Katz, Ralph 1944-
KATZ, Ralph 1944-
PERSONAL: Born May 11, 1944, in Chelsea, MA; son of Myer (a pharmacist) and Ida (Tarmy) Katz; married Judith Shapiro, August 10, 1969; children: Daniel A., Elana K. Education: Carnegie-Mellon University, B.S., 1966; University of Pennsylvania, M.B.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1973.
ADDRESSES: Home—16 Woodward Rd., Framingham, MA 01701. Offıce—College of Business, 304 Hayden Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115; fax: 617-373-2491. E-mail—r.katz@neu.edu; katzrjde@aol.com.
CAREER: Writer. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, professor of management, 1973-82; Northeastern University, Boston, MA, professor of management, 1982—. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, principal research associate at Sloan School of Management, 1982—. Independent management consultant.
MEMBER: Academy of Management (division president, 1988-90).
AWARDS, HONORS: Westinghouse scholar; New Concept Award, Academy of Management, 1982.
WRITINGS:
Career Issues in Human Resource Management, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1982.
Managing Professionals in Innovative Organizations, Harper (New York, NY), 1988.
The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 1997, 2nd edition, 2003.
Also editor of journals.