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John
S. Carroll
Morris
A. Adelman Professor of Management
Professor of Behavioral
and Policy Sciences and Engineering
Systems
Co-Director, Lean
Advancement Initiative
Dr.
John S. Carroll received a B.S. in
Physics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Social
Psychology from Harvard. He taught
in the Psychology departments of Carnegie-Mellon
University and Loyola University of
Chicago and was a Visiting Associate
Professor at the University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business prior
to joining the Sloan School faculty
in 1983.
Professor
Carroll has published four books and
numerous articles in several areas
of social and organizational psychology.
Much of his research has focused on
individual and group decision-making,
the relationship between cognition
and behavior in organizational contexts,
and the processes that link individual,
group, and organizational learning.
Professor Carroll is a Fellow of the
American Psychological Society.
Recently,
Professor Carroll has conducted research
on the promotion of safety in high-hazard
industries such as nuclear power,
chemical processing, and health care.
He is presently focusing on: (1) self-analysis
and organizational learning processes
including incident reviews, root cause
analysis, and corrective action programs
and (2) safety culture as supported
by leadership, cross-boundary communication,
and systems thinking. He recently
led a research team funded by the
National Science Foundation to work
collaboratively with the Sustainability
Consortium, a cross-industry grouping
of companies working on sustainable
business practices (environmental
and social sustainability), linked
to the Society for Organizational
Learning.
Professor
Carroll has consulted to several nuclear
power utilities on issues of self-analysis
of management, operations, and safety
culture. He served for four years
on an advisory team reporting to the
Board of Trustees of Northeast Utilities,
the largest electric utility in New
England. During this time, the company
responded to novel regulatory requirements
to demonstrate a safety conscious
work environment following allegations
of safety violations by employees.
He is also advising the Harvard Surgical
Simulation Center on several research
projects.
Professor
Carroll teaches the Team Project course
in the MIT Sloan Master's program
that requires students to identify
and analyze ongoing change initiatives
in organizations through interviews,
observation, and document search.
He also teaches leadership, teams,
and decision making in a variety of
programs including executive education.
News
and announcements:
Books
Published by John S. Carroll
MIT/MITRE
Research Collaboration Workshops
(March 13, 2005)
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