Charles O’Reilly

The Frank E. Buck Professor of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business

Schools

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Expertise

Biography

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Research Statement

Professor O’Reilly’s research spans studies of leadership, organizational demography and diversity, culture, executive compensation and organizational innovation and change.

Teaching Statement

Professor O’Reilly has taught courses for MBAs and executives in organizational innovation and change, strategy and leadership, organizational culture, and human resources.

Bio

BS (Chemistry), University of Texas at El Paso; MBA (Information Systems), PhD (Organizational Behavior) University of California at Berkeley. He has taught at UC Berkeley, UCLA, Columbia, and the Harvard Business School. He has published over 100 papers and three books. Several of his papers have won awards (e.g, The Administrative Science Quarterly Scholarly Contribution Award in 1995 and 1998; The California Management Review Accenture Award in 1996 and 2009).

He has been given the Distinguished Scholar Award by the Academy of Management (2010) and the Organizational Behavior Division Lifetime Achievement Award (2010). In 2001 he was given the Distinguished Teaching Award for MBA teaching at the Graduate School of Business.

He has consulted for a variety of public and private firms in the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Asia. He also has developed, directed, and taught in executive programs for senior managers in innovation, technology, leadership, change, and human resources.

Academic Degrees

PhD in Organizational Behavior, University of California, Berkeley, 1975
MBA, University of California, Berkeley, 1971
BS, University of Texas El Paso, 1965

Academic Appointments

At Stanford University since 1993
Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1980-1992
Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1976-1980

Awards and Honors

ASQ Scholarly Contribution Award 1995, 1998
Accenture Award for Best Paper published in the California Management Review, 1996, 2009
Academy of Management Distinguished Scholar Award, 2010
Organizational Behavior Division Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010
Journal of Organizational Behavior Best Paper Award, 2011

Executive Education & Other Non-Degree Programs

The Corporate Entrepreneur: Driving Innovation and New Ventures Learn how to translate ideas into action using strategic frameworks and design thinking; then put theory into practice with real innovation projects.
Customer-Focused Innovation Learn about cutting-edge social science frameworks and design thinking techniques in a unique partnership between Stanford GSB and d.school.
The Emerging CFO: Strategic Financial Leadership Program Guide your organization through growth with innovative CFO training that blends financial expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership skills.
Executive Program for Growing Companies Discover business growth strategies and build a stronger company designed to sustain progress, scale management, and facilitate market expansion.
Executive Program in Leadership: The Effective Use of Power Develop a leadership style and an action plan tailored to your personal objectives that inspire innovation in your team, your company, and the world.
Executive Program in Strategy and Organization Effectively diagnose and solve problems using proven frameworks for executing change in this multidisciplinary strategic management course.
The Innovative Technology Leader Explore the intersection of innovation, technology, and business, and learn to drive strategic change across your organization.
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal Leverage diverse research, proven methodologies, and design thinking for change management in this collaboration between Stanford and Harvard.
People, Culture, and Performance: Strategies from Silicon Valley Gain a competitive advantage using Silicon Valley models and mindsets to recruit, retain, and inspire people for performance and growth.
Stanford Executive Program: Be a Leader Who Matters Learn to generate change, inspire innovation, and instill excellence at this six-week executive program.

Videos

Courses Taught

Executive Program in Strategy and Organization

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford, California, United States

Aug 11

The Emerging CFO: Strategic Financial Leadership Program

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Online

The Innovative Technology Leader

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford, California, United States

Jun 30

Executive Program for Growing Companies

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford, California, United States

Aug 4

Driving Innovation and New Ventures in Established Organizations

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Online

Customer-Focused Innovation

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford, California, United States

Oct 6

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford, California, United States

Sep 15

People, Culture, and Performance: Strategies From Silicon Valley

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford, California, United States

Aug 11

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

Harvard Business School

Online

Stanford Executive Program: be a Leader Who Matters

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford, California, United States

Jun 21

Read about executive education

Cases

DaVita: A Community First, A Company Second | OB89 Charles O'Reilly, Jeffrey Pfeffer, David Hoyt, Davina Drabkin2014

Cypress Semiconductor: A Federation of Entrepreneurs | OB84 Charles O'Reilly III, David Caldwell2012

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (B), The Millennium Acquisition | OB83(B) Chris Beaumont, Asaka Itoh, Hiromichi Kimura, Robert Kneller, Charles O'Reilly III2012

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (C), The Future of Takeda | OB83(C) Chris Beaumont, Asaka Itoh, Hiromichi Kimura, Robert Kneller, Charles O'Reilly III2012

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Becoming a Global Company (A) | OB83(A) Chris Beaumont, Asaka Itoh, Hiromichi Kimura, Robert Kneller, Charles O'Reilly III2012

JetBlue Airways, A New Beginning | L17 David Hoyt, Charles O'Reilly III, Hayagreeva Rao, Robert Sutton2010

Internal Branding at Yahoo!, Crafting the Employee Value Proposition | HR25B Aneesha Capur, Charles O'Reilly III, Tim Perlstein2006

Liberty Medical Group (Condensed) | OB43 Condensed David Caldwell, Davina Drabkin, Charles O'Reilly III, Robert Pearl2004

Transforming Human Resources At Novartis: The Human Resources Information System (HRIS) | HR22 Charles O'Reilly III, Irene Wang2004

Wells Fargo and Norwest, \"Merger of Equals\" (A) | HR26A Victoria Chang, Charles O'Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer2004

Wells Fargo and Norwest, \"Merger of Equals\" (B) | HR26B Victoria Chang, Charles O'Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer2004

Yahoo! - A New HR Challenge (A) | HR25A Charles Catalano, Charles O'Reilly III2004

The Liberty Medical Group (A) | OB43(A) David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III, Robert Pearl2003

The Liberty Medical Group (B): Crossing the Great Divide | OB43(B) David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III, Robert Pearl2003

Universal Music Group in 2003 | SM112 Robert Burgelman, Lewis Fanger, Cecilia O'Reilly2003

CISCO Systems, Inc., The Acquisition of Technology is the Acquisition of People | HR10 Charles O'Reilly III2002

Building the Culture at Agilent Technologies: Back to the Future | HR20 Charles O'Reilly III, Grace Yokoi2001

Homestead Technologies: A Start-up Built to Last | HR18 Charles O'Reilly III2001

Siebel Systems, Culture as a Pillar of Success | HR14 Victoria Chang, Charles O'Reilly III2001

PSS World Medical, The Challenges of Growth and the Financial Markets | HR12 Charles O'Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer1999

Cypress Semiconductor, Vision, Values, and Killer Software (A) | HR8A David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III1998

Cypress Semiconductors, Vision, Values, and Killer Software (B) | HR8B David Caldwell, Charles O'Reilly III1998

New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) | HR11 Charles O'Reilly III1998

Southwest Airlines (A) | HR1A Charles O'Reilly III, Jeffrey Pfeffer1995

Southwest Airlines (B), Using Human Resources for Competitive Advantage | HR1B Charles O'Reilly III1995