Thomas CummingsThomas G. Cummings is Professor of Management and Organization at Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. He received his B.S. and MBA from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles. Hismajor research and consulting interests include designing high-performing organizations and strategic change management. He has conducted several large-scale action-research projects and has consulted to a variety of private and public-sector organizations in the United States, Europe, Mexico and Scandinavia. He has authored over 85 articles and 25 books and was formerly President of the Western Academy of Management, Chair of the Organization Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management and Founding Editor of the Journal of Management Inquiry. He was the 61st President of the Academy of Management, the world's largest professional association of management scholars and is listed in American Men and Women of Science and Who's Who in America. Read More Read Less