Daniel Gruber

Started Fall 2004

email:  dagruber@umich.edu   
Phone: 734.763.4613 (office)
Office:  E0401
Advisor: Kathleen Sutcliffe, Jerry Davis

Personal Web Site

Program

Management and Organizations

Research Interests

Sensemaking
Resilience
Media organizations
Rigor and relevance in business schools
Organizational theory

Dissertation

"Dollars and Sensemaking: The theoretical mechanisms at the interface between firms and the financial media"

Publications

Journals:

Gruber, D.A. (2005) "Inspired Leadership in Challenging Times: An Interview With Mary Sue Coleman," Journal of Management Inquiry 14: 338-342.  

Gruber, D.A. (2006) "The Craft of Translation: An Interview with Malcolm Gladwell."  Journal of Management Inquiry 

Book Chapters:

Spreitzer, Gretchen, Coleman, M.S., and Gruber, D.A. (2007).  "A Positive Approach to Strategic Leadership: Lessons from a University President."  In Hooijberg, R., Hunt, J., Boal, K., and Antonakis, J. (eds.), Being There Even When You Are Not: Leading Through Structures, Systems, and Processes, Oxford: JAI Press.

Presentations

2008 National Academy of Management Meetings, Anaheim, CA.

• Organizing (with Klaus Weber and Daniel Beunza) a showcase symposium "Market Devices: Understanding the Underbelly of Financial Markets."  I will present my dissertation research in the session, "Dollars and Sensemaking."

• Presenting in Brianna Caza and Lu Wang's showcase symposium "The Quest to Resilience: Examining the Role of Emotions and Relationships."  I will present "Bouncing Back: A case study about tennis player James Blake's resilience."

2008 European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• Presenting a paper (with Gerardo Patriotta) in the organizations and media section of the conference titled "Newsbreaking and Sensemaking."

2007 National Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia, PA.

• Organized showcase symposium (with Beth Bechky) "Screams, SWAT teams, and States of Emergency: Understanding Organizational Surprise."

• Presented "Tuning into Surprise" in the symposium that was sponsored by three AOM divisions.

2007 National American Sociological Association Meetings, New York, NY.

• Presented a poster (with Jerry Davis) "Dollars and Sense? An empirical investigation into the organizational tactics employed by firms to interact with the financial media in the United States."

2006 National Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, GA.

• Organized All-Academy symposium "Enacting the news: real-time learning and organizing in newsrooms" (with Kathleen Sutcliffe)

• Symposium featured news executives from CNN and the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, academic presentations, and synthesis by Karl E. Weick

• Co-organized Professional Development Workshop: "Learning about resilience: Research, teaching, and professional aspiration."

Service      

• Student representative-at-large Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division, Academy of Management, 2007-2009.

• Sensemaking Interdisciplinary Forum coordinator, 2006-present.

• Co-organization of the Management & Organizations Department Seminars, January 2008 - present.

• President, PhD Forum, Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, 2006-2007.

• Co-organizer (with Kathleen Sutcliffe and Marlys Christianson) of the 2005 Resilience Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.

• Organizer Management & Organizations Doctoral Student Professional Development Group October 2004-July 2006.

• Ph.D. Admissions and Recruitment Committee, Management and Organizations Department, 2005.

Teaching

• Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan: MO300 Behavioral Theory in Management, Winter 2007 (required BBA core course, 71 undergraduates).

• Guest lecturer in the Ross School of Business, the Organizational Studies department, the School of Music, and the English Language Institute Pre-MBA Program.

• Selected to attend the Doctoral Institute at the 2007 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference.

Educational Background

Cornell University, MILR/MBA
School of Industrial and Labor Relations/S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management

Washington University, BSBA
John M. Olin School of Business

Work Experience

• Cornell University, Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies

• PNC Financial, Human Resource Associate

• Global Net Financial, Managing Editor

• Bank of America, Credit Analyst

Awards/Grants:

• 2008 BBA Student Award for Teaching Excellence.

• 2007-2008 Gerald and Lillian Dykstra Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.

• 2004 ICOS Doctoral Student/Faculty Small Grant Award with Kathleen M. Sutcliffe: "Reporting the News and Managing the Unexpected."

Professional Memberships:

Academy of Management