Albert A. Vicere
Teaching Professor, Professor of Management and Organization
Department Management and Organization
Office Address 389 Business Building
Phone Number
814-865-3435
Email Address
aav1@psu.edu
Albert A. Vicere
Teaching Professor, Professor of Management and Organization
Department Management and Organization
Office Address 389 Business Building
Phone Number
814-865-3435
Email Address
aav1@psu.edu
Al Vicere is Teaching Professor for The Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University. He holds Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees from Penn State where he served for over eleven years as the Smeal College's Associate Dean for Executive Education. He was the founding director of Penn State's Institute for the Study of Organizational Effectiveness (ISOE), and has earned a number of MBA "Excellence in Teaching" awards for his courses on strategic leadership. He also is President of Vicere Associates Inc., a consulting firm that has worked with companies in over 40 countries to address challenges in strategy and leadership development. Dr. Vicere has published over ninety articles and professional papers in leading journals and his books include , "Leadership by Design," published by Harvard Business School Press, and "The Many Facets of Leadership, published by FT Prentice-Hall. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management Development (UK) and the Board of Directors of Jana Marie Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in memory of his daughter and committed to mental health and suicide prevention. He also serves on the Board of Strategia Analytics, a strategy and culture assessment firm based in Tucson, AZ.
Education
D ED, Higher Education, Penn State, 1983
MED, Counselor Education, Penn State, 1979
BA, Advertising, Penn State, 1975
Courses Taught
BA 865 – Strat Ldrship (1)
Presents a senior executive perspective on key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders. B A 565 Strategic Leadership (1-3)This course presents a CEO's perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders as they seek to adapt themselves and their organizations to the evolving business environment.
BA 597 – Special Topics (1)
Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
BA 565 – Strat Ldrship (1)
This course presents a senior executive perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders. Course content is based on extensive research on the experiences of senior leaders from major organizations around the world. The lessons from these experiences form the backbone of a series of discussions on the changing context for setting strategy and leading organizations in an evolving business environment. Students who complete the course will demonstrate the ability to think strategically about organizational issues and challenges, develop effective strategies for organizational performance and success, and shape organizational cultures that facilitate strategy implementation and organizational change.
B A 597B – Strategic Leadership (1)
This course presents a C-level perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders as they seek to adapt themselves and their organizations to today's global business environment. Course content is based on extensive research and
MGMT 596 – Individual Studies (1)
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
B A 565 – Strategic Leadership (99.9)
Presents a senior executive perspective on key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders.
B A 597F – Strategic Leadership Independent Study (3)
Critical analysis of "The Innovator's Dilemma" and "The Innovator's Solution".Investigation of whether the theory applies to health care and medical devices. Recommendations about possible approaches to strategy to stay innovative.
B A 596 (99.9)
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
B A 597C (1)
This course presents a CEO's perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders as they seek to adapt themselves and their organizations to the evolving business enviroment.
B A 597D (1)
Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
MGMT 597K (1)
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
B A 598A (1)
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH NECESSARY SKILLS TO APPLY P.S.U. COMPUTER CAPABILITIES TO GRADUATE BUSINESS COURSES AND PROVIDE SKILLS WHICH WILL APPLY TO GRADUATE RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS. PREREQUISITE: ADMISSION TO THE MBA PROGRAM.
Selected Publications
a series of 18 bi-monthly columns on strategy and leadership
Reprinted from Human Resource Planning, 2002.
Winner 2003 Walker Prize as best article for 2002
Literati Club Award for Excellence 1998
reprinted from Human Resource Planning, 1990
Literati Club Award for Excellence 1992
Reprinted from Management Review, 1985.
Reprinted in Creativity: The Art and Science of Business Management, ed. A. D. Timpe (New York: Facts on File Publications, 1987), 152-155.
Editorships
Occasional Reviewer
Dushkin Publishing Group