Kim Sterling Cameron (born 1946) is the William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and previously has served on the faculty of Brigham Young University–Idaho (formerly Ricks College), the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Brigham Young University, and Case Western Reserve University.
Cameron is a Latter-day Saint. He attended Brigham Young High School in Provo, Utah from which he graduated in 1964. He then received a bachelors from Brigham Young University in 1970. At BYU, Cameron dated Ann Davies.[1] Latter he met Melinda Cummings who was the daughter of Hollywood actor Robert Cummings. Melinda's was introduced to BYU as the result of an invitation to visit the campus from M. Russell Ballard who was on the board of directors of a theatre her father was performing at. They were both involved in BYU stage productions, were members of the BYU Program Bureau (now Young Ambassadors), and Melinda had the lead role in the film Pioneers in Petticoats. Melinda joined the LDS church in part because of her experiences in that film.
Cameron also served as Student Body Vice President and was a basketball player at BYU.
Kim Cameron and Melinda Cummings were married. After earning a masters at BYU he became a faculty member at Ricks College. He then went on to earn a Masters and Ph.D. in administrative sciences from Yale University.
The Camerons are the parents of seven children and have thirteen grandchildren.
For a time Cameron served as president of the Ann Arbor Michigan Stake.[2] He currently serves as Stake Patriarch in the Ann Arbor Michigan Stake.
Cameron has served as Associate Dean of the Marriott School of Management at BYU and as Dean of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He has written or edited 13 scholarly books and been published in more than 120 academic articles. He co-founded the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship at the University of Michigan, and his work in conjunction with the Center was recognized as one of the top 20 high-impact ideas of 2004 by Harvard Business Review.[3]
Among other ideas, Cameron advanced the notion that downsizing is not an effective business strategy.[4]
Cameron's latest scholarly work [Positive Leadership] examines the research demonstrating that positive leadership and virtuous practices in organizations lead to extraordinary performance.[5]
As of 2008[update] Cameron was a member of the high council of the Ann Arbor Michigan Stake.[6]
Cameron wrote several articles for the Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
Cameron is currently the patriarch of the Ann Arbor Michigan Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.