Academic Resume
Joel R. DeLuca, Ph.D.
Formal Education
- Ph.D. Yale University, 1981. Organization Behavior with emphasis on systems learning, leadership, organizational change, intervention theory, and strategic decision-making. Dissertation entitled Adaptive Learning and Team Effectiveness, dissertation Chairman: Professor J. Richard Hackman.
- M. Phil. & M.A. Yale University, 1978. Combined degrees in Organizational Behavior and Psychology.
- M.B.A. University of Dayton, 1976. Emphasis on general management (4.0 GPA)
- M.A. Central Michigan University, 1974. Management and Supervision with emphasis on interpersonal dynamics.
- M.S. Ohio State University, 1971. Experimental Physics, thesis in molecular spectroscopy.
- B.S. Bowling Green State University, 1970. Physics with a minor in mathematics. Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Teaching Experience
Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, 1994 - present.
Member of the Leadership Program faculty. Teach 25% or ~ 200 MBA students annually in six class sessions per week. Manage up to six Leadership Fellows who consult to the 36 global teams that students are divided into. Overall Program design contributions include introducing the leadership learning model used as the integrating framework and logo for the required leadership and teamwork course for the last three years for all 800 first year Wharton MBA students, co-design of feedback instrument used for all students, co-design of peer evaluation system that is only one of its kind in top MBA schools in the U.S., design of the vision, global, feedback, political savvy, and leadership capacity class sessions used last year for all MBA students. Many of these design elements have been recently incorporated into the M.S. program in the University’s Engineering School in which I also share in the teaching responsibilities. In the four years that I taught in the Leadership Program, twice my student evaluations were the highest in its six-year history.
Currently, my consulting business has put me in an adjunct status.
New York University, Stern School of Management, 1993 - 1994.
Received the highest student ratings among all management faculty in 1994.
Professional Service Firm, 1989-1993
Taught three courses a year in Change Management and Leadership as a part of my job duties in Coopers & Lybrand.
Fortune Top 20 Company, 1984-1989
Designed the corporation’s executive development program. Designed and taught two Vice Presidential level courses on leadership per year. Designed and taught three middle management courses on Change Management and Leadership per year as part of job duties in Sun Co.
Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, 1983-4.
Adjunct faculty member for Human Resources courses. Teacher ratings by students in upper third of management faculty.
New York University, 1979-1981.
Assistant Professor of Management in the MBA program. Teacher ratings by students in upper third of management faculty.
University of New Haven, 1978.
Served as a faculty member for three graduate management courses.
Yale University, 1977.
Served as a teaching fellow for courses in organizational behavior.
Business Experience
Coopers & Lybrand, 1989-1993
First Director of Strategic Human Resource Planning. Responsible for developing the next generation organizational processes for a 15,000 person professional services firm. Designed the firm’s first high potential track for students from premium MBA schools. Designed the template for C&L University, the firm’s next generation form for its training and development function. Managed six professionals including a Ph.D. and four MBA’s.
Sun Company, Inc., 1981-1989.
Manager of Organization Planning and Development. Responsibilities included organization-wide restructurings, cultural change, succession planning and executive development for a Fortune top 20 corporation. Designed and taught in the company’s first educational program for the Vice Presidential level. Managed a $1MM budget and 7 professionals.
Captain, United States Air Force, 1970-1976.
Served as scientific project leader and researcher. Major assignments were for jet aircraft hydraulic systems and solar cells designed to be used on space satellites. Founded and elected first president of company grade officer’s council.
Consulting, 1977-present.
Served as a consultant to numerous organizations including AT&T, Union Carbide, Buick/Oldsmobile/Cadillac Division of GM, Saturn division of GM, the Federal Aviation Administration, Rohr Industries, the FBI, Victoria Secret, Starbuck’s Coffee, Sears, J.C. Penney, Bell Atlantic. In 2000-2001, worked almost exclusively as a designer, architect for Ford Motor Company’s worldwide Leadership Development.
Associations
Activities
- Division Reviewer for the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division (2006)
- Member of the Conference Board’s Work and Family Council for three years
- Advisory Board Member for the Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) at the University of Southern California for seven years
- Board Member of the Executive Study Conference
- Reviewer for Academy of Management Annual Conference for six years
- Selected as industry representative for the Academy of Management Doctoral Consortium Faculty
- Selected by Eisenhower Foundation as Leadership and Change Management expert to serve as the US representative on their professional exchange program with the nation of China
Publications
- DeLuca, J. R., Entrepreneurial Leadership, chapter in book: Leadership Frontier, Prentice Hall, 2002
- DeLuca, J.R. and Stumpf, S.A., Learning to Use What You Already Know, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 1994
- DeLuca, J. R., Political Savvy: Systematic Approaches to Leadership Behavior Behind the Scenes, LRP Publications, 1992. Second edition to be published in 1999. Third ed. in press
- DeLuca, J.R. Entrepreneurial Leadership, (in process)
Referred Articles
DeLuca, J. R., ‘Strategic Career Management in Non-growing Volatile Business Environments,’ in Human Resource Planning Journal, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1988. *Selected for republication by a review panel for Best Practices for the 1990’s by the Human Resource Planning Society in 1994.
Chapters in Books
- DeLuca, J.R. and McDowell, R.N., ‘Managing Diversity: A Strategic Grass-roots Approach’, Chapter 10 in Susan E. Jackson’s (Ed.) Diversity in the Workplace: Human Resource Initiatives. New York, Guilford Press, 1992
- DeLuca, J.R., ‘The Hilarity Greeting Card Company’ In Cheryl Tromley’s (Ed.) Developing Managerial Skills in Organization Behavior: Exercise Cases and Readings (second edition). New York, Prentice Hall, 1992
- DeLuca, J.R., Managing the Socio-Political Context of Organizational Change: Elements of a Framework for Practitioners.’ Chapter 7 in A. Kakabadse’s (Ed.) Organization Politics. London, Wiley, 1984
Published Articles
- DeLuca, J.R. Overcoming Resistance to Change, Thirty page pamphlet for Transamerica Inc., 1994
- DeLuca, J.R. and Morris, K.F., Performance Appraisal: Take a Fresh Look at It. Hydrocarbon Processing, January, 1987. Selected for placement in the industry’s Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design. John J. McKella (Ed.) Volume 34, pp 11-16, 1990
- DeLuca, J.R. et al, Improving Plant Productivity, Hydrocarbon Processing, June Part I, July, Part II, 1986. Selected for placement in the industry’s Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design. John J. McKella (Ed.) Volume 38, 1991
- DeLuca, J.R., Kitson, M.J., Morris, K.F., The Downsizing Dilemma: Getting the Cuts, Keeping the Commitment, The OD Practitioner, September 1985
- DeLuca, J.R., ‘The PIT Teaching Technique,’ Organization Behavior Teaching Journal, 1980, 5 (2), pp 37-39
- DeLuca, J.R., ‘The Holy Crossfire: A Job Diagnosis of a Pastor’s Position,’ Journal of Pastoral Psychology, 1980, 28 (4) pp 233-242
Presentations
- ‘Political Savvy: Making a Leadership Impact on Your Organization.’ Public presentations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Houston, Pittsburgh, Columbus, San Francisco, London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and the FBI Academy. 1994 - 2002.
- ‘The Future of Human Resources,’ The Society of Human Resource Management, Milwaukee, 1996.
- ‘Leadership and the Learning Organization’’ International Association of Chief Executive Officers, Philadelphia, 1995.
- ‘Next Generation of Systems for the Learning Organization,’ The Human Resource Planning Society Annual Conference. April 1995.
- ‘S.M.A.R.T.: Using the Strategic Planning Process as the Central Learning Process of the Business’’ Corporate Psychology Conference: American Psychological Association: Division 13, February 1994.
- ‘Organizational Boundaries and Organizational Change.’ Summary discussant. Academy of Management annual conference, Atlanta, August 9, 1993.
- ‘Performance Management Advances: Rounded Appraisal.’ Presented with Toni Riccardi, Coopers & Lybrand, at the Center for Effective Organization’s annual meeting, USC, May 12, 1993.
- ‘Redefining the Business Case: Who Needs to Hear What?’ The Conference Board’s Work and Family conference, San Diego, May 30, 1993, New York, April 28, 1993.
- ‘Organization Learning at the Executive Level: The S.M.A.R.T. (Strategy, Management and Resource Targeting) System.’ Human Resource Planning Society, Philadelphia, April 27, 1993.
- ‘Developing Trends and Critical Issues in the Use of Flexible Ring Staffing.’ Staffing Industry Executive Forum, Chicago, April 14, 1993.
- ‘Organization Learning: What We Know and What We Don’t.’ Summary speaker at Executive Study Conference symposium of Organizational Learning, Hilton Head, December 9, 1992.
- ‘Managing Diversity: Changing Organizational Perspectives.’ Panel Presenter at Academy of Management, Las Vegas, August 11, 1992.
- ‘Working Through Workforce Diversity: SIOP Practice Series.’ Panel presenter at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Division 14 of the American Psychological Association), Montreal, May 2, 1992.
- ‘Making Change Happen: A Strategic ‘Grass-roots’ Approach.’ Philadelphia Area Labor Management (PALM) Leadership Services, Philadelphia, September 26, 1991.
- ‘Strategic Change in Organizations.’ Summary discussant. Academy of Management annual conference, August 8, 1991.
- ‘Flexible Work Arrangements.’ Chairperson of panel, Human Resource Planning Society annual conference, San Diego, April 15, 1991.
- ‘Coping with Change.’ Futures Symposium at University of Maine, February 25, 1991.
- ‘Pay for Knowledge: Its Time Has Come.’ The Executive Study Conference, New York, November 8, 1990.
- ‘Corporate Visioning.’ Keynote address PAMHC/MRP annual conference, Seven Springs, PA, October 3, 1990.
- ‘Strategic Change Management’ with Toni Riccardi, Coopers & Lybrand, ECOP, Eastern College Personnel Officers annual conference, Boston, September 17, 1990.
- ‘Creating an Organization Vision.’ Presented as a part of the Philadelphia Area Labor Management (PALM) speaker series, Philadelphia, February 1988.
- ‘Organization Structures: Emerging Forms.’ Presented at the Executive Study conference, West Palm Beach, FL, December 1987.
- ‘Regime Change vs. Lasting Change: Designing Change to Survive After the Leader Goes.’ Presented at the Organization Development Conference, Seattle, WA, October 1987.
- ‘The Future of the Human Resources Function.’ Presented at the Industrial Research Council (IRC) conference, Williamsburg, VA, November 1986.
- ‘The Rise of Strategic Organization Planning.’ Association of Internal Management Consultants, Philadelphia, October 1984.
- ‘Organizational Productivity.’ WPVI, Channel 6, Philadelphia on the program, ‘Perspective,’ Part I and Part II, October, November 1983.
- ‘The Management-Union Interface in Productivity Improvement Efforts.’ Presented at the Manufacturer’s Association of Delaware Valley, (MADV), Philadelphia, December 1981.
- ‘Problem Solving vs. Decision Making: An Important Distinction.’ Presented with Steve Stumpf at the Academy of Management Conference, Dallas, August 1981.
- ‘The Power-Trust Paradox: Implications for Change Practitioners.’ Presented at the Organization Development Network Conference, Philadelphia, May 1981.
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