Faculty

Organizations Track

Joan Bloom Joan Bloom, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Policy & Management
Study of educational support groups for young women with breast cancer
Study of breast and cervical cancer intervention among low income and minority women
Study of effectiveness of risk notification intervention for cancer survivors
Neil Fligstein Neil Fligstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Culture clash between American corporate values and other cultures, including those in the Islamic world
What might physically have been destroyed in the World Trade towers, including documents and records
The impact of this loss on the global economy
Todd LaPorte Todd LaPorte, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Political Science
High reliability organizations and the relationship of large scale technical systems to political legitimacy
James Lincoln

James Lincoln, Ph.D.
Professor of Organizational Behavior
International business and management, particularly Japanese management
Organizational design, interorganizational networks, organizational theory and research methods
Labor and industrial relations

Thomas Rundall Thomas Rundall, Ph.D.
Henry J. Kaiser Professor of Organized Health Systems
Application of organizational theory to health care
Physician practice organizations
Hospital restructuring
Program and policy evaluation
Information technology in health care
Stephen Shortell Stephen Shortell, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Public Health
Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy & Management
Professor of Organization Behavior
Organizational Correlates of Quality and Outcomes of Care
Evaluation of total quality management and community-based health improvement initiatives
Strategic change in the health care sector-e.g. evolution of integrated delivery systems
Strategic alliances between physicians and other health care entities