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With deep appreciation to Dorothy, the playwright and partner in my life, and to my parents, who started my life. Richard L. Daft, PhD, is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership. He was the associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. He has also authored dozens of scholarly articles, papers, and chapters. Professor Daft is currently working on a new book, The Executive and the Elephant.
He also is an active teacher and consultant. He has taught management, leadership, organizational change, organizational theory, and organizational behavior. Professor Daft served as associate dean, produced for-profi t theatrical produc- tions, and helped manage a start-up enterprise.
Managing for Innovation in a Changing World In recent years, organizations have been buffeted by massive and far-reaching social, technological, and economic changes. Any manager who still believed in the myth of stability was rocked out of complacency when, one after another, large fi nancial insti- tutions in the United States began to fail.
