Curriculum Vita

Jeffrey D. Ford

Department of Management and Human Resources
750 Fisher Hall
2100 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1144
(614) 292-4563
ford.1@osu.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. August 1975 The Ohio State University, Organizational Behavior

M.B.A. March 1973 The Ohio State University, Marketing

B.S. June 1971 University of Maryland, Marketing

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Management, The Ohio State University, 1983 to present

Associate Professor of Administrative and Behavioral Studies, Indiana University, 1980-83

Assistant Professor of Administrative and Behavioral Studies, Indiana University, 1976-80

Assistant Research Professor, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, 1975-76

PUBLICATIONS

Articles and Book Chapters

Ford, J.D. "Organizational Change as Shifting Conversations," Journal of Organizational Change Management, (Forthcoming, 1999).

Ford, J.D. "Conversations and the Epidemiology of Change," Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 12 (Forthcoming, 1999).

Ford, J.D. and L.W. Ford. "Getting Caught in Our Point of View: A Response to Carini et al.," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 20 (1995), 785-787.

Ford, J.D. and L.W. Ford. "The Role of Conversations in Producing Intentional Change in Organizations," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 20 (1995), 541-570. Awarded Best Published Paper by the Organizational Communication Division of the Academy of Management, 1995.

Ford, J.D. and L.W. Ford. "Logics of Identity, Contradiction, and Attraction and Change in Change," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 19 (1994), 756-785.

Ford, J.D. "Management Education: Shifting Our Assumptions," Journal of Management Education, Vol. 18 (1994), 212-226.

Ford, J.D. and R.W. Backoff. "Organization Change In and Out of Dualities and Paradox." In R. Quinn and K. Cameron (Eds.), Paradox and Transformation: Towards A Theory of Change in Organization and Management, Boston, Ma.: Ballinger Publishing, 1988.

Ford, J.D. and D.A. Baucus. "Organization Adaptation to Performance Downturns: An Interpretation Based Perspective," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 12 (1987), 366-380.

Ford, J.D. "The Effects of Casual Attributions on Decision Makers' Responses to Performance Downturns," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 10 (1985), 770-786.

Ford, J.D. and W.H. Hagerty. "Decision Makers' Beliefs About the Causes and Effects of Structure: An Exploratory Study," Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 27 (l984), 271-291.

Ford, J.D. and D.A. Schellenberg. "Conceptual Issues of Linkage in the Assessment of Organizational Performance," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 7 (l982), 49-58.

Ford, J.D. "Departmental Context and Formal Structure as Constraints on Leader Behavior," Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 24 (l981), 274-288.

Ford, J.D. "The Administrative Component in Growing and Declining Organizations: A Longitudinal Analysis," Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 23 (l980), 6l5-630.

Ford, J.D. "The Occurrence of Structural Hysteresis in Declining Organizations," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 5 (l980),589-598.

Bobbitt, H.R., Jr. and J.D. Ford. "Decision Maker Choice as a Determinant of Organization Structure," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 5 (l980), l3-23.

Ford, J.D. and E.A. Ellis, III. "A Reexamination of Group Influence on Member Brand Preferences," Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. l7 (l980), l25-132.

Ford, J.D. "Institutional Versus Questionnaire Measures of Organization Structure: A Reexamination," Academy of Management Journal, Vol 22 (l979), 60l-610.

Ford, J.D. and J.W. Slocum, Jr. "Size, Technology, Environment and the Structure of Organizations," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 2 (l977), 561-575.

Mawhinney, T.C. and J.D. Ford. "The Path Goal Theory of Leader Effectiveness: An Operant Interpretation," Academy of Management Review, Vol. 2 (l977), 398-451.

Proceedings and Other Publications

Ford, J.D. "Organizational Change as Shifting Conversations," Best Papers Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, San Diego, CA, August, 1998. (Awarded Best Paper by the Organization Development and Change Division, National Academy of Management, 1998).

Ford, J.D. "The Core Elements of Leadership: Commitment, Courage, and Conversation", Leadership Links, OSU Extension Service, Summer, 1998, 1-2.

Ford, J.D. The End of Bureaucracy and the Rise of the Intelligent Organization, by Gifford & Elizabeth Pinchot (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 1995). Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1995, 429-432..

Ford, J.D. and L.W. Ford, "The Leadership Challenge" in Models in Nursing and Dietetic Leadership: What Can We Learn from Each Other? Report of the Thirteenth Ross Roundtable on Medical Issues, Ross Laboratories, Columbus, OH, 1993.

Ford, J.D. Paradoxes of Group Life, by Kenwyn K. Smith and David N. Berg (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1988). Contemporary Review of Psychology,

Ford, J.D. Managing Organizational Transitions, by John Kimberly and Robert Quinn (Homewood, Ill.: Irwin, 1984). Academy of Management Review, Vol. 10 (1985), 620-624.

Helmkamp, J. and J.D. Ford. "Responsibility Center Management," Medical Group Management, September, 1985, 52-59.

Ford, J.D. and W.H. Hagerty. "Decision Makers' Beliefs About Structural Cause and Effect," Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, San Francisco, California, l982,

Ford, J.D. and D.A. Schellenberg. "Conceptual Issues in the Assessment of Organization Performance," Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois, l98l, l64-l75.

Ford, J.D. Theories of Organizations: Form, Process, and Transformation, by Jerald Hage (New York: Wiley, l980). Academy of Management Review, Vol. 6 (l981), 676-678.

Ford, J.D. "The Management of Organization Crisis," Business Horizons, Vol. 24 (l981), l0-l6.

Acito, F. and J.D. Ford. "How Advertising Affects Employees," Business Horizons, Vol. 23 (l980), 53-59.

Ford, J.D. "The Structure of Declining Organizations: Coming Down Is Not the Same As Going Up," Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, Vol. l (l979), 247-249.

Ford, J.D. "The Effects of Department Level Context Variables on Leader Behavior," Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, Vol. l (l979), 256-258.

Ford, J.D. "Context, Leader Initiating Structure and Subunit Structure," Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Academy of Management, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, l977, 76-87.

Ford, J.D. "Contingency Models and Organization Structure," Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, Washington, D.C., l976, 87-92.

Professional Presentations

Ford, J.D. "Points of View that Engender Resistance to Change." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, San Diego, CA, August, 1998.

Ford, J.D. "Generating Opportunities for Nonlinear Learning Through "Impossible" Change Projects," Workshop presented to the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, La Verne, CA., June, 1998.

Ford, J.D. "The Underlying Realities of Change". Paper presented in symposium at the Midwestern Academy of Management, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April, 1997

Ford, J.D. "Producing Intentional Change through Conversations." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, Vancouver, BC, August, 1995.

Ford, J.D., R.M. Sheehan, and L.W. Ford. "Mission Accomplishment: An Added Dimension to Public Sector Organization Effectiveness." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, Dallas, TX, August, 1994.

Ford, J.D. and L.W. Ford, "Trialectics: A New Logic of Change." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, Dallas, TX, August, 1994.

Ford, J.D. and L.W. Ford, "Producing Intentional Change in Organizatons: The Roles of Initiative, Understanding, and Performance Communications." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA., 1993.

Ford, J.D. "Management Education: Shifting Our Assumptions." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Academy of Management, St. Charles, Illinois, April 1992.

Ford, J.D. "Tension, Communication, and Change in Organizations." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, Miami, Florida, August 1991.

Ford, J.D. and R.W. Backoff. "Developmental Logics in Emerging Organizations." Invited presentation in symposium entitled Entrepreneurship: Growth in the New Venture at Operations Research Society of America and the Institute of Management Sciences, St. Louis, Mo., 1987.

Ford, J.D. "Environmental Choice Constraints in Self-Referential Systems." Invited presentation in symposium entitled Organizational Adaptation: Models of Constrained Choice at Operations Research Society of America and the Institute of Management Sciences, St. Louis, Mo., 1987.

Ford, J.D. and R.W. Backoff. "Logics of Organizational Change." Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Academy of Management, Bloomington, Indiana, 1987.

Ford, J.D. "Choosing, Fitting, and Effectiveness in Self-Referential Systems." Invited paper presented in symposium on Organizational Effectiveness at the Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1986.

Ford, J.D. and J.S. Kim. "Managers Causality Maps of Leadership." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1985.

Kim, J., Ford, J., and Shin, Y.K. "Beliefs About the Causes and the Effects of Leader Behavior: A Comparison between Managers of the United States and Korea." Paper presented at the Pan-Pacific Conference, Seoul, Korea, 1985.

Backoff, R.W. and J.D. Ford. "Developmental Paradox: Jumping Around In and Through Organizations." Paper presented in symposium entitled Paradox at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, San Diego, California, 1985.

Ford, J.D. "Causal Attributions and Organization Response to Performance Downturns," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, l984.

Ford, J.D. "The Relationship between Efficiency and Effectiveness in Growing and Declining Public Sector Organizations: A Longitudinal Analysis," presentation in symposium "New Perspectives in Public Sector Performance" at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, New York, New York, l982.

Ford, J.D. "Employee Behavior and Organization Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of Effects on Growing and Declining Organizations," presentation in symposium "Individual Behavior and Organization Performance: Four Empirical Tests," at the Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, l98l.

Ford, J.D. "Organization Structure Responses to Decline," presented in symposium "Organizational Decline," at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, Detroit, Michigan, l980.

Ford, J.D. and H.R. Bobbitt, Jr. "The Relationship between Designer Preference and Organization Structure," presentation in symposium "Alternative Perspectives on Organizational Structure," at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, San Francisco, California, l978.

Ford, J.D. "The Relationship Between Organization Ideology, Structural Attitudes and Structuring Behavior," presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, San Francisco, California, l978.

Bobbitt, H.R., Jr. and J.D. Ford. "Contextual Variables, Organization Designer and Structure," presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, Orlando, Florida, l977.

Ford, J.D. "The Interaction of Size, Technology and Environment on Dimensions of Intended Structure," presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Management, Kansas City, Kansas, l976.

CONSULTATIONS AND EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Mead Paper

Landmark Education Corporation

Magma Copper

Intel Corporation

NASA

Ohio Department of Development

Franklin County Children’s Services

Porter, Wright, Morris, and Arthur

Rosemont Center

City of Upper Arlington

Physicians Health Plan

United Way

Dublin City Schools

Ohio Cooperative Extension Service

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

Executive Development Program

MAPs

SERVICE ACTIVITIES WITHIN COLLEGE AND PROFESSION

Professional Service

Editor, Journal of Applied Discourse Processes, 1998

Academy of Management Journal Editorial Board, l982-l984, l985-l987

Ad-Hoc Journal Reviewing

Academy of Management Journal

Academy of Management Review

Journal of Management

Administrative Science Quarterly

Quarterly Journal of Business & Economics

Journal of Management Studies

Case Research Journal

Organization Science

Decision Sciences

Journal of Management Inquiry

Reviewing for Professional Meetings:

National Academy of Management Meetings, l980, l983, 1986, 1992-8

Decision Sciences Meetings, l978, l983-6

Midwestern Academy of Management Meetings, l98l, l983, 1985-7, 1990-2

Offices

Secretary (elected), North American Case Research Association, 1985 to 1987.

Departmental and College Committees

MBA Program Activities Task Force, 1998

Visiting Executives Subcommittee (Chairperson), 1998

Organizational Behavior Coordinator, 1986

Visiting Seminar Speaker Series Coordinator, 1985, 1986

MHR Curriculum Committee, 1983

Graduate Programs Committee for Labor and Human Resources, 1986

MHR Program Review Committee, 1987

Ph.D. Development Committee, 1991, 1992, 1993

Curriculum Commitee, 1992, 1993

START Form Committee, 1992

Undergraduate Committee, 1995

MBA Policy Committee, l983, 1984, 1985, 1986

MBA Fulltime Program Committee, l983 (Disbanded in 1984)

MBA Academic Performance Subcommittee, l983 (Disbanded in 1984)

Research Coordination Committee, 1988, 1989, 1990

College Personnel Committee, 1989, 1990 (Chairperson)

Davis Chair Search Committee, 1986

Information Coordinating Committee, 1985

Executive Education Committee, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Creative Learning Committee, 1992, 1993

Teaching Committee, 1992, 1993

Library Committee (Chairperson), 1995, 1996, 1997

University Committees

Library Task Force (member) 1997

HONORS

Beta Gamma Sigma

Sigma Iota Epsilon

Nominated for Pacesetter Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, 1987

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

Academy of Management