Richard L. Daft
Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Professor Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership; he is a fellow of the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Journal of Management Education. He was the associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Professor Daft has authored or co-authored 14 books, including The Leadership Experience (Cengage/South-Western, 2018), Organization Theory and Design (Cengage, 2021), The Executive and the Elephant: A Leader’s Guide for Building Inner Excellence ( Jossey-Bass, 2010), and Understanding Management (with Dorothy Marcic; Cengage, 2020). He has also written dozens of scholarly articles, papers, and chapters in other books. His work has been published in Organizational Dynamics, Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Accounting Organizations and Society, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, California Management Review, and Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. In addition, Professor Daft is an active teacher and consultant. He has taught management, leadership, organizational change, organizational theory, and organizational behaviour. Professor Daft has served as associate dean, produced for-profit theatrical productions, and helped manage a start-up enterprise. He has been involved in management development and consulting for many companies and government organizations.
Ann Armstrong
Ann Armstrong has been an instructor at the Rotman School of Management for the past 18 years. She served as the Director of the Social Enterprise Initiative: in that role, she was responsible for increasing the School’s involvement in the non-profit/social enterprise sectors through curriculum design, research, and community engagement. She continues her affiliation with the Rotman School of Management, teaching in the Commerce program. She is also on the faculty of the Institute for Management and Innovation at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. She has co-authored several Canadian editions of a best-selling textbook on organization design with Dr. Richard Daft. As well, she has co-authored a textbook on Canada’s social economy with Drs. Jack Quarter and Laurie Mook. Along with Joan Condie, Ann has adapted, ORGB by Nelson and Quick, for a Canadian audience. Ann is now working on two textbooks as well as on a SSHRC/CURA-funded project on social businesses. Ann received her Ph.D. in organizational behaviour from the University of Toronto. In addition, she sits on several not-for-profit boards and consults principally in the non-profit and public sectors on change management and governance. (One day she hopes to become a comic!)
