Burton Nanus Explained

Burton B. "Burt" Nanus (born 1936, New York NY)^[1] is an American academic, Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California, where he was a faculty member from 1969 to 1994.

Biography

• Bachelor of Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1957^[2]
• Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959
• Doctor of Business Administration, University of Southern California, 1967,He wrote his thesis on "The implications of EDP for multinational business operations." ^[3]

Prior to joining the University of Southern California, he worked at Sperry Rand Corporation, the System Development Corporation, and his own consulting firm, Planning Technology, Incorporated.^[4]

Academic work

Nanus is the author of several books:

• (with Stephen M Dobbs) Leaders Who Make a Difference: Essential Strategies for Meeting the Nonprofit Challenge, San Francisco : Jossey-Bass 1999 ^[5]
• Leading the Way to Organizational Renewal, Portland, Or. : Productivity Press, 1996
• Visionary Leadership (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership), 1995
  • Translated into German as Visionäre Führung, into Spanish as Liderazgo visionario : forjando nuevas realidades con grandes ideas. and into Japanese as ビジョン・リーダー : 魅力ある未来像の創造と実現に向かって (Romanized JP: Bijon rīdā : Miryoku aru bijon no sōzo to jitsugen ni mukatte)
• The Vision Retreat: a Facilitator's Guide, San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1995
• Visionary Leadership: Creating a Compelling Sense of Direction for Your Organization,: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1992 According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1291 libraries ^[6]
  • Translated into Polish as Wizjonerskie przywództwo : jak stworzyć atrakcyjną wizję dla twojej organizacji?
• The Leader's Edge: the Seven Keys to Leadership in a Turbulent World, Chicago : Contemporary Books, 1989
• Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge, 1985, co-authored with Warren Bennis
  • Translated into French as Diriger
• Developing strategies for the information society, 1982
• The emerging network marketplace, 1981

External links

• Web site: Burt Nanus . Speakerpedia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1940 U.S. Census Archive. Archives. 25 September 2013.
2. Web site: Newsmakers, May 2002 - The Stevens Alumniletter . https://archive.today/20120805151546/http://www.stevens.edu/alumni/News_&_Publications/Alumniletter/ALMay02/Newsmakers_May_2002.htm%232 . dead . 2012-08-05 . Stevens Institute of Technology . 2002-03-18 . 2011-12-04 .
3. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ANanus%2C+Burt.&fq=ap%3A%22nanus%2C+burt%22&dblist=638&start=61&qt=next_page#%2528x0%253Abook%2Bx4%253Athsis%2529format WorldCat
4. Web site: Success Audiobook HSB -The Neuropsychology of Leadership Main Page . Sybervision.com . 2011-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111203035220/http://www.sybervision.com/Leaders/index.htm . 2011-12-03 . dead .
5. Reviewed by Andrew Malekoff in Social work with groups. 24, no. 1, (2001): 93
6. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26013236 WorldCat item record