Updated: April 2017

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: YITZHAK SAMUEL

Place and Date of Birth: Haifa, Israel. January 28, 1939.

Marital Status: Married (1963), one daughter, two grandchildren.

Citizenship and Identity Card Number: Israel 005947460

Permanent Home Address: Ha’Sachlav Street 15, Haifa 3479015, ISRAEL.

Home Telephone Number: 972-4-811 0937

Home Fax Number: 972-4-811 1558

Office Address: Faculty of Management, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905 ISRAEL.

Office Telephone Number: 972-4-824 192

Office Fax Number: 972-4-8249 194

E-Mail: ysamuel@univ.haifa.ac.il

2. HIGHER EDUCATION

B.A. (1965). Social Sciences. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of

Sociology and Department of Political Science (1960-1964).

M.Sc. (1968). Management Sciences. The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,

Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management (1965-1968).

Ph.D. (1972). Sociology. The University of Michigan, Department Sociology

(1969-1972).

CERTIFICATION

1998 Specialist in the Sociology of Work and Organizations. Granted by the Israeli

Sociological Society (ISS).

Advanced Studies

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UNESCO International Summer Seminar: "The Use of Mathematical Models in

the Social Sciences" (July 1-27, 1968), Köln, Germany.

M.I.T. Summer Seminar: "Management of Research and Development &

Technology-Based Innovation" (June 1-15, 1981), School of

Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

STANFORD Visiting Scholar, participation in advanced seminars, Stanford

University, Department of Sociology (August-December 1983),

Palo Alto, CA.

BERKELEY Visiting Scholar, participation in advanced seminars, University of

California, Berkeley School of Business Administration (August 1987

Through September 1988), Berkeley, CA.

CHICAGO Visiting Scholar, independent study, University of Chicago, Department

of Sociology (July-September 1998), Chicago, IL.

OTTAWA Adjunct Visiting Professor, independent study, Carleton

University, Ottawa, Canada (July-September 2000).

SYDNEY Visiting Scholar, University of Technology Sydney, School of Business, Department of Management (September 2006-February 2007).

3. ACADEMIC RANKS IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

DATES NAME OF INSTITUTION AND DEPARTMENT RANK

1968-1969 Technion, Industrial& Management Engineering Instructor

1972-1979 Tel Aviv University, Sociology & Anthropology Lecturer

1976-1979 Ruppin Academic Center, Social Sciences Senior

Lecturer

1979-1984 Bar Ilan University, Sociology Senior

Lecturer

1981-1984 Technion, Industrial Management Senior

Teaching Fellow

1985-1987 University of Haifa, Sociology Adjunct

Lecturer

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1989-1991 Technion, Industrial Management Senior Teaching

Associate

1992-1993 University of Haifa, Sociology & Political Science Adjunct Senior

Lecturer

1994-1995 University of Haifa, Sociology & Political Science Associate

Professor

(Specialist)

1996-2000 University of Haifa, Sociology & Anthropology Associate

Professor

(Specialist)

2001-2005 University of Haifa, Sociology & Anthropology Full Professor

(Specialist)

4. OFFICES IN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

1973-1976 Director, Social Research Institute, Tel Aviv University.

1976-1977 Undergraduate Students’ Adviser, Tel Aviv University.

1974-1977 Chairman, Scholarship Committee, Tel Aviv University.

1981-1984 Member, Steering Committee, Graduate Program in the Sociology of

Organizations, Department of Sociology, Bar Ilan University.

1993-2005 Head, Graduate Program in Organizational & Applied Sociology,

Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Haifa.

1995-1997 Member, Departmental Graduate Studies Committee, Department

of Sociology & Anthropology, the University of Haifa.

1996-2005 Member, Executive Board, the Institute for Research of the

Kibbutz & the Cooperative Idea.

1997-1999 Member, Steering Committee of Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

in Quality Sciences. Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Haifa.

1997-1998 Member, Review Committees (Promotions), the University of Haifa.

1998-2001 Chairperson, Department of Sociology & Anthropology,

University of Haifa (three year term).

1999-2000 Member, the Rector’s Task Force on Recruitment of New Students.

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Rules and Procedures for the Employment of

Teaching Fellows by the University of Haifa.

1999-2005 Member, Board of Governors, University of Haifa.

1999-2005 Member, Executive Board, Center for the Study of Organizations &

Management of the Human Resource, the University of Haifa.

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2001-2004 Senate Member, University of Haifa.

2005-2006 Member, Executive Board Control Committee, University of Haifa.

2006-2007 Head, Officer-in-charge, Disciplinary Authority, University of Haifa.

2007-2008 Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa.

2014-2017 Dean, Faculty of Management, University of Haifa.

5. SCHOLARLY POSITIONS & ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1963-1964 Research Assistant, Institute for Applied Social Research, Jerusalem.

Participation in data collection and analysis for a study on relationships

between governmental bureaucracy and the public.

1964-1966 Research Assistant, the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Participation in data collection and analysis for a study on workers’

participation in management.

1969-1972 Senior Assistant Project Director, Center for Utilization of Scientific

Knowledge, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Development of Organizational Assessment Measures, analysis of

change progress in client organizations, preparation of diagnostic reports.

1975-1978 Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research, New York.

Conduct of a social study on labor market mobility of Israeli workers.

1979-1984 Head, Unit of Organization and Personnel Research,

RAFAEL, Haifa, Israel.

Initiation and supervision of various applied studies, such as assessment

of the sabbatical system for Rafael’s human capital; the status and role of

Technicians in R&D organization; the impact of the employees’

Organizational behavior patterns on Rafael’s competitive position.

2012-2014 Vice President and Head of Sir Harry Solomon School of Management,

Western Galilee College.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1982-1984 Deputy Vice-President, Human Resources Development, RAFAEL.

Initiation, design, and implementation of various HRD programs such as

Employees’ Performance Appraisal, Dual Career Ladder for Engineers,

and promotion system of Technicians. Technical re-training.

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1984-1987 Director, Organizational Design and Development, RAFAEL.

Leading professional role, as Staff Specialist in Organization, in

the design, implementation, and follow-up of Matrix Type Structure of

Rafael’s major Divisions. Leading professional role in the design and

implementation of Rafael’s new International Marketing Setup, Quality

Assurance Setting, and Product Lines Units within in the main Divisions.

1991-1993 Director, Management Training and Development, RAFAEL.

Chairperson, Task Force for Preparation of Rafael’s Managerial Reserve

(i.e., design of tools and procedures aimed at selection, training, practice,

and placement of candidates). Initiation, planning, and implementation of

in-house Management Training Programs for both junior and senior

managers (including Project Management, Strategic Planning, Marketing,

Budgeting, Financing, Pricing, and Human Resources Management, etc.)

1991-1993 Officer, Planning and Organization, RAFAEL.

Annual inspection and approval of all Rafael’s organizational charts of

divisions and all other units,. Approval of all upervisory, managerial and

executive positions. Professional consent of all organizational change

programs (e.g., merging, separation, and redeployment of various units,

reorganization and relocation groups of specialists).

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION

1974 Professional Advisor. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of

International Cooperation, Jerusalem.

Conduct of Evaluation Research of the Israeli Technical Assistance

Program in Ecuador in setting-up new forms of agricultural settlements.

1975-1976 Methodological Consultant. Yisum - Applied Social Research, Inc.

Data Analysis of a large-scale applied social study on the National

Uprising of Jews in the former USSR, for their absorption as immigrants.

1977-1979 Managerial Consultant. Moriah Hotels Chain, Inc.

Conduct of organizational diagnosis, design of turnaround program,

implementation and follow-up of organizational change in upscale hotel.

1977-1990 Academic Consultant. Israel Air Force.

Mentoring of applied sociologists, induction of research tools, review of

research reports, initiation of new applied studies and programs.

1986-1987 Managerial Consultant. Packer Plada Group, Inc.

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Training and guiding of 25 executives in strategic planning and strategy

implementation; preparation of tools and design of planning procedures.

1994-2009 Scientific Advisor. Human Resources Monthly (Hebrew Journal).

Consulting the journal’s editors on publication policy, quality standards,

access to international scientific information, and evaluation of selected

articles.

1994-2012 Academic Advisor. External Studies Unit, Division of Business

Administration & Management Programs of study, University of Haifa.

Academic evaluation of curricula, critical review syllabi, professional

examination of new study programs, certification of diplomas.

1996-1998 Professional Consultant. Israeli Governmental Agency.

Advising to Management Training staff, selection of teachers and trainers,

teaching of the core course on organization theory and practice.

1994-2005 Professional Coach. Graduate Program in Applied Organizational

Sociology Department of Sociology, University of Haifa.

Supervision of over 120 graduate students' one year length Internship in

organizational consulting.

2004-2005 Chairperson. Inspection Committee of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.

Diagnosis of the Orchestra's structure, function, and performance.

Recommendation for Turnaround Program to the Mayor of Haifa.

SERVICE TO SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY

1999-2002 Member, Steering Committee, “Shatil”, The New Israel Fund’s

Capacity-Building Center for Development of Advocacy NGOs.

Jerusalem.

2008-2010 Chair, Public Council for the legislation of the Organizational Consultants Law

by Israeli Knesset.

2010-2014 Member, the Executives Board of the Haifa Symphony Friendship Association.

AFFILIATION WITH PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

- Israel Sociological Society (ISS)

- International Sociological Association (ISA)

- Academy of Management (AOM) - International Academy of Management & Business

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- International Academy of Business & Economics

POSITIONS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

1978-1981 Secretary, Israel Sociological Society (ISS).

1985-1986 Chair, Professional Committee, ISS.

1994-1995 Member, Committee on Applied Sociology, ISS.

1994-1996 Member, Executive Board, Israeli Sociological Society.

1997-2005 Member, Executive Board, Research Committee on the

Sociology of Organizations, International Sociological Association.

1997-2005 Member, Executive Board, Research Committee on Sociotecnics -

Sociological Practice, International Sociological Association.

1996-1997 Chair, Professional Certification Committee, ISS.

1997-1998 Member, Organizing Committee, RC17 Sessions, 14th World

Congress, International Sociological Association, Montreal, 1998.

1997-2000 President, Israel Sociological Society (3 year term).

1998 Session Organizer, Organizational Change & Transformation, 14th

World Congress, International Sociological Association, Montreal.

1998-2000 Delegate, Council of National Associations, International

Sociological Association.

1998-2000 Member, Assembly of Councils, International Sociological Association.

1998 Chair, Organizing Committee, 29th Annual Meeting, Israeli Sociological

Society, Haifa, Israel.

1998-2005 Member, Editorial Board, Schnitzer Studies of Israeli Society Series.

1998-1999 Member, Honorary Committee, 34th World Congress,

International Institute of Sociology, Tel Aviv, July 1999.

1999 Session Organizer, “Organizational Adaptation to Globalization”,

34th World Congress, International Institute of Sociology, Tel Aviv,

July 1999.

2004 Chair, Organizing Committee, the 1st Annual Meeting on Applied

Sociology, Haifa, May 2004.

2005-2006 Chair, Organizing Committee, the 2nd and 3rd Annual Meetings on

Applied Sociology, Haifa, March 2005, and February 2006.

TRAINING OF MANAGERS AND COMMANDERS

1975 College of National Security.

1976 Israel Management Center (M.I.L.).

1977 I.D.F. School of Command and Staff.

1990-93 RAFAEL School of Management Training.

1993-98 Israel Ministry of Defense, Management Training Program.

1995 Israel Ministry of Internal Security.

1996 College of National Security.

1995-97 Haifa Municipality, Management Training for Senior Social Workers.

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6. PARTICIPATION IN SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES

"Occupational Aspirations of Youth". Paper presented at the Israeli Sociological

Society Annual Meeting, Tel Aviv, 1972.

"Attractiveness Scale of Occupations". Paper presented at the International

Sociological Association Meeting, Jerusalem, 1976.

"The Work Situs as a Predictor of Work Values”. Paper presented at the American

Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 1978.

"A Dynamic Model of Organizational Planned Change”. Paper presented at the Israeli

Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Haifa, April 1988.

"Organizational Change: Theory, Data, and Simulation". Paper presented at the

System Dynamics Society Annual Meeting, Stuttgart, Germany, 1989.

"Development of Managerial Human Resources”. Paper presented at the Human

Resources Management of Israel Annual Meeting, Tel Aviv, December, 1994.

“Socio-Technical Realigning to Environmental Change: Defense Industries in

Transition”. Paper presented at the International Sociological Association Meeting,

RC#26: Sociotecnics - Sociological Practice, Crete, Greece, May, 1997.

“Quo Vadis Organizational Sociology”? Paper presented at the Society for the

Advancement of Socio-Economics, 9th International Conference, Montreal, Canada,

July, 1997.

“A System Dynamics Model of Planned Organizational Change”. Paper presented at the

Academy of Management, 57th Annual Meeting, Boston, USA, August, 1997.

“Simulation Models as Decision Support Systems in Applied Sociology”. Paper

presented at the Society of Applied Sociology, 15th Annual Meeting, Oak Brook,

Illinois, USA, October, 1997.

“The Defense Industries in Transition from Institutional to Competitive

Environment”. Haifa, Israel, February, 1998.

“Entrepreneurship in the Kibbutz Setting: Toward A Classification of New

Business Ventures”. Paper presented at the 54th Annual Meeting, American

Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. USA, August, 1999.

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“Task Environmental Impact on Downsizing Intensity in Israeli Firms: 1985-1995.”

Paper presented at the 34th World Congress of Sociology, The International Institute of

Sociology, Tel Aviv, July 1999.

“Toward a New Organizational Reality: Change and Adaptation”. Concluding Paper

presented at the 1st National Conference of the Center for the Study of Organizations

and

Human Resource Management, March 2000, Haifa, Israel.

"Schools in Transition: From an Institutional to an Economic-Competitive

Environment". Paper presented at the Israeli Sociological Society Annual Meeting,

Jerusalem, February, 2001.

"Isomorphism as an Expression of competition between Colleges and Universities in

Israel". Paper presented at the Israeli Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Jerusalem,

February 2001.

"The Political Game in Organizations". Paper presented at the Meeting of the

International Sociological Association, Brisbane, Australia, July, 2003.

"Working with Students on Internship in Applied Sociology". Paper presented at the

Society for Applied Sociology Annual Meeting, Bethesda, Washington DC, USA,

November, 2004.

"Mangers' Politics: The Good, the Bad, and Ugly". Paper presented at the Center for the

Study of Organizations and the Human Resource Management Annual Meeting, Haifa,

Israel, May, 2005.

"The Use of Organizational Learning Mechanisms: Environmental, Managerial &

Cultural Correlates." (Co-authored with Idan Barkai). Paper presented at the Academy of

Management Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, August, 2005). Best Papers

Proceedings.

Chair, Plenary Session, “Power and Politics in Organizations”. Human Resources

Management 9Th Annual Meeting, December 1997, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

Chair, Plenary Session, “Israel after 50 years: Social, Political, and Cultural Changes".

Israeli Sociological Society, 29th Annual Meeting, Haifa, Israel, February, 1998.

Chair, Session on “Organizational Change and Transformation.” 14th World

Congress of the International Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, July, 1998.

Chair, Session on “Organizational Adaptation to Globalization”, 34th World Congress,

the International Institute of Sociology, July 1999, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Chair, 12th Annual Meeting of Human Resources in Israel, Ramat Gan, Israel. December

2000,

Chair, "Change in Organizations: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation." 1st

Annual Meeting on Applied Sociology, Haifa, May 2004.

Chair, "Leadership in the 3rd Millennium: Theory and Practice." 2nd Annual Meeting

on Applied Sociology, Haifa, March 2005.

Chair, "Organization Culture – Leverage to Organizational Success?" 3rd Annual

Meeting on Applied Sociology, Haifa, February 2006.

"Organizational Downsizing of Israeli Business Firms: A Multidimensional

Analysis”. Paper presented at the Israel Sociological Society Annual Meeting,

Ramat Gan, Israel, February, 2006 (with Avi Elbaz).

"Relationships between Organizational Learning and structural-cultural features of

knowledge-based organizations: The Case of a Medical Center". Paper presented at

the Israeli Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Ramat Gan, Israel, February 2006

(Co-authored with Orit Shamir).

"The Use of Organizational Learning Mechanisms: Environmental, Managerial, and

Cultural Correlates". Paper presented at the Israel Sociological Society Annual

Meeting, Ramat Gan, Israel, February 2006 (Co-authored with Idan Barkai).

"Organizational Culture: A research Viewpoint". 3rd Annual Meeting on Applied

Sociology, Haifa, February 2006.

"The Organizational Life-Cycle Paradigm and High-Technology Ventures: The

Case of Israel". World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa, July 2006 (Co-

authored with Ariella Harel).

"Inter-organizational Coalitions of Advocacy NGOs in Times of Globalization". World

Congress of Sociology, Durban South Africa, July 2006 (Co-authored with Sibylle

Heilbrunn).

"A Predictive Model of Business organizations' life Chances." The International

Academy of Management and Economics, Verona, Italy, 2014 (Co-authored with Zvi

Winer).

"Coping of Business organizations with environmental Threats". International Academy

of Management and Business, Rome, Italy, 2014 (Co-authored with Zvi Winer).

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"Myopic Managements and Life Chances of Business Organizations". The Global

Academic Institute, Amsterdam, Nederland, 2016.

"Shaping of Internal Research Collaborations." PDR. Academy of Management, Atlanta,

Georgia, USA, 2017.

7. COLLOQUIA AND OTHER INVITED ADDRESSES

Place Nature and Date Topic

Tel Aviv University Department of Labor Studies Uses of Organizational of

Departmental Seminar 1981 Research & Development.

Bar Ilan University Department of Sociology Applied Sociology in

Departmental Seminar 1982 Everyday Practice.

Stanford University Department Sociology the Use of Sabbatical

Departmental Seminar 1983 System for R&D Org.

UC Berkeley Business School Business Strategy and

Departmental Seminar 1987 Organizational Culture.

UC Berkeley School of Business Administration Organizational Change.

Graduate Seminar 1988

University of Haifa Department of Political Science Dynamics of Change:

Departmental Seminar 1993 Theory and Simulation

Hebrew University Department of Sociology Perspectives and

Graduate Seminar 1996 Methods in Applied

Sociology.

University of Haifa Board of Governors Managing Conflicts in

Annual Meeting 1999 the Academic Setting

University of Haifa Center for the Study of

Organizations and Management of

The Human Resource. Seminar 2001 the Political Game

in Organizations

Emek Izrael College Advanced Faculty Seminar 2010 Organizational Failure

Causes, consequences

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University of Haifa Center for the Study of

Organizations and Management of

The Human Resource. Seminar 2010 Organizational Failure:

Causes, consequences

The Technion Faculty of Industrial & Management 2010 Organizational Failure:

Causes, consequences

Ruppin Academic College, Business Administration 2010 Organizational Failure:

Causes, consequences

University of Haifa Center for the Study of

Organizations and Management of

The Human Resource. Seminar 2014 A Predictive Model

of Business

Organizations' Life

Chances

8. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

SCHOLARSHIPS

1969-1970 Rothschild (AVI) Fund Scholarship for Advanced Studies.

1969-1970 Hebrew Technical Institute Scholarship, New York.

1971-1972 U.S. Office of Naval Research Fund, for Ph.D. Dissertation.

AWARDS

1971 Runner-up Award, Graduate Student Paper Competition,

Ohio Valley Sociological Society.

1991 Haifa Municipality’s Arthur Ruppin Award in Social Sciences for the

book: Organizations: Features, Structures, Processes, 1990.

1995-1998 Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Haifa (7 years).

2005 Honorary Membership. The Israeli Association of Organizational

Development.

9. TEACHING

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A. COURSES TAUGHT IN RECENT YEARS

Topic Year Type

Complex Organizations 1986-1987 Undergrad. Course

Applied Sociology 1986-1987 Graduate Seminar

Organizational Change 1989-1991 Graduate Course

Theories of Organizations 1993-2005 Graduate Course

Organizational Politics 1993-2005 Graduate Seminar

High-Tech Organizations 1996 Graduate Seminar

Applied Sociology 1997-1999 Graduate Seminar

Power & Influence in Social Life 1997-1998 Graduate Seminar

Organizational Politics 2004-2005 Graduate Seminar

Methods in Applied Sociology 2004-2005 Graduate Seminar

B. SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS (M.A. Theses & Ph.D. Dissertations)

Yaffa Singer Determinants of Turnover among Professional Officers". M.A. 1977.

Elliette Orchan "The Effects of the Kibbutz Attractiveness on Recruitment and Retaining

of New Members". M.A. 1977.

Noah Lewin-Epstein "The Work Situs as a Predictor of Workers' Values." M.A. 1978.

Rachel Liel "Realism in Occupational Aspirations of Israeli Youth". M.A. 1979.

Michael Sherry "The Effects of Organizational Structure on Employees Orientations".

1984.

Bracha Simon “Task Environment Impact on Downsizing Intensity in Israeli

Firms (1985-1995)." M.A. 1998.

Sharon Raz. “Transformational and Transactional Organizational Cultures of

Military Corps in the Israeli Defense Forces”. M.A. 1998.

Michal Yitzhak “Organizational Image of an Academic Institute: The Case of the

University of Haifa”. M.A. 1999.

Smadar Tadmor “Employees’ Survival Through a Process of Organizational

Downsizing”. M.A. 1999.

Sibylle Heilbrunn. “Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Kibbutz Movement." Ph.D. 1999.

Baruch Marzan “Isomorphism as an Expression of Competition between Colleges

and Universities”. M.A. 2000.

Zvi Yami. “Educational Institutions in the State of Flux: Schools in Transition

from an Institutional Environment to a Competitive Market

Environment”. Ph.D. 2000.

Shlomit Linhart "Organizational Mergers: Cultural Dominance or a New Culture?"

M.A. 2003.

Orit Shamir "Factors affecting Organizational Learning in Knowledge-Based

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Organizations: A Case Study of a Hospital". M.A. 2003.

Idan Barkai "The Connection between Organizational Culture, Leadership Style,

Characteristics of the Organizational Environment and the Use of

Organizational Learning Mechanisms". M.A. 2003.

Yael Resh "Employees Reactions to Planned Organizational Change: Case Study".

M.A. 2003.

Meital Drory "Political Behavior Patterns of Workers in Industrial Factories".

M.A. 2004.

Yom-Tov Samia “The Organizational Climate in the Field Units of the Israel

Defense Forces” Ph.D. 2004.

Inbar Pizanti "Trust vs. Control in Franchising Chains: The Case of Israel in

the era of Globalization". Ph.D. 2005.

Avi Elbaz

Eitan Shushan

Ariela Harel

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Ph.D. DISSERTATION

Social Consensus and Social Change: A Study of Groups in Complex Organizations

187 pages, University of Michigan, 1972

Doctoral Committee: Edward O. Laumann (Chairman), Robert L. Kahn,

Theodore M. Newcomb, Stanley E. Seashore, Paul M. Siegel.

BOOKS

Yitzhak Samuel 1990. Organizations: Features, Structures, and Processes.

(Hebrew), 272 pp., University of Haifa Press.

Yitzhak Samuel 1996. Organizations: Features, Structures, and Processes.

(Hebrew), 404 pp., University of Haifa / Zmora-Bitan Press.

Revised, expanded, and updated 2nd edition.

Yitzhak Samuel 2002. The Political Game: Power and Influence in

Organizations. (Hebrew), University of Haifa / Zmora-

Bitan Press.

Yitzhak Samuel & Itzhak Harpaz (Eds.). 2004. Work and Organizations in Israel:

Studies of Israeli Society. Publication Series of the Israel

Sociological Society. New Brunswick (USA): Transaction.

Yitzhak Samuel (2005). The Political Agenda of Organizations. New Brunswick

(USA) & London (UK): Transaction Publishers.

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Yitzhak Samuel & Bilha F. Mannheim (1970). "A Multidimensional Approach toward

a Typology of Bureaucracy", Administrative Science Quarterly, 15, 216-

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Ephraim Yuchtman & Yitzhak Samuel (1975). "Determinants of Career Plans:

Institutional versus Interpersonal Effects", American Sociological Review,

40, 521-531.

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Yitzhak Samuel & Ephraim Yuchtman (1976). "Occupational Attractiveness: Toward a

New Scale of Occupations", Sociological Microjournal, 10, Fiche No. 50.

Yitzhak Samuel & Noah Lewin-Epstein (1979). "The Occupational Situs as a Predictor

of Work Values", American Journal of Sociology, 85, 625-639.

Yitzhak Samuel & Ephraim Yaar (1979). "The Status and Situs Determinants of

Occupational Attractiveness", Quality and Quantity, 13, 485-505.

Elliette Orchan & Yitzhak Samuel (1981). "The Effects of the Kibbutz Attractiveness

on Recruitment and Retaining of New Members", Megamot: Behavioral

Science Quarterly, 26, 389-404 (Hebrew).

Yitzhak Samuel & Chanoch Jacobsen (1997). “A System Dynamics Model of Planned

Organizational Change”, Computational & Mathematical Organization

Theory, 3, 151-171.

Yitzhak Samuel (2000). “On Context and Content: The Study of Organizations in Two

Academic Settings”, International Journal of Organization Theory and

Behavior, 3, 115-133.

Yitzhak Samuel & Sibylle Heilbrunn (2000). “Entrepreneurship in the Kibbutz

Setting: Toward a Classification of New Business Ventures.”, Journal of

Rural Cooperation, 29, 47-62.

Zvi Yami & Yitzhak Samuel (2004). “Educational Institutions in the State of Flux:

Schools in Transition from an Institutional Environment to a Competitive

Market Environment”. Megamot: Behavioral Science Quarterly, 43 (2),

347-373 (Hebrew).

Yitzhak Samuel (2016). "Organizational Politics: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly",

Study of Organizations & Management of the Human Resource Quarterly,

Vol. 1 (3).

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Yitzhak Samuel (1972). "The Measurement of Organizational Climate", pp. 61-

74, in J. C. Taylor and D. G. Bowers, Survey of Organizations, Ann

Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research.

Yitzhak Samuel & Morris B. Zelditch (1989). "Expectations, Shared Awareness, and

Power", pp. 288-312, in J. Berger, M. B. Zelditch and B. Anderson (eds.),

Sociological Theories in Progress, Vol. 3, The Effects of the Kibbutz

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Attractiveness on Recruitment and Retaining of New Newbury Park, CA:

Sage Publications. Reprinted with revisions in J. Berger & M. Zelditch, Jr.

(Eds.), (1998). Status, Power and Legitimacy. New Brunswick, NJ:

Transaction, 273-297.

ARTICLES IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Chanoch Jacobsen & Yitzhak Samuel (1989). "Planned Organizational Change:

Theory, Model, Data, and Simulation." In P.M. Milling and E.O.K.

Zahn (eds.), Computer-Based Management of Complex Systems.

Berlin: Spring-Verlag, pp. 104-110.

Idan Barkai & Yitzhak Samuel. 2005. "The Use of Organizational Learning

Mechanisms: Environmental, Managerial, and Cultural Correlates". In K.

Mark Weaver (Ed.), Proceedings of the Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the

Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643.

OTHER SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH REPORTS

Yitzhak Samuel (1974). "Effectiveness of the Israeli Technical Assistance to Ecuador:

Evaluation Study." (Hebrew). Israel Foreign Ministry, Department of

International Cooperation, Jerusalem.

Yitzhak Samuel & Ephraim Yaar (1977). "The National Uprising of the Jews in the

Soviet Union" (Hebrew), Ministry of Immigration and the Hebrew

University Center for Contemporary Jewry Research, Jerusalem.

Yitzhak Samuel (1980). "The Sabbatical System at RAFAEL: Uses, Patterns and

Lessons" (Hebrew), RAFAEL (80/001).

Yitzhak Samuel & Chanoch Jacobsen (1990). "The Process of Directed Organizational

Change: A System Dynamics Model", RAFAEL (89/80).

APPLIED PROFESSIONAL REPORTS

Yitzhak Samuel (1981). "Alternative Career Ladders at RAFAEL". (Hebrew),

RAFAEL (81/010).

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Yitzhak Samuel (1982). "Task Force Report on the Structure and Function of R&D

Division". (Hebrew), RAFAEL (82/015).

Yitzhak Samuel (1983). "Task Force Report on Management Training and

Development", Program". (Hebrew), RAFAEL (83/O35).

Yitzhak Samuel (1983). "Task Force Report on the Organization and Function of R&D

Electronics Division". (Hebrew), RAFAEL (83/045)

Yitzhak Samuel (1984). "The Structure and Function of Product-Line Units: A Task

Force Proposal". (Hebrew), RAFAEL (84/010).

Yitzhak Samuel (1985). "Planning Committee Report on the Design of a New

Marketing Layout". (Hebrew), RAFAEL (85/048).

Yitzhak Samuel (1985). "Task Force Report on the Organization of R&D and Production

of Innovative Hi-tech systems". (Hebrew), RAFAEL (85/011).

Yitzhak Samuel (2004). "Inspection Committee Report on a Restructuring and New

Managing of Haifa Symphony Orchestra: Change Proposal". Report

Submitted to the Mayor of Haifa.

SUPERVISION OF APPLIED STUDIES

Dahlia Pat (1981). "A study of Experimental Application of New Performance

Appraisal Program", (Hebrew), RAFAEL (82/024).

Dahlia Pat (1982). "Job Analysis of Managerial Positions at Rafael", (Hebrew),

RAFAEL (82/024).

Yehouda Shenhav (1982). "Measures of the Human Resource Vitality in R & D

Organizations", (Hebrew), RAFAEL (82/022).

Dahlia Pat and Abraham Glaser (1982). "Organizational Diagnosis of R & D

Division”, (Hebrew), RAFAEL

Abraham Glaser (1983). "The Sabbatical at Rafael: Follow-up Study", (Hebrew),

RAFAEL (82/031).

Dahlia Pat (1984). "Evaluation Research of Organizational Change in R & D

Division", (Hebrew), RAFAEL (84/1486).

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Abraham Glaser (1984). "Qualifications, Status, and Functioning of Technicians

at Rafael", (Hebrew), RAFAEL (84/050).

Abraham Glaser (1984). "Survey of Housing Options for Rafael's Employees in

the City of Carmiel", (Hebrew), RAFAEL (84/053).

Moshe Stillerman (1984). "Advantages and Disadvantages of Various Space Layouts

for R & D Organizations", (Hebrew), RAFAEL (84/O48)

Dahlia Pat and Moshe Stillerman (1984). "Diagnosis of the Matrix Structure in R&D

Division", (Hebrew), RAFAEL (84/1422).

Moshe Stillerman (1985). "Organizational diagnosis of Electronics Division

during the Transition Process to Matrix Structure", (Hebrew),

RAFAEL (85/080).

Moshe Stillerman (1985). "The Effects of Social, Behavioral, and Organizational

Aspects on Rafael's Competitive Edge", (Hebrew), RAFAEL

(84/1494).

Dahlia Pat (1986). "Evaluation Research of Organizational Change in R & D

Division: Second Phase", (Hebrew), RAFAEL (86/088).

CURRENT INTERESTS

The Advancement of Applied Sociology

Applications of Organizational Sociology

The Third Sector and the Civil Society

Connections between Academia and Practice

May 2005