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Chris G. Worley
Research Scientist
Center for Effective Organizations
Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
Chris G. Worley is a Research Scientist at the
Center for Effective Organizations at the Marshall School of Business at
the University of Southern California. He is a recognized leader in the
field of organization development. Prior to coming to CEO, he was
Director of the Master of Science in Organization (MSOD) program at
Pepperdine University and remains a primary faculty member in that
program. He was awarded the Luckman Distinguished Teaching Fellowship in
1997. Prior to Pepperdine University, Dr. Worley taught undergraduate
and graduate courses at the University of San Diego, University of
Southern California, and Colorado State University. He is currently
serving as past chair for the Academy of Management’s Organization
Development and Change Division.
He is also President of Monique Marketing and Management, a consulting
firm specializing in strategic management. His consulting activities are
complemented by more than fifteen years of management experience in
academic, for-profit, and government organizations.
Dr. Worley has co-authored over 20 books, chapters, and articles. His
most recent book, co-authored with Ed Lawler, is Built to Change. He
also authored Integrated Strategic Change: How OD Builds Competitive
Advantage in Addison-Wesley’s OD Series, and with Tom Cummings has
co-authored four editions of Organization Development and Change, the
leading textbook on organization development. His articles on strategic
change and strategic organization design have appeared in the Journal of
Applied Behavioral Science, Journal of Organization Behavior, the
International Journal of Public Administration, the Project Management
Journal. He has made several presentations to scholarly and practitioner
associations such as the Academy of Management, OD Network, the
Strategic Planning Forum, and the Conference Boards of the U.S. and
Canada.
Individually, and in collaboration with other firms, his consulting
clients include organizations in high technology (Microsoft, Oracle,
Texas Instruments, Infonet, Honeywell, United Technologies, Data Line
Service Company); health care (American Healthways, St. Joseph Health
Care System, St. Anthony Hospital System; Zee Medical, Wesley Long
Community Hospital, Merck, Farmer's Insurance Group); financial services
(First Interstate Bank, Marine National Bank, Pacific Federal Savings
and Loan), the public sector (Canadian Broadcasting Company, GTE of
California, Southern California Edison, City of Los Angeles, City of
Carlsbad) and natural resources (British Petroleum, Magma Copper
Company, Canadian Hunter Exploration, Ltd.). The primary focus of his
efforts in these organizations has been on strategy formulation and
implementation, organization design, and the longitudinal evaluation of
strategic change.
Dr. Worley received his Ph.D. in strategic management from the
University of Southern California, an M.S. in organization development
from Pepperdine University, an M.S. in environmental psychology from
Colorado State University, and a B.S. from Westminster College. He is a
member of the Strategic Management Society, the Academy of Management,
and the Organization Development Network.
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