Hambrick Named Management Society Fellow
Hambrick Named Management Society Fellow
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (August 31, 2005)—Donald C. Hambrick, Smeal Chaired Professor of Management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been selected as one of the charter members of the Fellows of the Strategic Management Society. The new group consists of individuals who have made the most significant contributions to the field throughout its history.
An internationally recognized scholar in the field of top management, Hambrick is the author of numerous articles, chapters, and books on the topics of strategy formulation, strategy implementation, executive staffing and incentives, and the composition and processes of top management teams.
Hambrick's recent book, "Navigating Change: How CEOs, Top Teams, and Boards Steer Transformation," presents leading-edge thinking for executives who are embarking on corporate change initiatives. Another book, "Strategic Leadership: Top Executives and Their Effects on Organizations," is extensively used by scholars of executive leadership.
The Fellows of Strategic Management Society will meet for their inaugural meeting during the Strategic Management Society's October meetings in Orlando, Fla.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
