Albert S. Humphrey (2 June 1926 – 31 October 2005) was an American business and
management consultant
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who specialized in organizational management and
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. Initially earning degrees in chemical engineering in Illinois, he eventually moved to London.
Education
Albert Humphrey was educated at the
University of Illinois
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, where he graduated with a B.Sc. in
chemical engineering
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. After this he gained a master's degree in chemical engineering at
M.I.T.
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and an
MBA
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at
Harvard University
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.
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Career
Humphrey said that while he worked at the Stanford Research Institute
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(later SRI International
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), he was involved with the team that came up with the "International Executive Seminar in Business Planning", which became known as TAM (Team Action Management), and also with a team led by Robert Stewart, who published the SOFT framework (as Humphrey described it: "What is good in the present is Satisfactory, good in the future is an Opportunity; bad in the present is a Fault, and bad in the future is a Threat").[
* '']Who's Who in the World
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''
* Debrett's ''People of Today''
* ''Who's Who in the City''
* ''The Directory of Directors''
In 2004 he was listed in the '' Who's Who in Science and Engineering'', 7th Edition (2003–2004).
References
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1926 births
2005 deaths
American business theorists
American management consultants
Harvard Business School alumni
MIT School of Engineering alumni
Grainger College of Engineering alumni
SRI International people