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View from the Top: Dean Robert L. Joss: Additional Reading

Thursday, May 28, 2009
View from the Top

Robert L. Joss , Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean

 

Dean Joss has been a long-time student and practitioner of general management and organizational leadership. His interests and work lead him to explore such issues as (a) what makes managers and leaders effective, (b) how can people be developed to be good managers and leaders, and (c) what causes people to succeed or fail in these important roles. More

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Due to contractual arrangements, remote access is only available to the current Stanford community and the subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Other access is limited to onsite at Jackson Library. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of ideas expressed.

Robert L. Joss on his grandfather who delivered life lessons. Financial Times, 5/11/09
Dean Joss reflects on the life lessons learned from his grandfather, a high-school educated dairy farmer.
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The Joss Decade. Stanford Business School Magazine, 2/2009
Ask pepole for the essence of Bob Joss and inevitably they say the Business School’s eighth dean is a superior listener.
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Dean profile: Robert Joss of Stanford Business School. Financial Times, 1/26/09
When Bob Joss arrived at Stanford Business School for the first time as a young PhD student in 1965, business was not considered much of an academic discipline.
When he arrived at Stanford for the second time in 1999 – this time as the business school’s eighth dean – things had changed.
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Robert Joss to Step Down As Stanford Business School Dean. Stanford GSB News, 9/25/08
During Joss’ tenure, the School has developed a new MBA curriculum and launched construction of a new business school campus aimed at supporting a program that will serve students for the 21st century.
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Fast Talk: Turning the (conference) tables. Fast Company, 12/19/07
Dean Joss along with 4 top business-school deans grapple with questions from their own MBA application forms.
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Leadership. Stanford GSB News, 8/7/07
In an essay written by Dean Joss, he comments about leadership. "Leadership is not about you. It’s about the people who work for you."
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