Kenneth D. Mackenzie
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Kenneth D. Mackenzie -
management consultant,
business theorist on Organization theories,
Organization design
Organization design
Organization design can be defined narrowly, as the process of reshaping organization structure and roles, or it can more effectively be defined as the alignment of structure, process, rewards, metrics and talent with the strategy of the business...

 processual models,
organizational leadership, multi-level research and the
author of Organizational Hologram
Organizational Hologram
Organizational hologram is the method of organization theories described in the book The Organizational Hologram: The Effective Management of Organizational Change , by Kenneth D...

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Received a BA in mathematics and a Ph.D. in Business Administration at University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

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He is spending his career trying to overcome the handicap of excessive theoretical education. He was the Edmund P. Learned Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

 from January, 1972 to January, 2005.

He has taught at U.C. Berkeley, Carnegie-Mellon, University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

 (Wharton
Wharton
-Academic institutions:*Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania*Wharton Center for Performing Arts, at Michigan State University-Places:*Wharton, Cheshire, England*Wharton, Cumbria, England*Wharton, New Jersey*Wharton, Ohio*Wharton, Texas...

), University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo is a comprehensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles, and has since grown to an institution of more than 30,000 students, faculty, and staff...

, and KU. He has served on numerous editorial boards including Management Science, Organization science, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Journal of Management Inquiry
Journal of Management Inquiry
The Journal of Management Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of management. The journal's editors are Nelson Phillips and Marvin Washington...

, and Human Systems Management.

EMAC Assessments, LLC

Mackenzie funds
Funding
Funding is the act of providing resources, usually in form of money , or other values such as effort or time , for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institutions...

 his research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...

 on organisational design
Organizational architecture
Organizational architecture has two very different meanings. In one sense it literally refers to the organization in its built environment and in another sense it refers to architecture metaphorically, as a structure which fleshes out the organizations....

 by performing consulting
Consultant
A consultant is a professional who provides professional or expert advice in a particular area such as management, accountancy, the environment, entertainment, technology, law , human resources, marketing, emergency management, food production, medicine, finance, life management, economics, public...

 services via EMAC Assessments, LLC.
  • EMAC Assessments, LLC founded in 2000, performs online
    ONLINE
    ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc....

     assessments of organizations and their leadership
    Leadership
    Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.-Theories:...

    practices. EMAC acquired Mackenzie And Company, INC. in 2006. The new firm also engages in research and in the practice of designing organizations to become more adaptable and productive.

External links

  • http://www.emacassessments.com
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