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Robert I. Sutton

 
Title:Professor
Department(s):Management Science and Engineering, Organizational Behavior by courtesy
Location:Terman 426
Mail Code:4026
Phone:650.723.0480       
Fax:650.723.1614
E-mail: bobsut@stanford.edu
URL: http://bobsutton.typepad.com/
Administrator: Rosalind T. Morf

Research Statement

Sutton's research focuses on the links (and gaps) between managerial knowledge and organizational action, organizational creativity and innovation, organizational performance, and evidence-based management. He as published over 100 articles and chapters in scholarly and applied publications. He has also published eight books and edited volumes. In particular, Sutton (and Jeffrey Pfeffer) wrote The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Firms Turn Knowledge Into Action (Harvard Business School Press, 2000), which was selected as Best Management Book of 2000 by Management General. His most recent book is Weird Ideas That Work: 11 ½ Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation (The Free Press, 2002), which was selected by the Harvard Business Review as one of the best ten business books of the year and as a breakthrough business idea.

For a complete list of Sutton's publications and vita, see his publications page.

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD 1984 Michigan
Publication TitleAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Open Document
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't R.I. Sutton
Demanding proof Pfeffer, J; Sutton, RI;
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management J. Pfeffer; R.I. Sutton
Evidence-based management Sutton, RI, et. al.
Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation R.I. Sutton
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