Organizational Behavior
Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is Associate Dean for Academic Programs and the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor in Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.  Professor Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership, and enjoys applying these ideas in his roles as Associate Dean.  Dr. Daft is a Fellow of the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards of 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 12 books and has also authored dozens of scholarly articles, papers, and chapters.  His work 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, California Management Review, and Organizational Behavior Teaching Review.  Professor Daft has been awarded several government research grants to pursue studies of organization design, organizational innovation and change, strategy implementation, and organizational information processing.      Dr. Daft also is an active teacher and consultant.  He has taught management, leadership, organizational change, organizational behavior, organizational theory, and organizational behavior.  He has been involved in management development and consulting for many companies and government organizations.