J. Richard Hackman

Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology, HBS; Dept. of Psychology, FAS
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Non Resident
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 124
79 JFK Street
Contact
Phone: 617-495-3897
Email: hackman@fas.harvard.edu
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J. Richard Hackman is Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology.  He received his bachelors degree in mathematics from MacMurray College and his doctorate in social psychology from the University of Illinois.  He taught at Yale for twenty years and then moved to his present position at Harvard.   Hackman teaches and conducts research on a variety of topics in social and organizational psychology, including team performance, leadership effectiveness, and the design of self-managing teams and organizations.  His most recent books are Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances, which in 2004 won the Academy of Managements Terry Award for the most outstanding management book of the year, and Senior Leadership Teams: What It Takes to Make Them Great (with Ruth Wageman, Debra Nunes, and James Burruss).  He serves on the U. S. Intelligence Science Board and on the Board of Trustees of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

 

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