Joel M. Podolny

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Joel M. Podolny
Education St. Xavier High School
Alma mater Harvard University
OccupationAcademic
Employer Apple University

Joel Marc Podolny is an American sociologist. Formerly the dean of the Yale School of Management, he is currently an executive at Apple Inc., where he is the dean of Apple University (the in-house corporate training center for Apple employees) and a vice president of the firm. Previously, he was vice president for human resources.

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Education

Podolny is a 1982 graduate of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati. [1] He earned his B.A. (magna cum laude), M.A. and PhD degrees from Harvard University. [2]

Career

Podolny was on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business for 11 years, as senior associate dean during the latter part of his tenure. He was later a professor and director of research at Harvard Business School, where he taught courses in business strategy, organizational behavior and global management. He also taught that the HBS only invited hugely successful alumni to speak, not those who simply managed their work-life balance. [3]

Podolny arrived at the Yale School of Management in 2005. The next year, Podolny led a major restructuring of the Yale MBA curriculum in response to the increasingly complex and cross-functional global environment in which businesses and their executives operate. [4]

On November 1, 2008, Podolny stepped down as dean to be replaced by Sharon Oster and, in early 2009, assumed the position of senior vice president of human resources, [5] and dean of Apple Inc.'s new venture, Apple University. [6] Subsequently, Podolny stepped down from this position but continues as dean of Apple University and as a vice president at the firm. [7]

Research

Podolny has developed a sociological theory of market competition based on status dynamics. To do so, he has examined a variety of industries including venture capital, semiconductors, and investment banking. Podolny has also conducted research on the role of social networks in mobility and information transfer within organizations. He is the author of Status Signals: A Sociological Study of Market Competition and co-author (with Garth Saloner and Andrea Shepard) of the textbook Strategic Management.

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References

  1. ↑ "Keeper of the Apple Culture". St. Xavier High School. November 6, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.[ failed verification ]
  2. ↑ "Joel Podolny". LinkedIn . Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ Broughton, Philip Delves (2009). What They Teach You at Harvard Business School: My Two Years Inside the Cauldron of Capitalism . London, U.K.: Penguin Books. p.  112. ISBN   9780141046488. OCLC   559782256.
  4. ↑ Leonhardt, David (May–June 2007). "Revamping the MBA". Yale Alumni Magazine . Yale Alumni Publications. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Steve Jobs' virtual DNA to be fostered in Apple University". Los Angeles Times . October 6, 2011. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011.
  6. ↑ "School of Management Dean Joel Podolny Resigns". Yale Daily News . Yale Daily News Publishing Company. October 22, 2008. Archived from the original on February 10, 2013 – via archive.today.
  7. ↑ Podolny leads an annual symposium on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an event he cites as his passion project. Podolny's lectures on the topic have been canonized as the standard for all MLK Studies. Chen, Brian X. (August 10, 2014). "Simplifying the Bull: How Picasso Helps to Teach Apple's Style" . The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved August 13, 2014.


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