• Research Development Engineer
  

• Co-chair, Task Force on Review and Redesign of the MBA Curriculum
• Council Member, The Premier’s Council for Economic Renewal of Ontario
• Dean, SSB, York University
• Member, Senate, York University
• Member, Board of Directors, Innovation York
• Member, The Council of the Faculty of Graduate Studies
• Advisory Board Member and Chair (1990-1992), Innovation York
• Member, Grants and Management Committee, Max Bell Business-Government Program, SSB
• Member, The Premier's Council for Economic renewal of Ontario
• Executive Positions in Professional Associations:
  Member, Advisory Board, International Management Centre, Budapest, Hungary
  

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name
Dezsö J. Horváth

Rank
Professor, Policy
Dean, Schulich School of Business

Status
Tenured

Education
1976 Ph.D. (Policy), University of Umea, Sweden
1972 Ph.D. (Organizational Behaviour), University of Umea, Sweden
1967 M.B.A. University of Umea, Sweden
1963 Eng. Malmo Technical Institute, Sweden

Employment History
1988 - Present Dean, Schulich School of Business (formerly Faculty of Administrative Studies) 1981 - Present Professor, SSB, York University
1977 - 1980 Associate Professor, SSB, York University
1976 Visiting Professor, Schulich School of Business (SSB), York University
1975 - 1977 Associate Professor, DBA, U. of Umea
1972 - 1975 Assistant Professor , DBA, U. of Umea
1969 Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA)
Chairman, Task Force for Reorganization, largest division and international operation
1967 - 1972 Sessional Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, University of Umea
1963 - 1968 Allmanna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA), R & D Engineer & Corporate Development Officer

Honours
1996 - Present Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management
1995 - Present Fellow of the World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
1995 The B’nai Brith Canada Award of Merit


Scholarly and Professional Activities
University Service:
1992 - 1994 Co-chair, Task Force on Review and Redesign of the MBA Curriculum
1991 - 1995 Council Member, The Premier’s Council for Economic Renewal of Ontario
1988 - Present Dean, SSB, York University
1988 - Present Member, Senate, York University
1988 - Present Member, Board of Directors, Innovation York
1988 - Present Member, The Council of the Faculty of Graduate Studies
1988 - 1992 Advisory Board Member and Chair (1990-1992), Innovation York
1981 - Present Member, Grants and Management Committee, Max Bell Business-Government Program, SSB

Executive Positions in Professional Associations:
1988 - Present Member, Advisory Board, International Management Centre, Budapest, Hungary

Graduate Thesis Supervisions
9 Ph.D., completed

Research Funding
1986 - Present CIDA, $500,000 grant in cooperation with Chulalongkorn University for research
1982 - Present In addition, numerous travel grants from universities, grant funding agencies, and other professional organizations in Europe and North America


Publications
Books
Small Countries in the World Economy: The Case of Sweden, Montreal: The Institute for Research on Public Policy, 1989, 114 pp. (with D.J. Daly)

Price Inflation, Productivity, and Performance in the Urban Transit Industry, Research Report No. 70, University of Toronto/York University Joint Program in Transportation, Toronto, 1981, 140 pp. (with C.J. McMillan)

Designing Organizations: Theory and Practice, Studies in Business Administration, No. 20, Umeå University, 1976, 314 pp. and Stockholm: Nordstedts, 1977, 323 pp. (in Swedish)

Management of International Operations in Divisionalized Companies, Marknadstekniskt Centrum Studies, No. 3, Stockholm, 1975, 12 pp. (in Swedish)

Criteria and Principles for Company Organization, Studies in Business Administration, No. 12, Umeå University, 1972, 151 pp. and Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1976, 130 pp. (in Swedish)

Organizational Planning and Company Relocation, Studies in Business Administration, No. 6, Umeå University, 1971, 123 pp. (with D. Ramström)
(in Swedish)

Refereed Full Journal Papers
“Graduate Learning for Business and Sustainability”, in Nemetz, P.N., ed., Bringing Business on Board: Sustainable Development and the B-School Curriculum, University of British Columbia Press, 2002 (with P. Victor and D. Wheeler)

"Canada's Strategic Markets: The Case for Selecting Eastern Europe and the USSR

", Business in the Contemporary World, Vol. III, No. 1, Autumn 1990,
pp.148 - 155 (with X. Martin)

“Industrial Policy: An Entrepreneurial Strategy for Jamaica”, The Manager, The Jamaican Institute of Management, No. 12, 1986, pp. 21-34

“Structural Uniformity and Cultural Diversity in Organizations: A Comparative Study of Factories in Britain, Japan and Sweden”, in Sato, K., and Y. Hoshino, eds., The Anatomy of Japanese Business, Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharp, 1984, pp. 101 - 120 (with K. Azumi, D.J. Hickson and C.J. McMillan)

“Commentary on Research in the Field of Entrepreneurship”, in Kent, C.A., Sexton, D.L. and K.H. Vesper, eds., Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982, pp. 374-376 (with R. Peterson)

“Bureaucratic Structures in Cross-National Perspective: A Study of British, Japanese and Swedish Firms”, in Dlugos, G., and K. Weiermair, eds., Management Under Differing Value Systems: Political, Social and Economic Perspectives in a Changing World, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1981, pp. 537-563 (with K. Azumi, D.J. Hickson and C.J. McMillan)

“Industrial Planning in Japan”, California Management Review, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Fall 1980, pp. 11-21 (with C.J. McMillan)

“Behavioral Models of Strategy Formulation”, International Studies of Management and Organization, Vol. IX, No. 3, Fall 1979, 133 pp. and Vol. IX, No. 4, Winter 1979-1980, 109 pp. (Guest Editor with C.J. McMillan)

“Strategic Choice and the Structure of Decision Processes”, International Studies of Management and Organization, Vol. IX, No. 3, Fall 1979, pp. 87-112 (with C.J. McMillan)

“Perceptions of Organization Structure: Comparison of British, Japanese and Swedish Factories”, Organizational Science (Japan), Vol. 13, No. 4, 1979, pp. 26-36 (with K. Azumi, D.J. Hickson and C.J. McMillan) (in Japanese)

“Organization Structure in Japan: An International Comparison”, Organizational Science (Japan), Vol. 12, No. 4, 1979, pp. 2-12 and Vol. 13, No. 1, 1979, pp. 65-66 (with K. Azumi, D.J. Hickson and C.J. McMillan)
(in Japanese)

“Grounds for Comparative Organization Theory: Quicksands or Hard Core?” in Lammers, C.J., and D.J. Hickson, eds., Organization Alike and Unlike: International and Institutional Studies in the Sociology of Organizations, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979, pp. 25-41 (with K. Azumi, D.J. Hickson and C.J. McMillan)

“The Cultural Context of Organizational Control: An International Comparison”, International Studies of Management and Organization, Vol. VI, No. 3, Fall 1976, pp. 60-86 and in edited version in Hickson, D.J., and C.J. McMillan, eds., Organization and Nation. The Aston Programme IV, Farnborough, Hants.: Gower Publishing, 1981, pp. 173 -183 (with K. Azumi, D.J. Hickson and C.J. McMillan)

“Measurement of Divisional Performance”, Företagsekonomi: Bokföraren och Revisorn, 1975: 5/6, pp. 1-8 (with M. Glader) (in Swedish)

“Organization Planning and Relocation of Government Agencies”, in Relocation of Government Agencies in Sweden, Delegationen för lokalisering av statlig verksamhet, Finansdepartementet, SOU 1972: 55, Stockholm, pp. 49-56 (with D. Ramström) (in Swedish)

“Organizing for Geographically Dispersed Operations”, in Research on Relocation of Government Agencies, Expertgruppen for regional utredningsverksamhet (ERU) vid inrikesdepartementet, Stockholm, 1972, pp. 1-5 (with D. Ramström) (in Swedish)

“System Model for Controlling Organizations”, in Johnson, E., ed., System Problems, Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1968, pp. 25-38 (in Swedish) and in, Goldberg, W., ed., Behavioral Approaches to Modern Gothenburg Studies in Business Administration, No. 4, Graduate School of Business Administration in Gothenburg, 1970, pp. 265-276

“Transportation Economics for Companies in Northern Sweden”, Svensk Trävaru and Pappersmassatidning, 1966: 19, pp. 980-983 (with C. Lindström) (in Swedish)

“The Economics of Shipping in Winter Time”, Norrländsk Tidskrift, 1966:3, pp. 44-45 (with C. Lindström) (in Swedish)

Refereed Conference Proceedings