Albert Vicere
Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Management and Organization
Department Penn State Executive Programs
Office Address 389 Business Building
Phone Number
814-865-3435
Email Address
aav1@psu.edu
Albert Vicere

Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Management and Organization
Department Penn State Executive Programs
Office Address 389 Business Building
Phone Number
814-865-3435
Email Address
aav1@psu.edu
Al Vicere is Executive Education Professor of Strategic Leadership for The Smeal College of Business at The Penn State. 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. In addition to his current faculty duties at Penn State, he is President of Vicere Associates Inc., a consulting firm whose global client list includes 3M, Abbott Laboratories, AMD, Anheuser-Busch, ARAMARK, Armstrong World Industries, AT&T, BASF AG, BP, Bristol-Myers Squibb, British Airways, Cisco Systems, Continental AG, Daimler-Chrysler, Eastman Kodak, Ecolab, LM Ericsson, Excelon, The Federal Reserve, First Data Corporation, GPU, Hallmark, Henkel KGaA, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Kraft, The Limited, McDonald's, Merck, Motorola, National Australia Group, Petron (Philippines), Philips Electronics, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Rockwell, Samsung, Saudi Aramco, Schering-Plough, Scudder Kemper Investments, J.R. Simplot, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, State Farm Insurance, Sun Life of Canada, The St. Paul Companies, Unilever, Unisys, U.S. Steel, and Westinghouse. Dr. Vicere has published over eighty articles and professional papers in leading journals including Organizational Dynamics, Planning Review, Human Resource Planning, The Journal of Management Development, Employment Relations Today, Personnel, Personnel Journal, Management Review, Training and Development Journal, Executive Development, The Journal of Management Learning, and Adult Education Quarterly. His latest books are, "Leadership by Design," published by Harvard Business School Press, and "The Many Facets of Leadership, published by FT Prentice-Hall. He serves on the Board of Jana Marie Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to mental health and suicide prevention.
Education
D ED, Higher Education, Penn State, 1983
MED, Counselor Education, Penn State, 1979
BA, Advertising, Penn State, 1975
Courses Taught
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.
BA 865 – 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