Alan Barstow, PhD Director, Academics and Outreach, Organizational Dynamics; Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics, School of Arts and Sciences 6228 Suite 328A 3401 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228 Phone: 215-898-6967 Fax: 215-898-8934 E-mail: abarstow@sas.upenn.edu

Biography

Dr. Alan Barstow is Director of Academics and Outreach for Organizational Dynamics and Affiliated Faculty, Organizational Dynamics. Over the past 18 years at the University of Pennsylvania, has been a Faculty Research Associate in the Wharton School and an Affiliate Faculty in the Wharton Executive Education Program. He is also an Affiliate Faculty member for the doctoral program at The Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and president of Barstow & Associates, a consulting firm that engages executives and professionals in rethinking strategic goals and action, and in learning effective ways to produce change. In 1986, with Dr. Russell Ackoff, Dr. Barstow co-founded The Institute for Interactive Management (INTERACT) and until 1993 served on its Board of Directors. Dr. Barstow was a Fulbright Scholar and earned his Ph. D. in Anthropology from Columbia University.

In the summer of 2008, A Festschrift Honoring Alan Barstow was published. Compiled by Organizational Expert and Executive, Dr. Sharon Benjamin, and Dr. Michael J. Arena, Leadership Development Executive, Bank of America Corporation, the book includes contributions from, among others, Dr. Elizabeth Kamarck Minnich, professor and author of Transforming Knowledge; Dr. Glenda Eoyang, author of Coping with Chaos and Facilitating Organizational Change; Dr. Kate Spector, founder and consultant with First Light Enterprises; Dr. Laura Gardner, Director of the Master of Arts Administration Program at Winthrop University; and Dr. Michael Quinn Patton, author of Getting to Maybe and Utilization-Focused Evaluation.

Research

• Barstow, Alan M., "No Looking Back: A Management Consultant's Point of View on e-Business," PGA Magazine, pp. 24-25., vol. 83, No. 7, July 2002.
• Barstow, Alan M., "Expert Opinion," interviewed by Managing Editor Matt Marsom on trends in marketing and distribution, PGA Magazine, pp. 20-21., vol. 82, No. 5, May 2001.
• Barstow, Alan M., "Learning One's Way Into Organizational Change," Dynamics, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Winter 1997.
• Barstow, Alan M., "The Design Spiral," in Chapter Four, Facing Change in Health Care: Learning Faster in Tough Times, W. Schmeling, American Hospital Publishing, Inc., 1996.
• Barstow, Alan M., "Using Consultants to Accelerate Learning," in Chapter Seven, Facing Change in Health Care: Learning Faster in Tough Times, W. Schmeling, American Hospital Publishing, Inc., 1996.
• Barstow, Alan M., contributor, "The Interactive Planning and Management Process," in Chapter Four, Transformational Leadership, M.K. Kohles, W.G. Baker, Jr., B.A. Donaho, American Hospital Publishing, Inc., 1995.
• Barstow, Alan M., "The Culture of Organizations," The Network, published by The Union Institute, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer 1993.
• Wing, Kennard T. and Alan M. Barstow, "Dimensions of Choice in Organizational Change Processes." The Organizational Learning Newsletter, Issue no. 4, March 1993.
• Barstow, Alan M., "The Example of Super Fresh," pp 154-57., Creative Problem Solving: Total Systems Intervention, Robert L. Flood and Michael C. Jackson, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester, England, 1991.
• Barstow, Alan M., "On Creating Opportunity Out of Conflict: Two Case Studies." Systems Practice, Plenum Publishing, vol. 3, no. 4, 1990.

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