Charles A. O'Reilly III

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Charles A. O'Reilly III
Alma mater University of Texas at El Paso
University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business
OccupationAcademic
Employer Stanford Graduate School of Business

Charles A. O'Reilly III is an American academic. He is the Frank E. Buck Professor of Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is the co-author of three books and a number of case studies as well as the co-editor of a fourth book.

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Early life

Charles A. O'Reilly III graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1965. [1] He earned an MBA in information systems in 1971 and a PhD in organizational behavior and industrial relations from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. [1]

Career

O'Reilly was an assistant professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management from 1976 to 1978. [1] He taught at the Haas School of Business from 1979 to 1993, where he became a tenured professor. [1] Since 1993, he has been the Frank E. Buck Professor of Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. [1]

O'Reilly is the co-author of three books and the co-editor of a fourth book. [1] He has published case studies about Cisco Systems and IBM. [2] His first book, The Management of Organizations: Strategies, Tactics, Analyses, was published in 1989. In 1997, he published his second book, Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Managing Organizational Change and Renewal; the book highlights the importance of teamwork to foster innovation. [3] His third book, Hidden Value: How Companies Get Extraordinary Results With Ordinary People, was published in 2000. [4] His fourth book, Lead and Disrupt: How To Solve the Innovator's Dilemma, was published in 2016.

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References

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  2. "Charles A. O Reilly III". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  3. Katz, Jeffrey P. (February 1997). "Review: Winning through Innovation by Michael L. Tushman; Charles A. O'Reilly III". The Academy of Management Executive. 11 (1): 125–126. JSTOR   4165381.
  4. Schmidt, Kristin (2002). "Review: Hidden Value: how great companies achieve extraordinary results with ordinary people by Charles A. O'Reilly III; Jeffrey Pfeffer". Management Revue. 13 (3): 202–205. JSTOR   41783322.