Ichak Adizes

Ichak Kalderon Adizes is an Yugoslavian American business consultant and former tenured professor.[2]

Ichak K. Adizes [1]
Photograph of Ichak Kalderon Adizes
Born1937 (age 83–84)
Skopje, North Macedonia
OccupationManagement consultant and researcher
TitleFounder of the Adizes Institute

Early life

Ichak Adizes was born in North Macedonia.[3] As a Jewish child during World War II, he hid in Albania as a Muslim for protection. The story was documented in a film entitled I Want To Remember, He Wants To Forget.[4]

In 1948, Adizes moved with his family to Israel, where he served in the Israel Defense Forces. After completing his undergraduate education, he moved to the United States in 1963, where he obtained a doctorate degree in business from Columbia University.[4]

Career

From 1967 to 1982 Adizes was a tenured professor at UCLA,[4] then at Stanford, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University and Columbia University's executive programs.[5]

Adizes founded the Adizes Institute, which is based in Santa Barbara, California.[3]

Theorums

Adizes developed the Corporate Life Cycle model to diagnosis of organizational problems.[6] He developed the PAEI model, an acronym standing for Producer, Administrator, Entrepreneur and Integrator. These are four different talents, all required for a business to succeed, but which are not held by one single person.[7][8] The CAPI model predicts the probability of efficient implementation of decisions. He has researched how best to manage government during political changes.[9]

Adizes has developed the concept of “democraship”, where a group of leaders develops policy decisions democratically, but implements them dictatorially;[10] and the Founder's Trap concept of collaborative leadership.[11]

Adizes is an author of 26 books published in 37 languages.

Personal life

Adizes is married to Nurit Manne Adizes. They have six children and live in Carpinteria, California.[3] He plays the accordion.[12]

References
  1. "Ichak Adizes earns University of Belgrade honorary PhD degree (article in Serbian language)". Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  2. "KeySpeakers".
  3. Donelan, Charles (February 16, 2012) "Pianist Ratimir Martinović at SBCC", Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  4. "Ichak Adizes". Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  5. Waghorn, Ken Blanchard Terry. "Make Sure Your Employees Trust You--Or Else".
  6. "Does Discipline Squelch Flexibility and Creativity?, Offices and Operations Article". 1 January 2006.
  7. Benson-Oke, Akintola (April 5, 2017) "Leadership Success Through Synergy: Maximizing Performance in Public Sector Management", Vanguard News Nigeria. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  8. Polyakov, Alexander (December 8, 2016) "Four Rules Chief Information Security Officers Can Use to Cope With the Unexpected", Forbes.com.Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  9. "Dr Ichak Kalderon Adizes on Soviet time problems businesses are facing in Kazakhstan". Tengrinews.kz.
  10. "Is there a best form of government? - The Nation".
  11. Rittmanic, Mark (20 July 2016). "Avoid the Founder's Trap in Your Organization".
  12. "ESpeakers Marketplace". MarketPlace eSpeakers.
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