William Ouchi

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William Ouchi
Born
William G. Ouchi

1943 (age 80–81)
PhD
)
Occupation(s)Professor, author

William G. "Bill" Ouchi (born 1943) is an American

business management. He is the Distinguished Professor of Management and Organizations, Sanford and Betty Sigoloff Chair in Corporate Renewal at the UCLA Anderson School of Management
.

Early years and education

He was born and raised in

PhD in Business Administration from the University of Chicago. He was a Stanford business school professor for 8 years and has been a faculty member of the Anderson School of Management at University of California, Los Angeles
for many years.

Theory Z

Ouchi first came to prominence for his studies of the differences between Japanese and American companies and management styles.

His first book in 1981 summarized his observations.

New York Times
best-seller for over five months.

His second book, The M Form Society: How American Teamwork Can Recapture the Competitive Edge, examined various techniques implementing that approach.

Ouchi also came up with his three approaches to control in an organization's management:

  • Market control
  • Bureaucratic control
  • Clan control

Research regarding schools

In recent years Ouchi has turned his attention to the challenges posed for local schools by a top-down management style at the central office. He published an overview in 2003 in Making Schools Work. He chaired an education reform panel for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, and some of his proposals are being considered currently. In the 1990s, he served as advisor and chief of staff to former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan.

In 2009 his book, The Secret of TSL: The Revolutionary Discovery That Raises School Performance[1] was published which explores the revolutionary potential of reducing total student load, the number of students a teacher interacts with on a daily basis over the course of a semester.[2]

Other activities

In the larger community, Ouchi serves on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Commission on Presidential Debates, on the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum, and on the Board of Directors of The Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools - an operator of inner-city charter schools in Los Angeles.

He previously served on the boards of Williams College, KCET Public Television, The California Community Foundation, Leadership Education for Asian-Pacifics, the Consumer Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and of the Harvard-Westlake School.

In the business community, he serves on the boards of directors of

Sempra Energy
, and Water-Pik Technologies.

Bibliography

See also

References

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  2. ^ William Ouchi. "The Secret of TSL". Simon and Schuster. Archived from the original on 2012-07-01.
  3. ^ "William G. Ouchi, Ph.D." Conrad N Hilton Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2011.

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