Edgar Schein
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Ed Schein was educated at the University of Chicago, at Stanford University where he received a Masters Degree in Psychology in 1949, and at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in social psychology in 1952. He was Chief of the Social Psychology Section of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research while serving in the U.S. Army as Captain from 1952 to 1956. He joined MIT's Sloan School of Management in 1956 and was made a Professor of Organizational Psychology and Management in 1964.
From 1968 to 1971 Schein was the Undergraduate Planning Professor for MIT, and in 1972 he became the Chairman of the Organization Studies Group of the MIT Sloan School, a position he held until 1982. He was honored in 1978 when he was named the Sloan Fellows Professor of Management, a Chair he held until 1990.
At the present he is Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus and serves on the Boards of Mass. Audubon and Cambridge at Home. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations and the Environmental Quality Review Board of ConEdison in New York.
Schein has been a prolific researcher, writer, teacher and consultant. Besides his numerous articles in professional journals he has authored fourteen books including Organizational Psychology (3d edit., 1980), Career Dynamics (1978), Organizational Culture and Leadership (1985, 1992, 2004), and Process Consultation Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (1969, 1987, 1988), Process Consultation Revisited (1999), and The Corporate Culture Survival Guide (1999). His most recent publication is a revision of his best selling Career Anchors which has been widely used in career counseling and coaching.
Schein wrote a cultural analysis of the Singapore Economic Development Board entitled Strategic Pragmatism (MIT Press, 1997) and has published an extended case analysis of the rise and fall of Digital Equipment Corporation entitled DEC is Dead; Long Live DEC: The lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation (Berrett-Kohler, 2003). He was Co-editor with the late Richard Beckhard of the Addison Wesley Series on Organization Development which has published over 30 titles since its inception in 1969.
His consultation focuses on organizational culture, organization development, process consultation, and career dynamics, and among his past and current clients are major corporations both in the U.S. and overseas such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Ciba-Geigy, Apple, Citibank, General Foods, Procter & Gamble, ICI, Saab Combitech, Steinbergs, Alcoa, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Exxon, Shell, AMOCO, British Petroleum, Con Edison, the Economic Development Board of Singapore, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (on the subject of "safety culture").
Schein has received many honors and awards for his writing, most recently the Lifetime Achievement Award in Workplace Learning and Performance of the American Society of Training Directors, Feb, 3, 2000, the Everett Cherington Hughes Award for Career Scholarship from the Careers Division of the Academy of Management, Aug. 8, 2000, the Marion Gislason Award for Leadership in Executive Development from the BU School of Management Executive Development Roundtable, Dec. 11, 2002, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Organization Development Network, 2005.
His book Process Consultation Revisited (1999) received the Members Choice Award of the Organization Development Network, 2005.
He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Academy of Management. Prof. Schein is married, has three children, and seven grandchildren. He and his wife Mary live in Cambridge, Mass.
Bibliography
Schein, E. H. (2004) Organizational culture and leadership, 3d Ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Schein, E. H. (2004) Learning when and how to lie: A neglected aspect of organizational and occupational socialization. Human Relations, 57(3), 260-273.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Career anchors. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management. Vol. 5. Malden,MA: Blackwell, pp. 37-39.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Career stages. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Vol. 5. Malden, MA: Blackwell, pp. 43-44.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Taking organization culture seriously. In Rothwell, W. J. & Sullivan, R. (eds.) Practicing organization development. San Francisco: Pfeiffer, pp. 365-375.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Career anchors for leaders. Encyclopedia of Executive Governance. Paris: ESCP-EAP.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Organization development: A wedding of Anthropology and Organizational Therapy. In Bradford, D. L. & Burke, W. W. (eds.) Reinventing Organization Development. San Francisco: Pfeiffer, pp. 131-143.
Schein, E. H. (2006) Career Anchors, 3d Ed. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.
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Ed Schein was educated at the University of Chicago, at Stanford University where he received a Masters Degree in Psychology in 1949, and at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in social psychology in 1952. He was Chief of the Social Psychology Section of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research while serving in the U.S. Army as Captain from 1952 to 1956. He joined MIT's Sloan School of Management in 1956 and was made a Professor of Organizational Psychology and Management in 1964.From 1968 to 1971 Schein was the Undergraduate Planning Professor for MIT, and in 1972 he became the Chairman of the Organization Studies Group of the MIT Sloan School, a position he held until 1982. He was honored in 1978 when he was named the Sloan Fellows Professor of Management, a Chair he held until 1990.
At the present he is Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus and serves on the Boards of Mass. Audubon and Cambridge at Home. He is also on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Nuclear Power Operations and the Environmental Quality Review Board of ConEdison in New York.
Schein has been a prolific researcher, writer, teacher and consultant. Besides his numerous articles in professional journals he has authored fourteen books including Organizational Psychology (3d edit., 1980), Career Dynamics (1978), Organizational Culture and Leadership (1985, 1992, 2004), and Process Consultation Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (1969, 1987, 1988), Process Consultation Revisited (1999), and The Corporate Culture Survival Guide (1999). His most recent publication is a revision of his best selling Career Anchors which has been widely used in career counseling and coaching.
Schein wrote a cultural analysis of the Singapore Economic Development Board entitled Strategic Pragmatism (MIT Press, 1997) and has published an extended case analysis of the rise and fall of Digital Equipment Corporation entitled DEC is Dead; Long Live DEC: The lasting legacy of Digital Equipment Corporation (Berrett-Kohler, 2003). He was Co-editor with the late Richard Beckhard of the Addison Wesley Series on Organization Development which has published over 30 titles since its inception in 1969.
His consultation focuses on organizational culture, organization development, process consultation, and career dynamics, and among his past and current clients are major corporations both in the U.S. and overseas such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Ciba-Geigy, Apple, Citibank, General Foods, Procter & Gamble, ICI, Saab Combitech, Steinbergs, Alcoa, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Exxon, Shell, AMOCO, British Petroleum, Con Edison, the Economic Development Board of Singapore, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (on the subject of "safety culture").
Schein has received many honors and awards for his writing, most recently the Lifetime Achievement Award in Workplace Learning and Performance of the American Society of Training Directors, Feb, 3, 2000, the Everett Cherington Hughes Award for Career Scholarship from the Careers Division of the Academy of Management, Aug. 8, 2000, the Marion Gislason Award for Leadership in Executive Development from the BU School of Management Executive Development Roundtable, Dec. 11, 2002, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Organization Development Network, 2005.
His book Process Consultation Revisited (1999) received the Members Choice Award of the Organization Development Network, 2005.
He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Academy of Management. Prof. Schein is married, has three children, and seven grandchildren. He and his wife Mary live in Cambridge, Mass.
Bibliography
Schein, E. H. (2004) Organizational culture and leadership, 3d Ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Schein, E. H. (2004) Learning when and how to lie: A neglected aspect of organizational and occupational socialization. Human Relations, 57(3), 260-273.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Career anchors. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management. Vol. 5. Malden,MA: Blackwell, pp. 37-39.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Career stages. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Vol. 5. Malden, MA: Blackwell, pp. 43-44.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Taking organization culture seriously. In Rothwell, W. J. & Sullivan, R. (eds.) Practicing organization development. San Francisco: Pfeiffer, pp. 365-375.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Career anchors for leaders. Encyclopedia of Executive Governance. Paris: ESCP-EAP.
Schein, E. H. (2005) Organization development: A wedding of Anthropology and Organizational Therapy. In Bradford, D. L. & Burke, W. W. (eds.) Reinventing Organization Development. San Francisco: Pfeiffer, pp. 131-143.
Schein, E. H. (2006) Career Anchors, 3d Ed. San Francisco: Pfeiffer.
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