The editors of the MIT Sloan Management Review are pleased to announce the winners of the Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize for the most outstanding SMR article on planned change and organizational development published in Volume 41 (fall 1999 through summer 2000):

Michael D. Hutt, Arizona State University

Edwin R. Stafford, Utah State University

Beth A. Walker, Arizona State University

Peter H. Reingen, Arizona State University

 

"Defining the Social Network of a Strategic Alliance"

Winter 2000, Volume 41, Number 2, pp. 51-62

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According to the judges: "This article best captures several elements of what Richard Beckhard stood for: 1) the spirit of innovation in managing complex change, in this case the building of strategic alliances; 2) the sensitivity to the human factor in organizational restructuring; and 3) the use of carefully analyzed case material to illustrate the conceptual thrust of the argument. We congratulate the authors on a job well done and well reported."

 

Richard Beckhard

One of the founders and architects of the field of organizational development, Prof. Richard Beckhard was a member of the MIT Sloan School of Management faculty for more than 20 years. A longtime friend of the MIT Sloan Management Review, Beckhard was known for his efforts to help organizations function in a more humane and high-performing manner, and to empower people to be agents of change.

His books include "Organizational Development Strategies and Models," "Organizational Transitions: Managing Complex Change," "Changing the Essence: The Art of Creating and Leading Fundamental Change in Organizations," and his autobiography, "Agent of Change: My Life, My Practice."

The prize was established in 1984 by the faculty of the MIT Sloan School of Business upon Prof. Beckhardís retirement and renamed the Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize after his death on 28 December 1999.

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