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Faculty and Executive Leadership Directory
	Robert E. Cole Professor Emeritus Haas Management of Organizations Group 510-642-4295 Email: click on the envelope icon below for full email address Academic Status: Emeritus Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)

Education

BA, Economics, Hobart College
MA, Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois
PhD, Sociology, University of Illinois

Positions Held

At Haas since 1990
2006 - present, Executive Director, Leadership Excellence and Advancement Program (LEAP), a joint program between the Management of Technology Program (MOT) and the e-TQM College in Dubai, UAE
1997 - 2006, Co-Director, Management of Technology Program (MOT), a joint program with the College of Engineering, and Professor Emeritus
1990 - 2002, Professor, Haas School of Business and Sociology
1967 - 1990, Assistant, Associate, and (Full) Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan

External Service and Assignments

Elected Member: International Academy of Quality
Board of Directors: American Productivity and Quality Council

Current Research and Interests

Management of technology
Japanese organizations
Quality
Organizational learning, knowledge management
Organizational transformation

Selected Papers and Publications

Recovering From Success, Innovation, and Technology Management in Japan, with D. Hugh Whittaker (eds.). Oxford University Press, 2006.
“Telecommunications Competition in World Markets: Understanding Japan’s Decline.” In How Revolutionary was the Revolution? National Responses, Market Transitions, and Global Technology in the Digital Era, edited by John Zysman and Abraham Newman. Stanford University Press, 2006.
“From a Firm-Based to a Community-Based Model of Knowledge Creation: The Case of the Linux Kernel Development,” with Gwen Lee. Organization Science 14 (2003): 633-649.

Teaching

Designed, moderated and taught in week long seminar for high-tech Japanese executives on management of technology, Doshisha University, 2003-2006
Lectures at customized executive education programs for leading Japanese firms on management of technology, 2002-present. Firms include Toyota, Denso and Sharp

Honors and Awards

Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, University of Michigan, 1989-1990
Principal Investigator 1993-1999, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR): US-Japan Industry and Technology Management Training Program
Fellow: Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA, 1995-1996undefined

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