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Gordon A. Walter, (Ph.D. & M.S., U.C. Berkeley)
Change Management
Gordon Walter became a Professor of Management and Organization at UBC in
1970, where he teaches Doctoral, Masters and Undergraduate students as
well as managers in Executive Programs. He taught at UCLA's Graduate
School of Management in the mid 80's. He was originally an engineer and
worked as a production manager for Proctor and Gamble and in high
performance metals development for the Boeing Aircraft Company.
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His expertise is primarily in the areas of:
- Strategy implementation
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Organizational diagnosis and design
- Reorganization
- Implementing improved management procedures
- Leadership
- Negotiation
- Team dynamics and performance
- Ethics
Career Notes
Illustrative Leadership Duties:
Current:
Past:
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President, Western
Academy of Management (Management Professors from Texas to Manitoba
to the west coast).
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Chair, Industrial
Relations Management Division (and other groupings), Faculty of
Commerce and Business Administration, UBC.
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Leader of several
academic initiatives, such as the formulation of a Code of Ethics
for the Academy of Management (North America) over nearly a decade.
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Management Development
(area Editor): for the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.
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Chair, TEC 204, a group of Vancouver CEO's
within the auspices of an international association of 4,000 company
presidents: The Executive Committee.
Research:
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Book:
Experiential Learning and Change: Theory, Design and Practice (Best
book award - 1983)
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Articles: In
journals such as Journal of Applied Psychology; Interpersonal
Development; Journal of Applied Behavioral Science; Human
Relations; Strategic Management Journal; Journal of
Management Inquiry; Cornell Executive; American
Psychologist... and books such as Current Developments in
Organizational Development, Mergers; Corporate Concentration
and Power in Canada; Cases in Organizational Change and
Development; Research in Personnel Management; Video
in Higher Education; Ethics and Dilemmas for Academic
Professionals; Organizational Culture; and the Handbook
of Organizational Behavior Research.
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A variety of planning roles, journal review roles
for scores of academic and change management conferences and
journals.
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