Professor Lawrence Hrebiniak
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
2026 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6370
215.898.8254 (telephone)
215.898.0401 (fax)
hrebiniak@wharton.upenn.edu

Current C.V.

Dr. Hrebiniak is a professor in the Department of Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Strategy Group.  He has been on the Wharton faculty since 1976 and teaches courses in competitive strategy and strategy implementation in the Wharton M.B.A. and Executive Education programs.  Over the years, he has been the recipient of several awards for teaching excellence.

Dr. Hrebiniak held managerial positions in industry prior to entering academia, and has had considerable consulting experience.  He is a past president of the Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management.  He has been a reviewer and member of the Editorial Review Board for a number of academic and professional management journals.  For two years, he was one of four Wharton faculty providing commentaries on the "Wharton Management Report," a program that appeared daily on national television on the Financial News Network.

Consulting

Dr. Hrebiniak's consulting activities and executive development programs focus on strategy execution, the formulation of competitive strategy, and organizational design, both inside and outside the United States.  Client organizations have included J & J, AT&T, Chemical Bank, Isuzu (Japan), Weyerhaeuser, Dun & Bradstreet, DuPont, Management Center (Europe), the Social Security Administration, Squibb, First American Bankshares, General Motors (U.S., Brazil, Japan, Venezuela), Mars, Inc., Chase Manhattan, Studio Ambrosetti (Milan), Seminarium (Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, and Peru), PECO Energy, Deutsche Post (Germany), Aventis, Crown Cork, Microsoft, Philips (Netherlands), PMA Capital, Reiffeisen International Bank (Austria), and General Electric.

Research

Professor Hrebiniak's current research is concerned primarily with strategy execution or implementation.  He is also interested in strategic adaptation as organizations change over time to remain competitive.  He has written six books and has published numerous articles in professional journals.  Some of his publications in the areas of execution, organizational design, and change include:

Professor Hrebiniak’s book, Making Strategy Work: Leading Effective Execution and Change, is a comprehensive, integrative work that ties together planning and execution by focusing on strategy, structure, incentives, controls, culture, and change management.  It deals with the implementation of various strategies, including low-cost, differentiation, diversification (M&A), and global strategies.  The research findings and principles apply to a host of organizations, in different industries or settings in both the private and public sectors.  The book has been translated to date into Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Chinese, and Romanian.

Professor Hrebiniak's latest book, The Mismanagement of America, Inc., provides an in-depth analysis of the serious and imminent problems facing the country due to poor leadership and management in the White House and Congress. It shows how these problems of mismanagement, if unaddressed, will soon wreak havoc on the country's financial health, social fabric, standing in the global community, and even its vulnerability in an increasingly hostile world. The message is clear: strong leadership and effective management are sorely needed to implement needed change and take the requisite corrective actions.

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