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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 contribution of [[contingency theory]] to the field of organizational behavior.

Born in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], Lorsch grew up in [[Kansas City, Missouri]], where he graduated from the [[The Pembroke Hill School|Pembroke Country-Day School]] in 1950. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Antioch College]] in 1955, his [[Doctor of Business Administration]] from the Harvard Business School in 19541964, 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>