Dean M. Schroeder
Management professor and author
Dean M. Schroeder is a management scholar, consultant and author focused on building high-performing organizations. He wrote The Idea-Driven Organization.
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About Dean M. Schroeder
Dean M. Schroeder is a scholar, consultant and author who focuses on building high-performing organizations and making work better for people through improved management. He has been the Herbert and Agnes Schulz Professor of Management at Valparaiso University. He has also taught at the University of Massachusetts, St. Petersburg Technical University in Russia and ALBA in Greece. He wrote The Idea-Driven Organization: Unlocking The Power in Bottom-up Ideas. He also co-wrote Ideas Are Free with Alan Robinson, a best-selling book that has been translated into nine languages. He has published more than eighty articles and has received two Shingo Prizes. As a consultant and speaker, Schroeder has worked with organizations in North America, Europe and Asia. He has led turnaround and transformation efforts himself and served for five years on the Board of Examiners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. His degrees include a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Minnesota, an M.B.A. from the University of Montana and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.