh (ed.), The Aston Programme; Ashgate Publishing, 1998, and in Cary L. Cooper (ed.), Classics in Management Thought; Edward Elgar, 2000.

54. "Designing and understanding organizations," with Paul C. Nystrom. Pages ix-xxii in Volume 1 of Handbook of Organizational Design; Oxford University Press, 1981.

55. Handbook of Organizational Design, two volumes, edited with Paul C. Nystrom; Oxford University Press, 1981. The Academy of Management awarded these the George R. Terry Book Award, as the best books on management published during the year ending May 1982.

56. "Why the world needs organisational design," with Paul C. Nystrom. Journal of General Management, 1981, 6: 3-17. Reprinted in R. Wolff (ed.), Organizing Industrial Development; de Gruyter, 1986, pages 355-370.

57. "Congealing oil: Inventing ideologies to justify acting ideologies out." Journal of Management Studies, 1982, 19(1): 3-27.

58. Edited special issue on "Ideologies within and around organizations." Journal of Management Studies, 1982, 19(1).

59. "Epson MX-80 print-control program for the Apple II." BYTE, 1982, 7(3): 166-170.

60. "Doing it with a naked Apple: Relocating machine language." Call-A.P.P.L.E., 1982, 5(12): 15-21.

61. "Amplifying uncertainty." Contemporary Psychology, 1982, 27: 726-727.

62. "Pursuing organizational effectiveness that is ambiguously specified," with Paul C. Nystrom. Pages 135-161 in K. Cameron and D. A. Whetten (eds.), Organizational Effectiveness; Academic Press, 1983.

63. "Organizations as action generators." American Sociological Review, 1983, 48: 91-102. Reprinted in D. B. Gutknecht (ed.), Meeting Organization and Human Resource Challenges; University Press of America, 1984.

64. "Computer simulation of human behavior." Behavioral Science, 1983, 28: 154-165.

65. "To avoid organizational crises, unlearn," with Paul C. Nystrom. Organizational Dynamics, 1984, 12(4): 53-65. Reprinted in K. Cameron, R. Sutton, and D. Whetten (eds.), Readings in Organizational Decline; Ballinger, 1988; and in B. M. Staw (ed.), Psychological Dimensions of Organizational Behavior; Macmillan, 1991. A German translation appeared in gdi-impuls, 1984, 2(4): 36-46.

66. Microwriter //e; Apple Puget Sound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.), 1984.

67. "Managing beliefs in organizations," with Paul C. Nystrom. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1984, 20(3): 277-287.

68. "Organizational facades," with Paul C. Nystrom. Academy of Management, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, Boston, 1984, 182-185.

69. Microwriter ][+; Apple Puget Sound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.), 1984.

70. "Acting first and thinking later: Theory versus reality in strategic change." Pages 336-372 in Organizational Strategy and Change, by J. M. Pennings and Associates; Jossey-Bass, 1985.

71. "Fuhrung in Krisensituationen" (Leadership in crisis situations), with Paul C. Nystrom. Pages 1274-1283 in A. Kieser, G. Reber, and R. Wunderer (eds.), Handworterbuch der Fuhrung; C. E. Poeschel Verlag, 1987.

72. "Sharing cognitive tasks between people and computers in space systems." Pages 418-443 in T. B. Sheridan, D. S. Kruser, and S. Deutsch (eds.), Human Factors in Automated and Robotic Space Systems: Proceedings of a Symposium; National Research Council, 1987.

73. "Theory building in industrial and organizational psychology," with Jane Webster. Pages 93-138 in C. L. Cooper and I. T. Robertson (eds.), International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1988; Wiley, 1988.

74. "Surmounting our human limitations." Pages 65-80 in R. Quinn and K. Cameron (eds.), Paradox and Transformation: Toward a Theory of Change in Organization and Management; Ballinger, 1988.

75. "Challenger: Changing the odds until something breaks," with Frances J. Milliken. Journal of Management Studies, 1988, 25: 319-340.

76. "Executives' perceptual filters: What they notice and how they make sense," with Frances J. Milliken. Pages 35-65 in D. C. Hambrick (ed.), The Executive Effect: Concepts and Methods for Studying Top Managers; JAI Press, 1988.

77. "Why organizations run into crises ... and sometimes survive them." Pages 11-33 in K. C. Laudon and J. Turner (eds.), Information Technology and Management Strategy; Prentice-Hall, 1989.

78. "Innocents in the forest: Forecasting and research methods," with P. Narayan Pant. In Yearly Review of Management, Journal of Management, 1990, 16(2): 433-460.

79. "Creating effective symbioses of computers and people." Pages 395-399 in K. M. Kaiser and H. J. Oppelland (eds.), Desktop Information Technology. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1990.