Jay William Lorsch (born 1932) is an American organizational theorist and Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School, known for his contributions in the field of organizational behavior and contingency theory.
Biography
Born in St. Joseph, Missouri Lorsch attended The Pembroke Hill School in the class of 1950, and received his Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He started his academic career at Harvard Business School in 1965.[1]
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".[2] This book "added contingency theory to the vocabulary of students of organizational behavior."[3]
Publications
Lorsch has published a dozen books. A selection:
- 1967. Organization and Environment With Paul R. Lawrence
- 1978. Understanding Management
- 1987. Organizational Behavior
- 1989. Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards
- 2002. Aligning the Stars: How to Succeed When Professionals Drive Results. with Thomas J. Tierney.
- 2003. Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Boards for a Complex World. With Colin B. Carter.
- 2005. Restoring Trust in American Business. With Leslie Cohen Berlowitz and Andy Zelleke eds. Cambridge: MIT Press
References
- ^ The John S. Bowman (1995) "Jay William Lorsch" in Cambridge Dictionary of American. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Jay W. Lorsch. Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations
- ^ James I. Cash, Paul R. Lawrence, J. F. Nunamaker (1989) Harvard Business School Research Colloquium. p. 68
External links
- Jay W. Lorsch at hbs.edu