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Lance
B. Kurke
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PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Founder
and Co-Principal
9/89 - present
Kurke
& Associates, Inc.
Speaking, Strategic Planning and Leadership Development
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Academic Director, M.B.A. Programs
7/06 – 6/07
Chairman, Leadership & Change
Management Division
7/03 – 7/06
Associate Professor of Management
8/92 – 9/07
Visiting Professor—Duquesne
Italian Campus
1/03 - 5/03
Director—European Study Abroad Program
7/95 - 6/96
Co-director—European
Study Abroad Program
8/94 - 6/95
Chairman,
Behavioral Division
7/92 - 7/95
Assistant Professor of Management
9/89 - 7/92
John F. Donahue Graduate School of Business
A. J. Palumbo School of Business
Administration
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Adjunct Associate Professor
1/99 - present
H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Columnist
1/00 – 6/02
SBN Magazine
Periodic column entitled: Leading Strategic Change
President
5/99 – 5/01
CEO
Club of Pittsburgh
A Non-Profit Organization Serving
Chief Executive Officers Since 1978
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Visiting Professor
4/97 - 5/97
Nemzetközi
Menedzser Központ
International
Management Center
Central
European University
Budapest, Hungary
Assistant Professor of Management
7/86 - 8/89
Co-director—Far East Management Program
8/88 - 8/89
Director—Field
Study Program
6/87 - 6/88
Babcock
Graduate School of Management
Wake
Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Assistant Professor of Organizational
Behavior
9/81 - 8/86
Research Associate
7/80 - 9/81
Teppler Graduate School of Industrial
Administration
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Medical Technologist
2/75 - 7/76
Veterans Administration
H. J. Miller School of Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
EDUCATION
Development
Dimensions International
March 2004
Certified Trainer
Cornell University, Ph. D.
August 1981
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Major: organization theory and behavior
Minors: sociology of organizations and public policy
Cornell University, M. A.
March 1979
Major: organization theory
and behavior
Cornell University, M. B. A.
January 1979
Major: quantitative analysis
for administrative decisions
University of Florida
1975-76
Post-baccalaureate studies
in economics and anthropology
Stetson University, B. S.
May 1974
Major: chemistry
Minors:
British literature & biology
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION
Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Kurke, Lance B. “The phenomenology of creativity.” Issues
in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. NY: Springer, 2008. (Forthcoming.)
Weber, James, Kurke, Lance B., and Pentico, David W. “Why do employees
steal?: Assessing differences in ethical and unethical employee behavior using ethical work climates.” Business and Society, 2003, 42, 3: 359-380.
Kurke, Lance B., and Brindle, Margaret. “The process of enactment:
Evidence from Alexander the Great.” Advances in Qualitative
Organizational Research, 2001, 3: 41-57.
Seabright, Mark A., and Kurke, Lance B. “Organizational ontology
and the moral status of the corporation.” Business Ethics Quarterly, 1997, 7, 3:65-81.
Kurke, Lance B. “Repression and restitution: Hong Kong and the
People's Republic of China.” Journal of Contemporary Asia,
February 1992, 22, 2: 234-248.
Barley, Thomas, Ersoz, Clara Jean, Pentico, David W., Kurke, Lance B., Forney, Nancy L., and Gillette, Nancy L. “A developmental model of the total
quality management process for hospital products.” Journal of
Hospital Marketing, Fall 1991, 5, 2: 37-46.
Kurke, Lance B., Weick, Karl E., and Ravlin, Elizabeth C. “Can
information loss be reversed?: Evidence for serial reconstruction.” Communication
Research, February 1989, 16, 1: 3-24.
Kurke, Lance B. “Does adaptation preclude adaptability?: Strategy
and performance.” In Lynne G. Zucker (ed.), Institutional Patterns
and Organizations: Culture and Environment, Boston:
Ballinger, 1988, 199-222.
Kurke, Lance B., and Aldrich, Howard E. “Mintzberg was right!:
A replication and extension of The Nature of Managerial Work.” Management Science, 1983, 29, 8: 975-84.
Goodman, Paul S., and Kurke, Lance B. “Studies of change in organizations:
A status report.” In P. S. Goodman (ed.), Change in Organizations,
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1982, 1-46.
Book Published
Kurke, Lance B. The Wisdom of Alexander
the Great: Enduring Leadership Lessons from the Man Who Created an Empire. NY:
AMACOM, September 2004.
Translations: Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Lithuanian,
and Chinese
Refereed Proceedings
Weber, James and Kurke, Lance B. “Why do employees steal?: Assessing
differences in ethical and unethical employee behavior using ethical work climates.”
Proceedings of the Southern Management Association, November 2002, 12-16. (Paper won award for “Best Paper in Track.”)
Kurke, Lance B. “Doors and gates as metaphors for understanding
differences in countries’ organizational paradigms.” Proceedings of the International Management Development Association, July 1997, 178-81.
Kurke, Lance B. “Creating an international study trip for students.” Proceedings of the International Association of Business
and Society, March 1997, 434-9.
Kurke, Lance B. “History of health care and health insurance in
Japan: Implications for Japan
and the US.” Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute,
April 1996, 157-9.
Kurke, Lance B. “Using Sun Tzu to teach business and society relationships:
An experiential exercise offering cross-disciplinary learning opportunities.”
Proceedings of the International Association of Business and Society, March 1996,
653-6.
Chenet, Robert J., and Kurke, Lance B. “Incentive plans revisited:
Exploring and applying alternatives.” Proceedings of the
Association of Management—Human Resource Management Group,
1994, 12, 1: 1-7.
Kurke, Lance B., and Buzzi, William P. “Ancient self-help books:
A brief guide for using the classics to train managers.” Proceedings
of the Association of Management—Education, 1993, 11, 2: 35-40.
Kurke, Lance B. “What is unique about Japanese management?: On,
amae, kaisha, and group identity.” Proceedings of
the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, April 1991, 254-6.
Non-refereed Publications
Kurke, Lance B., and Ball, Dave. “Solving the unsolvable problem:
Achieving results through enactment.” www.businessknowhow.com, 8/23/05.
Kurke, Lance B. “A clean sweep.” SBN
Magazine, June 2002, 9, 2:32.
Kurke, Lance B. “Of planks and people.” SBN
Magazine, March 2002, 8, 11:39.
Kurke, Lance B. “Water tower strategy.” SBN
Magazine, November 2001, 8, 7:15.
Kurke, Lance B. “Why you shouldn’t
plan.” SBN Magazine, October 2001, 8, 6:24-25.
Kurke, Lance B., and Bagasrawala, Firdaus “Dragonfly dirge.”
SBN Magazine, September 2001, 8, 5:20.
Kurke, Lance B. “The illusion of control.”
SBN Magazine, August 2001, 8, 4:18.
Kurke, Lance B. “Turning a supertanker.” SBN Magazine,
July 2001, 8, 3:18-19.
Kurke, Lance B. “Can you say ‘continuous?’” SBN
Magazine, June 2001, 8, 2:18.
Kurke, Lance B. “People are everything.” SBN
Magazine, April 2001, 7, 12:24-25.
Kurke, Lance B. “The $0.00 process.” SBN Magazine,
March 2001, 7, 11:12-13.
Kurke, Lance B., and Hoffman, James. “The Art of War.” SBN
Magazine, February 2001, 7, 10:14-15.
Kurke, Lance B., and Hoffman, James. “Bonsai business.” SBN
Magazine, January 2001, 7, 9:12-13.
Kurke, Lance B. “Zen leopards.” SBN Magazine,
December 2000, 7, 8:12-13.
Kurke, Lance B. “OK, jump!” SBN Magazine, November
2000, 7, 7:12-13.
Kurke, Lance B. “Maggot method.” SBN Magazine,
October 2000, 7, 6:12-13.
Kurke, Lance B. “Teaching a horse to fly.” SBN Magazine,
September 2000, 7, 5:12-13.
Kurke, Lance B. “Navigating in the dark.” SBN Magazine,
August 2000, 7, 4:12-13.
Kurke, Lance B. “People are like bats.” SBN Magazine,
July 2000, 7, 3:12-13.
Kurke, Lance B. “On knowing yourself.” SBN Magazine, June 2000, 7, 2: 16-17.
Kurke, Lance B. “The big, bad bear.” SBN Magazine,
May 2000, 7, 1: 16.
Kurke, Lance B. “The power relationship.” SBN Magazine,
April 2000, 6, 12: 18.
Kurke, Lance B ”Are you a chopper or a cutter?” SBN
Magazine, March 2000, 6, 11: 46.
Kurke, Lance B ”Do you plan in the shower?” SBN Magazine,
February 2000, 6, 10: 14-5.
Kurke, Lance B. ”On fine wines and strategic planning.” SBN Magazine, January 2000, 6, 9: 12.
Matejka, J. Kenneth, and Kurke, Lance B. “Designing a great syllabus.” College Teaching, Summer 1994, 42, 3: 115-7.
Matejka, J. Kenneth, Kurke, Lance B., and Gregory, Barbara. “Mission impossible?: Designing a great mission statement to ignite your
plans.” Management Decisions, 1993, 31, 4: 34-7.
Papers Presented at Professional Conferences
Kurke, Lance B. “The phenomenology of creativity.” Keynote speaker at Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey. To be published in Issues in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. NY: Springer, 2008.
(Forthcoming.) November 2007.
Liebowitz, Jay., Sivasubramaniam, Nagaraj., & Kurke, Lance. “Can
we develop authentic leaders? A business school’s experience.” IUT Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2005.
Weber, James, and Kurke, Lance B. “Why do employees steal.” Southern Management Association, Atlanta,
November 2002. Paper won award for “Best Paper in the Track.”
Kurke, Lance B. “Finding your niche: SWOT analysis.” Conference on Social Entrepreneurship for Nonprofit Organizations, Pittsburgh, November 1999.
Kurke, Lance B., and Brindle, Margaret. “The cognitive processes
of enactment: Evidence from Alexander the Great.” Academy
of Management, Chicago,
August 1999.
Kurke, Lance B. “Doors and gates as metaphors for understanding
differences in countries’ organizational paradigms.” Presented by
Dr. Jan Saykiewicz in my absence, Chonju
City, Republic of Korea, July 1997.
Kurke, Lance B. “Identifying and rewarding the free riders and
high performers in cooperative learning groups.” Conference on Advancing
Teaching in College Classrooms and Campus Cultures, State College, PA, March 1997.
Kurke, Lance B. “Creating an international study trip for students.”
International Association of Business and
Society, Destin, March 1997.
Kurke, Lance B. “History of health care and health insurance in
Japan: Implications for Japan
and the US.” Northeast Decision
Sciences Institute, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, April 1996.
Kurke, Lance B. “Using Sun Tzu to teach business and society relationships:
An experiential exercise offering cross-disciplinary learning opportunities.”
International Association for Business and Society, Santa Fe,
March 1996.
Kurke, Lance B., Paige, Kenneth L., and Pentico, David W. “Mentoring
new and junior faculty.” Conference on Advancing Teaching in College Classrooms
and Campus Cultures, State College, PA, March 1996.
Seabright, Mark A., and Kurke, Lance B. “Ontological analysis of
the moral status of social collectives.” Academy
of Management, Vancouver, Canada, August 1995.
Chenet, Robert J., and Kurke, Lance B. “Incentive plans revisited:
Exploring and applying alternatives.” Association of Management, Dallas, August 1994.
Matejka, J. Kenneth, and Kurke, Lance B. “How to design a great
syllabus.” Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Windsor, Canada, June 1994.
Kurke, Lance B. “Cooperating with colleagues.” Annual Conference on Advancing Teaching in College Classrooms and Campus Cultures, State College, PA, March
1994. (With Rick McCown.)
Kurke, Lance B., and Buzzi, William P. “Ancient self-help books:
A brief guide for using the classics to train managers.” Association of
Management, Atlanta, August 1993.
Kurke, Lance B. “Introducing total quality management into the
classroom.” Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Calgary, Canada, June 1992.
Kurke, Lance B. “What is unique about Japanese management?: On,
amae, kaisha, and group identity.” Northeast Decision Sciences
Institute, Pittsburgh, April 1991.
Kurke, Lance B. “How do great leaders manipulate the environment?:
Some historical evidence for enactment.” Academy
of Management, San Francisco,
August 1990.
Kurke, Lance B. “Symbolically manipulating reality: The leadership
of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar.” International Conference on
Organizational Symbolism and Corporate Culture, Fontainebleau, France, June 1989.
Ulrich, David, and Kurke, Lance B. “When do theories of environmental
selection and organizational adaptation best apply?” Academy
of Management, Anaheim,
August 1988.
Kurke, Lance B. “Classical advice for managers.” Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Los Angeles,
June 1988.
Kurke, Lance B. “Using the classics to study organizations and
management.” Academy of Management, New Orleans, August
1987.
Kurke, Lance B. “How does corporate culture contribute to organizational
survival?” International Conference on Organizational Symbolism and Corporate
Culture, Milan, Italy,
June 1987.
Kurke, Lance B., and Stein, A. William. “What made Alexander great?:
Strategy and performance.” Academy
of Management, Chicago,
August 1986.
Kurke, Lance B. “Does adaptation preclude adaptability?: Strategy
and performance.” Institutional Patterns and Organizations Conference,
University of California at Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, May 1985.
Kurke, Lance B. “The ecology of organizational adaptability: Introducing
choice into the population ecology model.” American Sociological Association,
Detroit, August 1983.
Kurke, Lance B. “Understanding managerial work.” Office Automation Workshop, Diebold Automated Office Program, Seattle,
September 1981.
Kurke, Lance B. “Mintzberg was right!: A replication and extension
of The Nature of Managerial Work.” Academy of Management, Atlanta,
August 1979.
Research Projects Completed (Manuscripts Available)
Kurke, Lance B., and Atkin, Robert. “Cultural and economic explanations
for Japanese human resource systems.”
Kurke, Lance B. “What made Alexander Great?: Strategy and tactics.”
Kurke, Lance B. “The adaptive and the creative manager: A comparison
of the strategies, tactics, and the organization of the armies of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar.”
Kurke, Lance B. “Symbolically manipulating reality: The leadership
of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar.”
Proprietary Manuals Published
Kurke, Lance B. Leading Excellence:
Beginning the Journey, second edition. Heinz North America, 2001.
Kurke, Lance B. Becoming World Class:
Middle Management Development Program—Participant Manual, fourth edition.
Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania, 1995-6.
Kurke, Lance B. Total Quality Team Training
Manual. Pine
Richland School District, 1994.
Herbick, Aaron A., Haines, M. Susan, Friday, Susan M., and Kurke, Lance B. Service Delivery Training Program Manual. Reed
Smith Shaw and McClay, 1994.
Research In Progress (Manuscripts Not Yet Available)
Kurke, Lance B. “Using weighted self- and peer-evaluations in project
teams to attain equity in reward systems.”
Kurke, Lance B. “Historical uses of historical methods: Implications for organizational research.”
Kurke, Lance B., and Seabright, Mark A. “Issues in organizational
perception.”
Case Studies
Kurke, Lance B. “The USS Stark and USS Vincennes: Epistemology,
or how do we know what we know?” (A case about decision making with ambiguous
information.) John
F. Donahue Graduate
School of Business Administration, February 2002.
Kurke, Lance B. “Joe Doe.”
Babcock Graduate School
of Management, Wake Forest
University, January 1988.
Case Studies In Progress
Kurke, Lance B. “What made Alexander Great?”
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Conferences
