Andrzej Krzysztof Koźmiński (born 1 April 1941 in

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) is a professor of

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, the founder of Kozminski University (named after his late father, Leon Koźmiński), 1993–2011 the rector of this school, and currently its president. He currently is one of two

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members in management science. He was a

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in 1971, as well as a

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(1978–1979),

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(1986–1989),

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(1990–1996), and other schools. Since 2006 he has served on the advisory board of

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as ''conseil d‘Administration''. Before starting up Kozminski University, he held a professorship at

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, joint at the Department of Sociology and the Department of Management (which he headed 1981–1987). He served on the managing board of

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1995–2001. He was a member of the Prime Minister’s Board for Socio-economic Strategies committee 1995–2006.Bloomberg Businessweek profile
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Selected works

* A. K. Козьминьски, В. П. Буянов, Д. Емельняк, A. A. Хачатуров (2010), ''Основы управления. Учебник для высших учебных заведений'' Moskwa: Московская Акаденмия Экономики и Права * Mary Jo Hatch,

Monika Kostera Monika Maria Kostera (born 28 February 1963) is a Polish sociologist of management. She is known for her contribution to organization theory, organizational archetypes and myths, storytelling and narrative analysis in organizational anthropology. ...

, Andrzej K. Koźmiński (2005) ''The Three Faces of Leadership: Manager, Artist, Priest'' Blackwell Publishing Oxford * Andrzej K. Koźmiński, George S. Yip (ed.) (2000) ''Strategies for Central and Eastern Europe'', MacMillan Business London, St. Martin‘s Press New York. * Krzysztof Obłój, Donald P. Cushman, Andrzej K. Koźmiński (1995) ''Winning. Continuous Improvement in High Performance Organizations'', SUNY Press Albany * Andrzej K. Koźmiński (1993) ''Catching Up? Case Studies of Organizational and Management Change in the Ex-Socialist Block'', SUNY Press, Albany * Andrzej K. Kozminski, Donald P. Cushman (ed.) (1993) ''Organizational Communication and Management. A Global Perspective'', SUNY Press, Albany

References

1941 births Living people Academic staff of Kozminski University Polish economists Washington University in St. Louis faculty Central Connecticut State University faculty University of California, Los Angeles faculty Academic staff of the University of Warsaw {{Poland-bio-stub