“Anything we do today, from producing personal computers to providing sanctuary for the abused, requires organizations and people to manage them.”
MBA
students around the world share an enthusiasm for learning, growing, being
challenged, and for developing as managers. To participate in that enthusiasm
and address the issues of management are what have brought a first-rate faculty
to Atkinson.
Implicit in Atkinson's curriculum is the premise that organizations are human instruments created and maintained to perform society’s work. Anything we do today, from producing personal computers to providing sanctuary for the abused, requires organizations and people to manage them.
Even though I have retired, I continue to be interested in organizational analysis. That is, I'm interested in the human element of management: why people behave the way they do in organizations, what organizational forms are better under what circumstances, how change and conflict can be managed with the least cost and the greatest benefit to all concerned, and how human values affect and are affected by organizations and their managers.
Contact Information
Patrick
E. Connor, Ph.D.
Professor of Organizational Analysis, Emeritus
Atkinson Graduate
School of Management
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97301
e-mail:
pconnor@willamette.edu
phone:
503.635.2761