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Management & Organizations

Associate Professor Emeritus of Management & Organizations

Portrait of Robert Dewar, Faculty at the Kellogg School of Management
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Professor Dewar received his MS and PhD from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) in Sociology. He is a member of the American Academy of Management and has served on the editorial board of the Academy of Management Journal and the Administrative Science Quarterly. From 1980 to 1988, Professor Dewar served as Chairman of the Organizational Behavior Department at the Kellogg School of Management. He has also served as the academic director for both Kellogg's Institute for Management and its Executive Development Program. Most recently, Professor Dewar was director of Kellogg's "Creating the Market Focused Organization" Executive Program.

His areas of expertise include the implementation of strategy through design of organizational systems and delivering customer service. He is currently researching manufacturer

About Robert
Research interests
  • Implementation of market/customer focus; manufacturers
Teaching interests
  • Leadership
  • organizational change
  • motivation
  • and implementation of strategy through effective organization design
  • PhD, 1976, Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    MS, 1971, Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    BA, 1969, History, Philosophy, Fordham University
  • Associate Professor, Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1980-present
    Department Co-Chairman, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2011-2012
    Department Chair, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1980-1988
    Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1976-1980
    Instructor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1974-1976
    Guest Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, 1975
    Instructor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1974-1976
  • Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, Kellogg School of Management, 1995-1996
    L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, Kellogg School of Management, 1987