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Diplomas / Degrees

Ed.D., The George Washington University (2005)
MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1988)
BS, Haverford College (1978)

Recent Courses

Business Policy
Entrepreneurship
Introduction To Business

Personal Statement

In over 25 years in business with companies like AT&T and Ernst & Young I have become convinced that the greatest value in organizations is created by working effectively through people. I entered academics to pursue research on how leadership creates value for stakeholders and to help students appreciate the importance of the human aspects of business value creation.

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Entrepreneurship, leadership, organizational behavior and management.

Research Interests

Organizational leadership, leadership effectiveness metrics, complex systems in social science, computational organization theory, organizational capabilities

Grants / Sponsored Research

President's Faculty Development Award 2008-2009.

Books

Goldstein, J., Hazy, J. K., & Lichtenstein, B. (2010). Complexity and the Nexus of Leadership: leveraging nonlinear science to create ecologies of innovation. Englewood Cliffs: Pergamon Macmillan.

Goldstein, Jeffrey, Hazy, James K., Silberstang, J. (2009). Complexity Science and Social Entrepreneurship: Adding social value through systems thinking. Mansfield: ISCE Publishing.

Hazy, James K., Jeffrey Goldstein & Benyamin Lichtenstein (eds). (2007). Complex Systems Leadership Theory. Mansfield, MA: ISCE Publishers.

Book Chapters

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Hazy, J. K., Tivnan, B. F., & Schwandt, D. R. (2010). Modeling social structure as network effects: Computational evidence that rewarding learning improves performance. In Y. Bar-Yam, A. Minai, & D. Braha (Eds.). Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, Volume 5. (pp. ). Boston: Springer Complexity Publishing.

Hazy, J. K., Tivnan, B. F., & Schwandt, D. R. (2010). Permeable boundaries in organizational learning: Computational modeling explorations. In Y. Bar-Yam, A. Minai, & D. Braha (Eds.). Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, Volume 5. (pp. ). Boston: Springer Complexity Publishing.

Hazy, James K. (2010). More Than a Metaphor: Complexity and the New Rules of Management. In Allen, P., Maguire, S,, & McKelvey, B,, (Eds.). SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management. (pp. ). London: Sage.

Hazy, James K. & Joyce Silberstang. (2009). The emergence of social identity as a means for creating and sustaining social value. In Goldstein, J. A, Hazy, J.K., & Silberstang, J (Eds.). Complexity Science and Social Entrepreneurship: Adding social value through systems thinking. (pp. ). Mansfield: ISCE Publishing.

Hazy, J. K. Moskalev, S. & Torras, M. (2009). Toward a theory of social value creation: Individual agency and the use of information within nested dynamical systems. In Goldstein, J. A., Hazy, J. K. & Silberstang, J (Eds.). Complexity Science and Entrepreneurship. (pp. ). Mansfield: ISCE Publishing.

Recent Articles

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Hazy, James K., Moskalev, S, & Torras, M. (2009, 12). Mechanisms of Social Value Creation: Extending Financial Modeling to Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation. International Journal of Society Systems Science, in press

Hazy, J. K. & Silberstang, J. (2009, 5). Leadership within Emergent Events in Complex Systems: Micro-Enactments and the Mechanisms of Organizational Learning and Change. International Journal of Learning and Change, 3(3), 230-247

Silberstang, J. & Hazy, J. K. (2008, 12). Toward a micro-enactment theory of leadership. The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 13(3), Article 5

Hazy, J. K., Torras, M., & Ashley, A. S. (2008, 10). Reconceptualizing value creation with limited resources. Journal of Technology Management and Innovation, 3(3), 45-54

Goldstein, Jeffrey A, Hazy, James K., & Silberstang, J. (2008, 9). Complexity and Social Entrepreneurship: A Fortuitous Meeting. Emergence: Complexity & Organization (E:CO), 10(3), 9-24

Invited Presentations and Lectures

James K. Hazy (07 October 2008). Complex Systems Leadership Theory: How Complexity Science Is Changing Management. University of Augsburg, Germany

James K. Hazy (08 June 2008). Complexity. Leadership & Such. The George Washington University

James K Hazy (23 May 2008). Modeling Leadership in Organizations: Exploring Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity Using Computer Simulations. Association for Psychologial Science, Chicago Il

James K. Hazy (01 June 2007). Complex Systems Leadership. George Washington University, Ashburn, Virginia

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Hazy, James K. & Silberstang, J. (10 August 2008). Leadership within Emergent Events in Complex Systems: Micro-Enactments and the Mechanisms of Organizational Learning and Change . Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA., 35

Hazy, James K. (10 August 2008). Toward a Complexity Context for Leadership: How a Complex Systems Perspective Changes Where Leaders Focus Attention and What They Do. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA., 35

Hazy, James K. (14 July 2008). Toward a Theory of Emergent Agency in Collectives: Influence Power Laws and Evolutionary Selection in the Garbage Can . Proceeding of the Second Congress of Social Simulation, George Mason University, 12

Hazy, James K. (09 February 2008). Discussant: A Complexity Leadership Panel to Discuss Leadership in Extreme Situations. Organization Science Winter Conference 2008, Squaw Valley, California

James K. Hazy (09 February 2008). Emergent Agency: Identifying Power Law Distributions in the Garbage Can. Organization Science Winter Conference 2008, Squaw Valley, California