Daniel R. Denison

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Daniel "Dan" R. Denison is Professor of Organization and Management at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland and Chairman and founding partner of Denison Consulting.[1][2] His area of special interest is organizational culture and leadership, and the impact they have on the performance and effectiveness of organizations. His work on organizational culture is heavily cited in the field,[3] and he is the author of a seminal article on the distinction between organizational culture and climate (the notion of organizational climate predates that of the organizational culture).[4][5] His model of organizational culture is widely known and used in academic research in organizational culture, effectiveness and performance.[6][7][8]

Biography

Daniel Denison received Bachelor's degree from Albion College, Michigan in psychology, sociology, and anthropology and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in organizational psychology.

Prior to joining IMD he was an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the University of Michigan School of Business Administration, teaching in MBA, Ph.D., and executive education programs. Professor Denison has taught and lived in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

He is the author of the Denison Organizational Culture Survey and the Denison Leadership Development Surveys. These surveys and the underlying models have been used by over 3000 organizations and are the basis of several on-going research projects.

His articles have appeared in leading journals such as The Academy of Management Journal, The Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Organizational Dynamics, The Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management, and Policy Studies Review.

Daniel R. Denison also writes on the subject of applying American organizational culture, etc. theory in post-communist and transitional economies and notably Russia.[9][10]

Dr. Denison has consulted with many leading corporations regarding organizational change, leadership development, and the cultural issues associated with mergers and acquisitions, turnarounds, and globalization.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Professor Dan Denison, Fuculty Vitae @ IMD
  2. ↑ Daniel R. Denison, staff @ Denison Consulting
  3. ↑ Martin, J. (2002). Organizational culture: Mapping the terrain. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN 0-8039-7295-4.
  4. ↑ Denison, D. R. (1996). "What is the difference between organizational culture and organizational climate? A native's point of view on a decade of paradigm wars (pdf)". Academy of Management Review 21: 619–654.
  5. ↑ The debate on the distinction between organizational culture and climate continues in Ashkanasy, N. M., Wilderom, C. P. M., & Peterson, M. F. (2000). N. M. Ashkanasy, C. P. M. Wilderom & M. F. Peterson, ed. Handbook of Organizational Culture & Climate. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN 1-4129-0482-X., where Daniel Denison is among the contributors
  6. ↑ Carmeli, Abraham; Tishler, Ashler (2004). "The relationship between intangible organizational elements and organizational performance". Strategic Management Journal 25 (13): 1257–1278. doi:10.1002/smj.428.
  7. ↑ Yilmaz, Cengiz; Ergun, Ercan (2008). "Organizational culture and firm effectiveness: An examination of relative effects of culture traits and the balanced culture hypothesis in an emerging economy". Journal of World Business 43 (3): 290–306. doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2008.03.019.
  8. ↑ "Linking Nursing Unit's Culture To Organizational Effectiveness: A Measurement Tool". Nursing Economics 26 (2). 2008.
  9. ↑ Daniel R. Denison, Managing organizational change in transition economies, Routledge, 2001
  10. ↑ Fey, Carl F., Denison, Daniel R. (2003), "Organizational culture and effectiveness: Can American theory be applied in Russia?", University of Michigan

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