Prof. Benyamin B.
Lichtenstein
Assistant Professor in Management
University of Massachusetts, Boston,
Tel: + 1 617-287-7887
Email: b.lichtenstein@umb.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Organization Studies from Boston College, 1998
B.A. in "Epistemology of the
Sciences" from the University of California
at Santa Cruz,
1988
Areas of Expertise
Entrepreneurship and Small Business; Clean-Tech –
Sustainability – Social Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and
Transformation; Leadership.
Leadership
Research Director of the Entrepreneurship
Center;
Associate Researcher Director in the Center for
Sustainable Enterprise (CERC);
Curriculum Director for the Entrepreneurship Program
at the College of
Management.
Chair of the Learning Assessment Committee.
Interim Director of the Honors Program for the College of Management
Courses Taught
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation (MGT 667);
Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MGT 470);
Organizational Analysis and Skills (MGT 650);
Honors Thesis Program (MGT 478);
Managing Organizations (MGT 303).
Clean-Tech Entrepreneurship course for Spring, 2011
Research Interests
Emergence and transformation of entrepreneurial
ventures; Dynamics of social and organizational change. Complexity
science and the ecology of leadership; Social change through entrepreneurial
innovation.
Selected Publications
Complexity and the Nexus of Leadership: Leveraging Nonlinear Science to
Create Ecologies of Innovation; 2010. J.
Goldstein, J. Hazy & B. Lichtenstein. N.Y.: Palgrave MacMillan Press.
Complex Systems Leadership Theory.
2007. J. Hazy, J. Goldstein & B. Lichtenstein, Editors. Boston,
A Terminal Assessment of Stages Theory: Introducing
a Dynamic States Approach to Entrepreneurship;2010. J. Levie & B. Lichtenstein. Entrepreneurship
Theory & Practice, 34 (2): 314-351
The Leadership of Emergence: A Complex Systems
Leadership Theory of Emergence at Successive Organizational Levels;
2009. B. Lichtenstein & D. Plowman. The
Leadership Quarterly, 20: 617-630.
Strategic, Political, and Cultural Aspects of IT
Implementation: Improving the Efficacy of an IT System in a Large
Hospital; 2009. C. Wurster [MBA Student, U-Mass Boston], B. Lichtenstein
and T. Hogeboom [MBA Student, U-Mass Boston].
Journal of Health Care Management, 54 (3): 191-207
Complexity Dynamics Of Nascent Entrepreneurship.
2007. B. Lichtenstein, N. Carter, K. Dooley &
B. Gartner. Journal of Business Venturing, 22: 236-261.
Collaborating for Systemic Change; 2007.
P. Senge, B. Lichtenstein, K. Kaeufer, H. Bradbury & J. Carroll. Sloan
Management Review, 48 (2): 44-53.
Self-Organized Transitions: A Pattern Amidst the
‘Chaos’ of Transformative Change; 2000. B. Lichtenstein. Academy
of Management
Executive, 14 (4), 128-141. Best
Paper Award, AME.
Professional Activities
Editorial/Science Boards:
Journal of Business Venturing
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Praxyma, Inc. - Consulting practice for
sustainability and growth in entrepreneurial companies
Honors (selected)
College of Management Faculty Research Fellow,
2009-2011. U-Mass Boston.
Best Paper of the Year Award; Academy of Management Executive, 2001 for “Self-Organized Transitions: A Pattern Amidst the
‘Chaos’ of Transformative Change.”
Outstanding Paper Award; Journal of
Organizational Change Management - MCB Press, 1998. For “Grace, Magic & Miracles: A Chaotic Logic of
Organizational Transformation.”
Outstanding University Teaching Award—Harry
Jack Gray Teaching Scholarship; University of
Hartford, 1999-2000
Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow; Students in Free
Enterprise. 1999-2002. Regional Competition Awardees (Rookies of the
Year; and 2nd Runners-Up in the 4-year University section)
Outstanding Student Club at the University (Founding
Faculty Advisor for the Entrepreneurs Association) - Office of Student Affairs;
University of Hartford, 2000-2001.
Background
Conference design and implementation; Sales and
marketing for entrepreneurial companies.
Website Reference
http://www.management.umb.edu/faculty/lichtenstein_benyamin.php
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