Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management
in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Professor
Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership. Professor Daft
is a Fellow of the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards
of Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Journal
of Management Education. He was the Associate Editor-in-Chief of Organization
Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science
Quarterly.
Professor Daft has authored or co-authored twelve books, including Management
(Cengage/South-Western, 2010), The Leadership Experience (Cengage/South-
Western, 2008), and What to Study: Generating and Developing Research
Questions (Sage, 1982). He also published Fusion Leadership: Unlocking the
Subtle Forces That Change People and Organizations (Berrett-Koehler, 2000, with
Robert Lengel). He has authored dozens of scholarly articles, papers, and chapters.
His work has been published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of
Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organizational Dynamics,
Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Accounting Organizations
and Society, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, California Management Review,
and Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. Professor Daft has been awarded
several government research grants to pursue studies of organization design, organizational
innovation and change, strategy implementation, and organizational
information processing.
Professor Daft is also an active teacher and consultant. He has taught management,
leadership, organizational change, organizational theory, and organizational
behavior. He has been involved in management development and consulting
for many companies and government organizations, including Allstate Insurance,
American Banking Association, Bell Canada, Bridgestone, National Transportation
Research Board, NL Baroid, Nortel, TVA, Pratt & Whitney, State Farm Insurance,
Tenneco, Tennessee Emergency Pediatric Services, the United States Air Force, the
United States Army, J. C. Bradford & Co., Central Parking System, USAA, United
Methodist Church, Entergy Sales and Service, Bristol-Myers Squibb, First American
National Bank, and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center