Lead with Confidence and Conscience
How do you manage a company in a complex and turbulent business environment? Our flexible curriculum aims prepare you to think strategically, act responsibly, manage diverse teams, and stay at the forefront of innovation.
As the largest department in the business school, we offer core courses for all undergraduate business majors, MBA, and master’s programs. From learning to manage individual human resource issues to designing the organizational structure of a global company, the breadth of our program allows you to lead at any level.
Our undergraduate management majors take a rigorous foundation of courses to foster innovative ideas and efficiently work in a variety of organizational structures. We emphasize management as a deliberate practice wherein graduates are theoretically informed, technically skilled, and imbued with a sense of responsibility and care for all stakeholders and the public good. And there is no better place than Silicon Valley to learn about Entrepreneurship and Leading Innovative Organizations through our MBA concentrations.
You’ll take classes from faculty who actively balance scholarship with practice. They invite Silicon Valley executives into the classroom, engage in research that directly benefits local and global companies, serve in leadership roles for the Academy of Management, and hold editorial positions in our fields’ top journals.
Our graduates are highly desired by Silicon Valley firms because we train students to foster innovative ideas and efficiently work in a variety of organizational structures.
Submissions from 2016
Revisiting open innovation: Lead by letting go, Terri L. Griffith
Emerging Digital Frontiers for Service Innovation, Christoph Peters, Paul Maglio, Ralph Badinell, Robert R. Harmon, Roger Maull, James C. Spohrer, Tuure Tuunanen, Stephen L. Vargo, Jeffrey J. welser, Haluk Demirkan, Terri L. Griffith, and Yassi Moghaddam
Submissions from 2015
Back to Basics: Facilitating Engagement in Modern Work Environments, Terri L. Griffith, Emma Nordbäck, John E. Sawyer, and Ronald E. Rice
Religion, Religiosity, and Leadership Practices: An Examination in the Lebanese Context, Joe Hage and Barry Z. Posner
An Investigation Into the Leadership Practices of Volunteer Leaders, Barry Z. Posner
A Longitudinal Study of Canadian Student Leadership Practices, Barry Z. Posner, Bob Crawford, and Roxy Denniston-Stewart
Submissions from 2014
To Get Honest Feedback, Leaders Need to Ask, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
John R. Wooden, Stephen R. Covey and Servant Leadership: A Commentary, Barry Z. Posner
The Impact of Gender, Ethnicity, School Setting, and Experience on Student Leadership: Does It Really Matter?, Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2013
Framework for Communication, Certified Equity Professionals Institute and Terri L. Griffith
Tools to help employees work together, Terri L. Griffith
The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership: How Ordinary People Make Extraordinary Things Happen, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
It’s How Leaders Behave That Matters, Not Where They Are From, Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2012
Get Serious About Social Media, Terri L. Griffith
Lead Through Resources, Terri L. Griffith
Technology and Teams: The Next Ten Years, Terri L. Griffith
Effectively Measuring Student Leadership, Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2011
Are You a ‘Plugged-In Manager’ - Book Offers New CEO Survival Skills, Terri L. Griffith
Tapping into social media smarts, Terri L. Griffith
Leadership Begins With an Inner Journey, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2010
A decision process model to support timely organizational innovation, Andre L. Delbecq, Terri L. Griffith, Tammy L. Madsen, and Jennifer L. Woolley
Multilevel knowledge and team performance, Terri L. Griffith and John E. Sawyer
The Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Another Look at the Impact of Personal and Organizational Values Congruency, Barry Z. Posner
Values and the American Manager: A Three-Decade Perspective, Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2009
Developing and Validating Field Measurement Scales for Absorptive Capacity and Experienced Community of Practice, David Cadiz, John E. Sawyer, and Terri L. Griffith
Reaching for the Moon: Expanding transactive memory's reach with wikis and tagging, Terri L. Griffith, Mark B. Allan, and Anthony A. Korolis
Research team design and management for centralized R&D, Terri L. Griffith and John E. Sawyer
Leadership Practices Inventory: Assessing How Leaders Get Extraordinary Things Done, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
The Leader’s Mandate: Create a Shared Sense of Destiny, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
To Lead, Create a Shared Vision, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Leaving Nothing to Chance: Modeling the Proactive Structuration of a New Technology, Gregory B. Northcraft, Terri L. Griffith, and Mark A. Fuller
A Longitudinal Study Examining Changes in Students' Leadership Behavior, Barry Z. Posner
From Inside Out: Beyond Teaching About Leadership, Barry Z. Posner
Leadership is Everyone’s Business (A forward), Barry Z. Posner
On Putting Theory Into Practice, Barry Z. Posner
Understanding the Learning Tactics of College Students and Their Relationship to Leadership, Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2008
Borgs in the Org? Organizational Decision Making and Technology, Terri L. Griffith, Gregory B. Northcraft, and Mark A. Fuller
Changing perceptions - and triggering innovation, Terri L. Griffith and John E. Sawyer
Leaders Gaze Beyond the Horizons, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Be Leaders. Do Leadership., Barry Z. Posner
The Play’s the Thing: Reflections on Leadership from the Theater, Barry Z. Posner
We Lead from the Inside Out, Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
Submissions from 2007
Neither here nor there: Knowledge sharing and transfer with proactive structuration, Terri L. Griffith, Mark A. Fuller, and Gregory B. Northcraft
Silicon valley's ‘one-hour’ distance rule and managing return on location, Terri L. Griffith, Patrick J. Yam, and Suresh Subramaniam
Information technology and the fabric of organization, Raymond F. Zammuto, Terri L. Griffith, Ann Majchrzak, Deborah J. Dougherty, and Samer Faraj
Submissions from 2006
Experienced community of practice and knowledge transfer in a science/technology company, David Cadiz, Terri L. Griffith, and John E. Sawyer
Supporting technologies and organizational practices for the transfer of knowledge in virtual environments, Terri L. Griffith and John E. Sawyer
Virtual study groups: A challenging centerpiece for "working adult" management education, Gregory B. Northcraft, Terri L. Griffith, and Mark A. Fuller
Spirituality and Leadership Among College Freshmen, Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2005
Organizational Science and the NSF: Funding for Mutual Benefit, Mariann Jelinek and Terri L. Griffith
Empowerment, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Leading in Cynical Times, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
When Leaders Are Coaches, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
The Leader’s Passion, Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2004
Prelude to virtual groups: Leadership and technology in semi-virtual groups, Terri L. Griffith and David K. Meader
Follower-Oriented Leadership, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Creating and disseminating knowledge among organizational scholars: The role of special issuesCreating and disseminating knowledge among organizational scholars: The role of special issues, Paul Olk and Terri L. Griffith
A Leadership Development Instrument for Students: Updated, Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2003
Social and technical aspects of electronic monitoring: To protect and to serve, Terri L. Griffith
Conflict and virtual teams, Terri L. Griffith, Elizabeth A. Mannix, and Margaret A. Neale
Virtualness and knowledge in teams: Managing the love triangle of organizations, individuals, and information technology, Terri L. Griffith, John E. Sawyer, and Margaret A. Neale
Leaders Must Build Cultures of Collaboration, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2002
Negotiating Technology Implementation: An Empirical Investigation of a Website Introduction, Terri L. Griffith, David A. Tansik, and Lehman Benson III
Link Me to Your Leader, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Seven Lessons for Leading the Voyage to the Future, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Software, shareware and freeware: Multiplex commitment to an electronic social exchange system, Matthew A. Liao-Troth and Terri L. Griffith
The phenomenology of conflict in virtual work teams, Elizabeth A. Mannix, Terri L. Griffith, and Margaret A. Neale
Investigating the Effectiveness of Corporate Advisory Boards, André Morkel and Barry Z. Posner
Leadership as a Way of Being (Preface to), Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2001
Exploring the relationship between learning and leadership, Lillas Brown and Barry Z. Posner
Beyond socio-technical systems: introduction to the special issue, Terri L. Griffith and Deborah J. Dougherty
Information processing in traditional, hybrid, and virtual teams: From nascent knowledge to transactive memory, Terri L. Griffith and Margaret A. Neale
Bringing Leadership Lessons From The Past Into The Future, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Learning to Lead, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
What Does It Mean to Act with Integrity?, Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 2000
Negotiating medical technology implementation: Overcoming power and stakeholder diversity, Terri L. Griffith and Marion G. Sobol
The Janusian Leader, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
When Leaders Are Coaches, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 1999
Technology features as triggers for sensemaking, Terri L. Griffith
Submissions from 1998
Project Leadership, D. L. Caldwell and Barry Z. Posner
A CEO’s-Eye View of the IT Function, Peter S. DeLisi, Ronald L. Danielson, and Barry Z. Posner
Cross-cultural and cognitive issues in the implementation of new technology: Focus on group support systems and Bulgaria, Terri L. Griffith
Facilitator influence in group support systems: Intended and unintended effects, Terri L. Griffith, Mark A. Fuller, and Gregory B. Northcraft
The Project Manager, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 1997
Media effects and communication bias in diverse groups, Anita D. Bhappu, Terri L. Griffith, and Gregory B. Northcraft
Ten Lessons for Leaders and Leadership Developers, Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
Effective Orientation Advisors are Also Leaders, Jeanne Rosenberger and Barry Z. Posner
Managerial Values Across Cultures: Australia, Hong Kong and the U.S., Robert I. Westwood and Barry Z. Posner
Submissions from 1996
Negotiating successful technology implementation: A motivational perspective, Terri L. Griffith
Cognitive Elements in the implementation of New Technology: Can Less information Provide More Benefits?, Terri L. Griffith and Gregory B. Northcraft
Envisioning the Future: Imaging Ideal Scenarios, Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
The Legacy You Leave Is The Life You Lead, Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
The Values of Business and Federal Government Executives: More Different Than Alike, Barry Z. Posner and Warren H. Schmidt
Submissions from 1995
"Fixed pie" a la mode: Information availability, information processing, and the negotiation of sub-optimal agreements, Robin L. Pinkley, Terri L. Griffith, and Gregory B. Northcraft
Leadership is Everyone's Business & Other Lessons from Over a Dozen Years of Leadership Research, Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Shared Values Relationship, Barry Z. Posner and Robert I. Westwood
Submissions from 1994
Distinguishing between the forest and the trees: Media, features, and methodology in electronic communication research, Terri L. Griffith and Gregory B. Northcraft
Leadership Practices of Effective Student Leaders: Gender Makes No Difference, Barry Z. Posner and Barbara Brodsky
An Extension of the Leadership Practices Inventory to Individual Contributors, Barry Z. Posner and James M. Kouzes
