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'''Jay William Lorsch''' (born 1932) is an American organizational theorist and the [[Louis Kirstein]] Professor of Human Relations at the [[Harvard Business School]], known for his contributionscontribution inof [[contingency theory]] to the field of organizational behavior and [[contingency theory]].

Born in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], Lorsch attendedgrew up in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], where he graduated from the [[The Pembroke Hill School|Pembroke Country-Day School]] in the1950. classHe received his [[Bachelor of 1950,Arts]] andfrom received[[Antioch College]] in 1955, his [[Doctor of Business Administration]] from the Harvard Business School. Hein 1964, and started his academic career at the Harvard Business School in 1965.<ref>The John S. Bowman (1995) "Jay William Lorsch" in ''Cambridge Dictionary of American''. Cambridge University Press.</ref>

Together with [[Paul R. Lawrence]], Lorsch was awarded the [[Academy of Management]]'s "Best Management Book of the Year Award" in 1969 for their book "Organization and Environment".<ref>[http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6502 Jay W. Lorsch. Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations]</ref> This book "added ''[[contingency theory]]'' to the vocabulary of students of organizational behavior."<ref>James I. Cash, Paul R. Lawrence, J. F. Nunamaker (1989) ''Harvard Business School Research Colloquium''. p. 68</ref>

Lorsch has published a dozen books., A selectionincluding:

* 1967. ''Organization and Environment'' With(with [[Paul R. Lawrence]]) (1967)

* 1978. ''Understanding Management'' (1978)

* 1987. ''Organizational Behavior'' (1987)

* 1989. ''Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards'' (1989)

* 2002. ''Aligning the Stars: How to Succeed When Professionals Drive Results''. (with Thomas J. Tierney.) (2002)

* 2003. ''Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Boards for a Complex World''. With(with Colin B. Carter.) (2003)

* 2005. ''Restoring Trust in American Business''. With ([[Leslie Cohen Berlowitz]] and Andy Zelleke eds.) (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005)