Jerry I. Porras (born September 20, 1938) is an American organizational theorist, Lane Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior and Change at the

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. He is best known as co-author of the 1994 bestseller ''Success Built to Last: Creating A Life That Matters'', written with James C. Collins.

Life and work

Porras obtained his BSEE from

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in 1960, his MBA from

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in 1968, and his PhD from the

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in 1974. In 1972 Porras had started his academic career at

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. He became professor at its Graduate School of Business, where he served as Associate Dean from 1991 to 1994. In 2001 he retired and was appointed Lane Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior and Change.Jerry I. Porras bio
at ''gsb.stanford.edu.'' Accessed 08.2016. Porras co-authored ''Success Built to Last: Creating A Life That Matters'', and, with James C. Collins, the bestseller '' Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies''.

Publications, a selection

* Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery and Mark Thompson ''Success Built to Last: Creating A Life That Matters'',

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, 2006. * Jerry Porras and James C. Collins, '' Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies'',

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, 1994. Articles, a selection: * Porras, Jerry I., and Paal Olav Berg. "The impact of organization development." ''Academy of Management Review'' 3.2 (1978): 249-266. * Porras, Jerry I., and Robert C. Silvers. "Organization development and transformation." ''Annual review of Psychology'' 42.1 (1991): 51-78. * Robertson, Peter J., Darryl R. Roberts, and Jerry I. Porras. "Dynamics of planned organizational change: Assessing empirical support for a theoretical model." ''Academy of Management Journal'' 36.3 (1993): 619-634. * Collins, James C., and Jerry I. Porras. "Building your company's vision." ''Harvard Business Review'' 74.5 (1996): 65.

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Jerry I. Porras
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Early Chicano/Latino History at Stanford: A Faculty Perspective
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