Kim S. Cameron
Kim Sterling Cameron (born 1946) is the William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations at the
Education
He graduated from
Career
After earning a masters at BYU, Cameron became a faculty member at
In 1995, Cameron was appointed associate dean in the Marriott School of Management at BYU, and in 1998 he was appointed dean of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2001, he rejoined the faculty in the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and served as an associate dean.
He has written or edited 15 scholarly books and been published in more than 130 academic articles.[citation needed] He was cited as one of the top ten scholars in organizational studies whose work has been downloaded from Google.[citation needed]
Cameron co-founded the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship at the University of Michigan, and his work in conjunction with the Center was recognized as one of the top 20 high-impact ideas of 2004 by Harvard Business Review.[2]
Among other ideas, Cameron advanced the notion that downsizing is usually not an effective business strategy because of the ways it is implemented.[3] Cameron's latest scholarly work on Positive Leadership and on developing organizational cultures of abundance reports empirical research demonstrating that positive leadership and virtuous practices in organizations lead to extraordinary performance.[4]
Personal life
Cameron is married to Melinda Cummings,[5] daughter of Hollywood actor Robert Cummings. They are parents of seven children.[citation needed]
Church involvement
Cameron is an active member of
in the Ann Arbor stake.References
- Deseret Morning News). Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ Harvard Business Review. "Breakthrough Ideas for 2004". Harvard Business Review (url=https://secure.ed4.net/ndhbs/images/pdf/R0402As2.pdf.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Kim S. Cameron (1997) “Downsizing and the new work covenant.” Exchange, Spring: 7-9
- ^ "New Releases". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- Deseret Morning News. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ "New stake presidents", Church News, June 17, 1995.
External links
- University of Michigan faculty biography
- Kim S. Cameron biography at Brigham Young Academy & Brigham Young University High School