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 William Ouchi
Sanford and Betty Sigoloff Chair in Corporate Renewal
(310) 825-5848/(310) 206-9008 tel
william.ouchi@anderson.ucla.edu
Prof. Ouchi is author of the New York Times bestseller Theory Z: How American Management Can Meet the Japanese Challenge (Addison-Wesley, 1981). Theory Z
has been published in 14 foreign editions and ranks as the seventh most
widely held book of the 12 million titles held in 4,000 U.S. libraries.
Prof. Ouchi’s most recent book, Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need,
was published in September 2003 and details some fascinating research
he has conducted in the area of K-12 public education. His
research finds that the schools that consistently performed best also
had the most decentralized management systems, in which individual
principals — and not administrators in a central office —
controlled school budgets and personnel. The book is based on a
comprehensive study of 223 schools in six cities across North America
that was funded in part by the National Science Foundation.
Appointed to the UCLA Anderson faculty in 1979, Prof. Ouchi teaches
courses in management and organization design, and conducts research on
the structure of large organizations. A longtime civic activist, Prof.
Ouchi took leave from UCLA from 1993 to 1995 to serve as advisor and
chief of staff to then Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan.
Prof. Ouchi has served as co-chair of the UCLA School Management
Program and is co-founder and chairman of The Riordan Programs, which
foster diversity in the business community by encouraging and preparing
individuals from diverse and sometimes disadvantaged backgrounds to
pursue higher education and careers in management.
Prof. Ouchi has served on the editorial boards of four scholarly
journals and serves as advisor to several granting agencies. Prof.
Ouchi serves as Chair of the Nozawa Endowment which supports students
from Japan who are studying at the Anderson School, and as Diversity
Coordinator of the school. He has previously served as Vice Dean for
Executive Education, as Director of the Doctoral Program, and as Area
Chair for the Strategy and Organization Area of the school.
In the larger community, Ouchi serves on the Advisory Board of the U.S.
Commission on Presidential Debates, on the Board of Trustees of the
Japanese American National Museum, and on the Board of Directors of The
Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools - an operator of inner-city
charter schools in Los Angeles. He previously served on the boards of
Williams College, KCET Public Television, The California Community
Foundation, Leadership Education for Asian-Pacifics, the Consumer
Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Walt
Disney Concert Hall, and of the Harvard-Westlake School.
In the business community, he serves on the boards of directors of
AECOM, FirstFed Financial, Sempra Energy, and Water-Pik Technologies.
Education
Ph.D. Business Administration, 1972, University of Chicago
MBA Business Administration, 1967, Stanford University
B.A. Political Economy, 1965, Williams College
Interests
K-12 public education, organizational structures, decentralized
management, board of directors, CEO succession, multinational
companies, nonprofit organizations, China, Japan, Los Angeles,
government relations
Recognition
L.H.D., The Ohio State University, 1999
UCLA Medal for Distinguished Teaching, by the UCLA Academic Senate and the UCLA Alumni Association, 1993
The Asian Woman Warrior Award, by the Asian-Pacific Women's Network, 1987
D.Litt., 1982, Williams College
Grand Prix des Meilleurs Livres de Management, by Universite de Paris and Harvard L'Expansion, 1982
Teaching Focus
Designing the structure of complex organizations
Restructuring Public School Districts K-12
Organizational Behavior
Corporate Governance
Faculty Profile and Contact Information
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