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André L. Delbecq
Director of the Institute for Spirituality and Organizational Leadership (ISOL)

André L. Delbecq is the J. Thomas and Kathleen McCarthy University Professor at Santa Clara University, where he served as Dean of the Leavey School of Business from 1979 to 1989.

His research and scholarship have focused on executive decision-making processes, organization design, and managing innovation in rapid-change environments. Recently he has conducted research on the role of CEOs in technology firms, the business culture of Silicon Valley, and innovation in both High Technology and Health Care.

He is the Eighth Dean of Fellows of the Academy of Management. Dr. Delbecq is recognized nationally for executive programs delivered to high technology industries as well as health, human services and government organizations. He has served as member of three corporate Boards of Directors, and twice as Board Chair.

During 1997-98 the American Council of Learned Societies awarded him a Contemplative Practice Fellowship. In addition, he studied at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley in preparation for teaching spirituality for business leadership.

For more than twenty years Dr. Delbecq was a member of the Estes Park Institute faculty for medical staff and trustee education. He was named as an Honorary Fellow by the American College of Physician Executives in recognition of service in the education of physician managers. He is currently a faculty member for the College. Medical Center clients have included Providence Hospitals, Scripps Hospitals and Medical Centers and the Western Association of Hospitals.

To contact:
119 St. Joseph's Hall
Santa Clara University
adelbecq@scu.edu
510-769-8730


James J. McGee

Associate Director for the Institute for Spirituality and Organizational Leadership (ISOL)

Jim McGee's current research is in the emerging interdisciplinary field of spirituality and business with particular focus on issues of spirituality in management leadership and organizational culture.

He has been Assistant Dean and Director of Continuing Education at St. Mary's Seminary and University (MD) where he served as professor of Christian spirituality. He has extensive experience in the ecumenical affairs including appointments as research and program staff at the Washington Theological Consortium and the Washington Ecumenical Institute. He has also participated as teaching faculty in the National Conference of Christians and Jews Seminarian Interchange Program.

He is a member of the Academy of Management, the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education, the Bay Area Organization Development Network, the American Academy of Religion, the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Society for Biblical Literature, and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality.

He is a founding member of the executive committee for the Management Spirituality and Religion Interest Group of the Academy of Management. In his present capacity on that committee he currently serves as the Professional Development Workshop Chair and as Program Chair-Elect. He continues to serve as an organizational consultant, a retreat director and a spiritual director.

To contact:
212 St. Joseph's Hall
Santa Clara University
jmcgee@scu.edu
408-551-7173

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