THE AUTHORS

PAUL R. LAWRENCE is Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Organizational Behavior Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He grew up in Michigan, where he did his undergraduate work in sociology and economics at Albion College. After serving in the Navy in WWII he finished his masters and doctoral training in organizational behavior at Harvard Business School. His research, published in twenty-four books and numerous articles, has dealt with the human aspects of management, organizational change, and organization design. His best-known titles (with coauthors) are Organization and Environment, Renewing American Industry, Administering Changes, and Behind the Factory Walls: Decision Making in Soviet and U.S. Enterprises.

NITIN NOHRIA is Richard ...

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