Morgen Witzel (born 1960) is a Canadian
historian,
business theorist, consultant, lecturer and author of management books, especially known from his work on "Doing business in China" and on "Managing in virtual organizations".
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Biography
Witzel grew up in
Salmon Arm in the Canadian province of
British Columbia, and received his BA in History in 1982 and his MA in Renaissance History in 1984 both from the
University of Victoria.
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at ''morgenwitzel.com'', 2013
Witzel had started as journalist at a Weekly newspaper in
Salmon Arm. After graduation, he started as independent researcher and writer, and started some research and publishing partnerships. In 1995 he moved to the United Kingdom, where he was lecturer at the
London Business School from 1995 to 1999. With Tim Ambler he participated in the Doing Business in China course on the MBA Programme, which eventually also resulted in their 2008 book ''Doing business in China''.
Early 2000s Witzel focussed on research, editing and writing books, among other for
Continuum International Publishing Group,
Routledge and
Thomson Reuters.
He has been lecturer at other business schools, and consultant for many companies. Since 2011 he is Fellow at the
University of Exeter Business School in the Centre for Leadership Studies.
Selected publications
Books
* Tarbell, Ida Minerva, and Morgen Witzel. ''New ideals in business''. Thoemmes, 2002.
* Warner, Malcolm, and Morgen Witzel. ''Managing in virtual organizations''. CengageBrain. com, 2004.
* Witzel, Morgen. ''Fifty key figures in management''. Routledge, 2004.
* Ambler, T., Witzel, M., Xi, C., & Chao, X. I. ''Doing business in China''. Routledge, 2008.
* Witzel, Morgen, and Malcolm Warner (editors). ''The Oxford Handbook of Management Theorists''. Oxford University Press, 2013, 2014.
Articles, a selection:
* Witzel, Morgen L. "The failure of an internal market: The universities funding council bid system." ''Public Money & Management'' 11.2 (1991): 41-48.
* Witzel, Morgen.
A short history of efficiency" ''Business Strategy Review'' 13.4 (2002): 38-47.
References
External links
Morgen Witzelat morgenwitzel.com
University of Exeter Business School, Centre for Leadership Studies (CLS)
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1960 births
Living people
Canadian business theorists
Academics of London Business School
University of Victoria alumni
Academics of the University of Exeter
People from Salmon Arm