Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor of Management at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, where he specializes in the study of leadership theory and organization. Dr. Daft is a member 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 an associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and an associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly.
Dr. Daft is the author or co-author of 13 books, including ORGANIZATION THEORY AND DESIGN and MANAGEMENT. He is also the author of dozens of articles, papers, and academic chapters and has been published in 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, and Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. Dr. Daft has received several government research grants in organizational design, innovation and organizational change, strategy implementation, and organizational information processing.
Dr. Daft is an active professor and a respected consultant. He served as associate dean and helped manage a startup. He participated in management development and consulting for numerous organizations, including the American Bankers Association, AutoZone, Nortel, Bridgestone, TVA, Pratt & Whitney, Allstate Insurance, State Farm Insurance, the United States Air Force, the United States Army, JC Bradford & Co., Central Parking System, USAA, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and many others.
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