Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL           
  • Marital Status: Married to Laura Ospanik
  • Children: Two daughters: Dana and Jennifer


EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1971
  • M.B.A., Arizona State University, 1968
  • B.S.B.A., University of Arizona, 1964
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 1993- present      Professor Emeritus; San Diego State University

  • 1979-1993            Professor of Management; San Diego State University

  • 1988-1989            Visiting Distinguished Professor of Management; Southern Illinois                                University at Edwardsville

  • 1982-1983            Visiting Professor and Eminent Scholar of Management;                                                 University of Baltimore

  • 1977-1979            Professor of Management; Concordia University, Montreal

  • 1975-1977            Associate Professor of Management; Concordia University                                            (formerly Sir George Williams University), Montreal

  • 1973-1975            Chair and Associate Professor of Management; Sir George                                          Williams University, Montreal

  • 1971-1973            Assistant Professor of Management; University of Nebraska at                                    Omaha

  • 1970-1971            Assistant Professor of Management; Graduate School of                                    Business, U.S. International University, San Diego

  • 1968-1970           Graduate Associate in Academic Counseling; College of Business                                   and Public Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson

  • 1965-1968           General Accounting Supervisor; Reynolds Metals Company,                                           Phoenix

  • 1964-1965           Wholesale Credit Analyst; Shell Oil Company, San Francisco


PUBLICATIONS

  • Management, 16th edition, Pearson Education, 2025 (with M. Coulter and L. Long). Translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Dutch, Bahasa, Korean, and Chinese; also adapted editions for Australia, Canada, India, and the Arab World.

  • Organizational Behavior, 19th edition, Pearson Education, 2023 (with T. Judge). Translated into German, Slovene, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Bahasa, and Chinese; also adapted editions for Europe, Canada, Australia, South Africa, the Phillipines, South Asia, and the Arab World.

  • Essentials of Organizational Behavior, 15th edition, Pearson Education, 2022 (with T. Judge). Translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Georgian, Thai, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. Adapted edition for South Asia and Canada.

  • The Truth About Managing People, 4th ed. Pearson Education, 2015.  Translated into German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Danish, Tamil, Indonesian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Thai.

  • Decide & Conquer, 2nd edition, Pearson Education, 2015. Translated into French, Dutch, Greek, Czech, Japanese, Thai, and Chinese. Also adapted edition for India

  • Fundamentals of Management, 11th edition, Pearson Education, 2020 (with D. DeCenzo and M. Coulter). Translated into Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Greek, and Polish; adapted editions for Canada, Australia and India.

  • Supervision Today!, 9th edition, Pearson Education, 2019 (with D. DeCenzo and R. Wolter). Translated into Chinese. Adapted edition for Canada.

  • Training in InterPersonal Skills: TIPS for Managing People at Work, 6th edition, Prentice Hall, 2012 (with P. Hunsaker). Translated into Dutch, Russian, and Chinese.

  • The Self-Assessment Library: Insights Into Your Skills, Abilities and Interests 3.4 (ed.), Prentice Hall, 2010.

  • Business Today, Harcourt Press, 2001.

  • Managing Today!  2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2000. Translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.

  • "Layoff-Survivor Syndrome: A Missing Topic in OB," Journal of Management Education, February, 1999.

  • Organization Theory: Structure, Design and Applications, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall, 1990. Translated into Malaysian; adapted edition for Australia and South Asia.

  • "Forget Contingency Theories in the Classroom, or Why Students Like Directive Leadership," Organizational Behavior Teaching Review, Vol. XII, Issue 4, 1987-1988.

  • Organization Theory: Readings and Cases, Prentice Hall, 1987 (with P. Wright).

  • "The Theory Z Organization from a Power-Control Perspective," California Management Review, January 1983.

  • The Administrative Process, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1980. Translated into Portuguese.

  • "Conflict Management and Conflict Resolution are Not Synonymous Terms," California Management Review, Winter 1978.

  • "Reconciling Management Theory with Management Practice," Business Horizons, February 1977.

  • "Rules and Policies Are Different: Why the Confusion?" Canadian Personnel and Industrial Relations Journal, May 1975.

  • Managing Organizational Conflict: A Nontraditional Approach, Prentice Hall, 1974.