Research and Insights Archive

Research and Insights from the Center for Effective Organizations

Heather Stockton

Heather Stockton

Heather Stockton is a Functional Excellence Lead for Change Management at W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., makers of GORE-TEX®. She has a decade of progressive HR expertise including creating and operationalizing organization structures to support digital...

Maura Stevenson, Ph.D.

Maura Stevenson, Ph.D.

Maura Stevenson joined MedVet as Chief Human Resources Officer in 2017. In this role, she oversees all aspects of the Employee Experience, including talent management, compensation and benefits, leadership and employee development, and organizational development....

Nandini Rajagopalan

Nandini Rajagopalan

Nandini Rajagopalan is the Joseph A. DeBell Chair in Business Administration and Professor of Management and Organization. Her research examines platform-based markets, diversification and strategic alliances, CEO succession, and corporate governance. She has...

Peter Monge

Peter Monge

Peter Monge is Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and Professor of Management and Organization at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. He is also the Director of the Annenberg Networks...

Ann Majchrzak

Ann Majchrzak

Ann Majchrzak is the USC Associates' Chaired Professor of Business Administration for Marshall. She teaches and does research on digital innovation. She has held concurrent appointments as a visiting professor at Esade Business School, Ramon Llull University,...

Janet Fulk

Janet Fulk

Janet Fulk is a Professor of Communication in the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and Professor of Management and Organization in the USC Marshall School of Business. She holds a B.A. in English from Michigan State University and M.B.A. and...

Thomas Cummings

Thomas Cummings

Tom Cummings is a leading expert in designing high-performing organizations and strategic change. He has published more than 20 books, including Handbook of Organization Development and Organizational Development and Change, and more than 60 articles. He has served on...

Arvind Bhambri

Arvind Bhambri

Arvind Bhambri specializes in strategic change, competitive strategy, global business development, and leadership. He has twice received the Golden Apple Award for MBA instruction. In a 2008 special report on executive MBA programs by the Wall Street Journal,...

Paul Adler

Paul Adler

Paul S. Adler is Professor of Management and Organization, of Sociology, and of Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California. He holds the Marshall Business School's Harold Quinton Chair in Business Policy. He began his education in Australia and...

Ali E. Abbas

Ali E. Abbas

Ali E. Abbas is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. A leading authority in the field of decision and risk analysis, Dr. Abbas received his M.S. in electrical engineering; M.S. in...

Ian Ziskin

Ian Ziskin

Ian Ziskin is President of EXec EXcel Group LLC, a human capital coaching and consulting firm he founded in 2010 following a highly successful 28-year career as a corporate business executive. EXec EXcel Group builds individual and organizational credibility through...

Darryl Stickel

Darryl Stickel

Darryl holds a Ph.D. in Business from Duke University and completed his doctoral thesis on building trust in hostile environments. Upon completing his studies Darryl served as a consultant for Mckinsey & Company prior to founding his own consulting firm, Trust...