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August 21st, 2023
David Premack (October 26, 1925 – June 11, 2015) was an American psychologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, United States. His contributions to the field of psychology have increased human understanding and knowledge about cognition and behavior. David …
August 21st, 2023
David Kolb (1939) is an professor and educationalist who specializes in experiential learning, individual and social change, career development and professional education. David Kolb is also the founder and chairman of Experience Based Learning Systems (EBLS) and best known for…
August 21st, 2023
Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a world-known journalist, philosopher, and economist. Together with Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx authored ‘Manifesto of the Communist Party’ and enlarged the pamphlet in his book ‘Das Kapital’. This formed the…
August 20th, 2023
Elton Mayo (1880 – 1949) was an Australian psychologist, an industrial researcher and an academic organizational management scientist. His conducted studies, together with the Hawthorne studies, became the base for his lifelong breaking theories on Human Relations Theory of Management…
August 15th, 2023
Jeff Hiatt (Jeffrey M. Hiatt) is an entrepreneur and author who created the ADKAR Model of Change. The model derived from research Jeff Hiatt performed and is additionally presented in his book ‘ADKAR: a model for change in business,…
August 12th, 2023
Peter Kraljic (1939) was a former director in the Düsseldorf office of McKinsey at McKinsey & Company, Inc. where he held different management positions until his retirement. Peter Kraljic has also created the Portfolio Purchasing Model (1983), which is a…
August 9th, 2023
John D. Rockefeller sr. (1839-1937), was an American industrialist and philanthropist, founder of the very successful Standard Oil Company, and one of the richest men of his day. He used his immense fortune to finance ongoing philanthropic endeavours. Over the…
August 6th, 2023
Clayton Christensen (Clayton Magleby Christensen, April 6, 1952 – January 23, 2020) was a well-known American scientist and business consultant. He became best known for his theory of ‘disruptive innovation’. Clayton Christensen co-founded Rose Park Advisors, a venture capital firm,…
August 6th, 2023
Renée Mauborgne (1963) is a professional and a professor of strategy at INSEAD. Renée Mauborgne is also co-founder of the Blue Ocean Strategy and Co-Director of the Blue Ocean Strategy Institute.
The biography of Renée Mauborgne
Over the years…
August 2nd, 2023
David Jemison is Associate Professor of Management & Finance and the director of an MBA programme at the McCombs School of Business in Austin. His area of expertise is strategic management. Furthermore, David Jemison is also a faculty member at…
July 20th, 2023
Henry Gantt (1861 – 1919) was an American engineer and famous management consultant. Henry Gantt was best known for his planning methodology, the Gantt Chart. This methodology helped him realize major infrastructure projects including the construction of the Hoover…
July 8th, 2023
Jane Mouton (1930 – 1987) was a management theorist. She was known primarily for the development of the Managerial Grid which Jane Mouton developed with Robert R. Blake.
Jane Mouton biography
In 1950, Jane Srygley Mouton obtained her Bachelor’s…
