Walter Nord
Professor
Management professor Walt Nord studies organization theory and behavior and is currently researching the topic in a political/economic context. The author of numerous books, textbooks, and scholarly articles, his newest book will offer a new philosophical framework for organization studies, seeking to overcome current polarizing debates by developing an improved philosophical perspective for organization studies.
As an author, Nord received the George Terry Award in 1997 for co-editing the Handbook of Organization Studies, an annual award from the Academy of Management that is bestowed to a book judged to have made the most outstanding contribution to the field. The same academy named Nord a Distinguished University Professor in 2002 (USF named him Distinguished University Professor in 2003); these honors recognize significant contributions to the science and practice of management.
Nord earned a BA in economics from Williams College, an MS in organizational behavior from Cornell University, and a PhD in social psychology from Washington University. Before joining USF in 1989, he taught at Tulane University, Northwestern University, Vanderbilt University, the University of British Columbia, and Washington University. He is an editor or reviewer for numerous academic journals.
- Vita (pdf)
room: BSN 3516 | phone: 813.974.1787 | fax: 813.905.9964 | wnord@usf.edu
Assistant: Michele Walpole | 813.974.1788 | mwalpole@usf.edu
Teaching
- MAN 6256 - Politics and Control in Organizations
Current Research
I am studying how students of organization studies think about what they are doing. I am publishing a book Rethinking the Knowledge Controversy in Organization Studies: A Constructive Uncertainty Approach (with Ann Connell). This book examines the contemporary philosophical controversy in organization studies, the philosophy that underlies organization studies, and the history of that perspective. I am now developing papers on the implications of the rethinking about matters such as theory.
Service
I do the normal amount of service such as committee work. In addition, I am slated to be director of the reinstituted Management PhD program. My major community service activity is involvement and support (with Maryanne Rouse) of a project in cooperation with the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County to provide security deposits for working families in need.
