J. Donald R. de Raadt (born 1946) is a Swedish organizational theorist and Professor Emeritus in Informatics and System Science at

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Biography

J. Donald R. de Raadt studied

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and

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at the

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, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, and later studied at the

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where he first obtained his post-graduate Fellowship Diploma in Management and then his Masters in Business. He obtained a Ph.D. in

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from

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, Melbourne. Over a period of fourteen years, he worked in information systems and corporate planning for a shipbuilder, two computer manufacturers and an insurance company. Prior to taking his present appointment in Sweden, he has held academic posts at the

in Australia and at

Idaho State University , mottoeng = "The truth will set you free" , established = , former_names = Academy of Idaho(1901–1915)Idaho Technical Institute(1915–1927)University of Idaho—Southern Branch(1927–1947)Idaho State ...

in the USA. He was conferred the title of professor by the Swedish government in 1992 and held a chair in Informatics and System Science at Luleå University of Technology for twelve years until 2004.J. Donald R. de Raadt
Institute for Management and Social Systems. Retrieved 3 June 2008. He has served as president of the

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from 1994–1995, and of the Swedish Operational Research Society, and vice-president of the

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in Vienna. In 1985 he received the Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award of the

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and in 1988 he was selected as the outstanding researcher of the College of Business at Idaho State University.

Publications

He is the author of several books and articles. A selection:His research has been published in most of the international systems journals and has been presented in conference papers and in guest appearances in Australia, USA, Europe and Latin America. See als
Publications J. Donald R. de Raadt
. Retrieved 3 June 2008. * 1991. ''Information and Managerial Wisdom''. Idaho, Paradigm. * 1997. ''A New Management of Life''. Lampeter, Wales, Mellen. * 2000. ''Redesign and Management of Communities in Crisis''. Parklands, Florida, Universal Publishers. * 2001. ''A Method and Software for Designing Viable Social Systems''. Parklands, Florida, Universal Publishers. * 2002. ''Ethics and Sustainable Community Design''.

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Short bio. {{DEFAULTSORT:Raadt, J. Donald R. de 1946 births Living people Swedish business theorists Systems scientists Idaho State University faculty Academic staff of the Luleå University of Technology Presidents of the International Society for the Systems Sciences