Larry Greiner Retires and Is Appointed Professor Emeritus at USC
By Dick Keck
The Invitation:
The
Department of Management & Organization invites you to celebrate Larry
Greiner’s career and appointment to Professor Emeritus.
When:
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Where:
University Club
Start Time: 12:00 p.m.
Bill McCall and I drove to the USC campus together. Barry Galvin had flown in from San Francisco and with Larry, was already waiting for Bill and me in the courtyard next to the University Club. Also there was Larry's brother Dennis, whom some Wildcats may remember. Dennis, in Chicago, and I, in Pasadena, were employed by the same Seattle-based company in the early '70s, so we had much to discuss in addition to Larry's incredible career.
It was a very powerful and emotionally-charged event.
Pictures are courtesy Larry's sister Sharon Samuelson and her husband Scott.
The Plaque
Larry Speaks
Bill McCall Speaks
Larry and Longtime Associate and M/C Tom Cummings
Barry Galvin Listens
Larry, Bill, and Barry
Dr. Larry Greiner
Prominent Educator and Consultant
Professor, USC
Dr. Larry E. Greiner
Dr. Larry E. Greiner is Professor of Management and Organization in the
Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He
currently serves as Academic Director of the Global Executive MBA Program, and
for fourteen years previously as Academic Director of the top ranked U.S.C.
Executive MBA Program. His degrees include the D.B.A. and M.B.A. from the
Harvard Business School, and BA from the University of Kansas.
Professor Greiner has served on the faculties at the Harvard Business School,
Oxford University, University of Kansas, and INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He
is former Chairperson of the Management Department at U.S.C., as well as
Chairperson of the Organization Development Division and the Managerial
Consultation Divisions of the national Academy of Management. He is a Founding
Fellow of the Managerial Consultation Division of the national Academy of
Management and currently serves on its executive committee. He also serves as a
Senior Associate in the Center for Effective Organizations at U.S.C.
Professor Greiner is the author of numerous publications on the subjects of
organization growth and development, management consulting, and strategic
change. His most recent book, The Contemporary Consultant, has been widely
recognized as a major contribution to the field. Among his many articles is the
Harvard Business Review article, “Evolution and Revolution as Organizations
Grow,” which was reprinted in 1998 by the Harvard Business Review
as an all time classic. In 1999, he and Professor Arvind Bhambri won the
McKinsey Prize from the Strategic Management Society for their paper on "New
CEOs and Strategic Change. Across Industries." His other books include Power and Organization Development
(with Dr. Virginia Schein), published by Addison-Wesley, Consulting to
Management (with Dr. Robert Metzger), published by Prentice-Hall.
Dr. Greiner has served on various boards: including the editorial boards
of Journal of Venturing, Academy of Management Executive, Organization Dynamics,
Group and Organization Studies, and the Journal of Management Inquiry. In
addition, he has served on the corporate boards of the MAC Group, CAST
Management Consultants, and Houston-Fearless Corporation.
Professor Greiner has acted as a consultant to many companies and
government agencies in the U.S. and abroad, including Coca Cola, Pacific Bell,
Olivetti, Merck, Times-Mirror, Red Lion Hotels, U.S. Forest Service, Internal
Revenue Service, Cadence Design Systems, ChipSoft, Korn/Ferry International,
Andersen Consulting, KinderCare, Health Systems International, Kohlberg, Kravis
and Roberts, Rolls- Royce, and American Golf Corporation.
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