Albert A. Vicere
Emeritus Professor of Management and Organization
Dr. Albert A. Vicere is Teaching Professor of Business Administration at the Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University. Recipient of numerous MBA teaching awards for his courses on strategic leadership, he has served in various leadership roles for the Smeal College including Associate Dean for Executive Education, Director of the Institute for the Study of Organizational Effectiveness, and Faculty Director of the Executive MBA Program and the Master’s in Strategic Management and Executive Leadership Program. In addition to his duties at Penn State, he is President of Vicere Associates Inc., a consulting firm that has worked with major organizations in over forty countries to help them address issues in strategy and leadership development. The firm’s clients have included 3M, AMD, American Express, the American Red Cross, Anheuser-Busch, ARAMARK, AT&T, BASF AG, Boeing, BP, British Airways, Cisco, Continental AG, Daimler-Benz, Dow Chemical, Eastman Kodak, Ecolab, LM Ericsson, Exelon, First Data, Four Seasons, Hallmark, Henkel KGaA, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Kraft, The Limited, McDonald's, Merck, Motorola, National Australia Group, National Health Service (UK), Petron (Philippines), PwC, Rockwell Automation, Samsung, Saudi Aramco, Schering-Plough, Scudder Kemper Investments, Unisys, UNIVAR, U.S. Steel, and Western Union. Dr. Vicere holds bachelors, master’s, and doctoral degrees from the Pennsylvania State University. He has published more than ninety articles and professional papers in leading journals including Organizational Dynamics, Planning Review, Human Resource Planning, The Journal of Management Development, and Adult Education Quarterly. His books include Leadership by Design (Harvard Business School Press) and The Many Facets of Leadership (FT Prentice-Hall). He has been profiled as a thought leader in executive and leadership development by the journal Business Horizons and his articles have been honored with two Literati Club Awards for Excellence. He is a recipient of the Institute for Management Studies’ Distinguished Faculty Award and his landmark article, Leadership in the Networked Economy, was awarded the Human Resource Planning Society’s 2003 Walker Prize as article of the year. He also was profiled among the ten top leadership development coaches in Marshall Goldsmith’s book, The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching (John Wiley & Sons). Active in numerous professional and academic organizations, Dr. Vicere serves on the Board of Directors for the Jana Marie Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in memory of his daughter and committed to helping adolescents, their families, and their communities deal with issues related to mental health and suicide prevention. He also serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Management Development (UK), and on the Board of Directors for Strategia Analytics Inc., a strategy and culture assessment firm based in Tucson, AZ.
Education
D ED in Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Education, University Park, PA, 1983-08-01 MED in Counselor Education, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Education, University Park, PA, 1979-05-15 BA in Advertising, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Liberal Arts, University Park, PA, 1975-05-15
Courses Taught
B A 565
Presents a senior executive perspective on key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders.
B A 565 – Strategic Leadership
Presents a senior executive perspective on key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders.
B A 596
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
B A 597B – Strategic Leadership (B)
This course presents a C-level perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders as they seek to adapt themselves and their organizations to today's global business environment. Course content is based on extensive research and
B A 597B – Strategic Leadership II (B)
This course presents a CEO's perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders as they seek to adapt themselves and their organizations to the evolving business environment.
B A 597B (B)
This course presents a CEO's perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders as they seek to adapt themselves and their organizations to the evolving business environment.
B A 597C (C)
This course presents a CEO's perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders as they seek to adapt themselves and their organizations to the evolving business enviroment.
B A 597D (D)
Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
B A 597F – Strategic Leadership Independent Study (F)
Critical analysis of "The Innovator's Dilemma" and "The Innovator's Solution".Investigation of whether the theory applies to health care and medical devices. Recommendations about possible approaches to strategy to stay innovative.
B A 597F (F)
Focuses on challenges for senior leaders in adapting to global business environment.
B A 598A (A)
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH NECESSARY SKILLS TO APPLY P.S.U. COMPUTER CAPABILITIES TO GRADUATE BUSINESS COURSES AND PROVIDE SKILLS WHICH WILL APPLY TO GRADUATE RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS. PREREQUISITE: ADMISSION TO THE MBA PROGRAM.
BA 565 – Strat Ldrship
This course presents a senior executive perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders. Course content is based on extensive research on the experiences of senior leaders from major organizations around the world. The lessons from these experiences form the backbone of a series of discussions on the changing context for setting strategy and leading organizations in an evolving business environment. Students who complete the course will demonstrate the ability to think strategically about organizational issues and challenges, develop effective strategies for organizational performance and success, and shape organizational cultures that facilitate strategy implementation and organizational change.
BA 597 – Special Topics
Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
BA 597B – **Special Topics** (B)
BA 865 – Strat Ldrship
Presents a senior executive perspective on key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders. B A 565 Strategic Leadership (1-3)This course presents a CEO's perspective on the key opportunities and challenges faced by business leaders as they seek to adapt themselves and their organizations to the evolving business environment.
MGMT 596
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
MGMT 596 – Individual Studies
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
MGMT 597K (K)
Creative projects, including nonthesis research, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Selected Publications
Vicere A. "Ghostbusting and the Power of Living Forth" Centre Daily Times, 2023-03-26
Vicere A. A. "Covid-19’s Challenge for Leaders" PA Business Central, 2021-02-26
Vicere A., Ziskin I., McLaughlin L. L. "Leadership Development: The Shift from “Ready Now” to “Ready Able" Sage Handbook of Human Resource Management, 2019-05-01
Vicere A. "The HR Executive's Most Crucial Capability? A Strategic Leadership Mindset" Three: The Human Resource Emerging Executive, 2015-01-01
Vicere A. "The Direction and Alignment (DNA)® Model: Focusing Leadership and Driving Performance" 2014-01-01
Vicere A. "The Real Legacy of Leadership: Aligning Rhetoric with Reality" The AMA Handbook of Leadership, 2010-01-01
Vicere A. "Job 1 for Leaders: Aligning Rhetoric to Reality" Business Coaching Worldwide (e-zine), 2009-06-30
Vicere A. "Surviving the Terrible Two(thousand)s: A Participant's Guide" Leader Values, 2009-01-01
Vicere A. "Coaching for Leadership Depth" The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching, 2005-03-01
Vicere A. "CEO Corner" Scripps-Howard News Service (bi-monthly syndicated column), 2005-01-01
Vicere A., Hayes T. "Conversations with a Change Agent" Human Resource Planning, vol. 27, 2004-01-01
Vicere A. "The Right DNA" Training, vol. 54, 2004-01-01
Vicere A. "Leadership and the Networked Economy" Gold Collection: Leadership Development, 2003-01-01
Vicere A., Alldredge M., Johnson C., Stoltzfus J. "Leadership Development at 3M: New Process, New Techniques, New Growth" Human Resource Planning, vol. 26, 2003-01-01
Vicere A. "Leadership in the Networked Economy" The Many Facets of Leadership, 2003-01-01
Vicere A., Vosburgh R. M. "The Gold Collection: Leadership Development" 2003-01-01
Vicere A., Goldsmith M., Govindarajan V., Kaye B. "The Many Facets of Leadership" 2003-01-01
Vicere A. "Building Leaders and Driving Change" Chief Learning Officer, vol. November, 2002-01-01
Vicere A. "Leadership and the Networked Economy" Human Resource Planning, vol. 25, 2002-01-01
Vicere A. "Life, Love and Legacy" Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 2002-01-01
Vicere A. "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" Employment Relations Today, vol. 29, 2002-01-01
Vicere A. "Competencies and Capabilities: Staffing the E-Business" Pushing the Digital Frontier, 2001-01-01
Vicere A., Tucker V. "Kennametal (abridged)" 2001-01-01
Vicere A. "Time to Take Charge" AT&T Now, vol. January, 2001-01-01
Vicere A. "New Economy, New HR" Employment Relations, vol. 27, 2000-01-01
Vicere A. "Strategy Leadership Culture Questionnaire (SLCQ®)" 2000-01-01
Vicere A. "Ten Observations on e-Learning and Executive Development" Human Resource Planning, vol. 23, 2000-01-01
Vicere A. "Changes in Practice, Changes in Perspectives: The 1997 International Study of Executive Development Trends" Journal of Management Development, vol. 17, 1998-01-01
Vicere A. "Does HP Have Three Problems: Culture, Culture and Culture?" HP Measure, vol. November-December, 1998-01-01
Vicere A., Fulmer R. M. "Leadership by Design" 1998-01-01
Vicere A., Fulmer R. M. "Crafting Competitiveness: Developing Leaders in the Shadow Pyramid" 1996-01-01
Vicere A., Fulmer R. M. "Executive Development: An Analysis of Competitive Forces" Planning Review, vol. 24, 1996-01-01
Vicere A. "Executive Education: The Leading Edge" Organizational Dynamics, vol. Autumn, 1996-01-01
Vicere A. "Executive Education: The Leading Edge" 1996-01-01
Vicere A., Tucker V. F. "Executive Education: The Leading Edge, Proceedings of UNICON '96." 1996-01-01
Vicere A. "Foreward: Fujitsu--The Story of a Company" 1996-01-01
Vicere A. "The Changing Context for Leadership and Organizational Development" Executive Education: The Leading Edge, Proceedings Unicon '96, 1996-01-01
Vicere A., Fulmer R. M. "Executive Education and Leadership Development: The State of the Practice" 1995-01-01
Vicere A. "Executive Education and Strategic Imperatives: A Formula for Crafting Competitiveness" American Journal of Management Development, 1995-01-01
Vicere A. "Special Edition Editor" American Journal of Management Development, vol. 1, 1995-01-01
Vicere A. "Special Edition Editor: Executive Development: New Roles, New Models" American Journal of Management Development, vol. 1, 1995-01-01
Vicere A. "The Changing Context for Leadership and Organization Development" 1995-01-01
Vicere A., Fulmer R. M. "The Changing Nature of Executive Education and Leadership Development" American Journal of Management Development, vol. 1, 1995-01-01
Vicere A. "The Cycles of Global Leadership" American Journal of Management Development, vol. 1, 1995-01-01
Vicere A. "The Knowledge Creation Cycle: A Framework for Assessing Executive Development Techniques" 1995-01-01
Vicere A. "The Market for University-Based Executive Education Programs" Executive Directions, vol. 2, 1995-01-01
Vicere A., Graham K. R. "Crafting Competitiveness: Toward a New Paradigm for Executive Development" Shared Wisdom: Best Practices in Development and Succession Planning, 1994-01-01
Vicere A., Freeman V., Taylor M. "Executive Development in Major Corporations: A Ten-Year Study" Journal of Management Development, vol. 13, 1994-01-01
Vicere A., Ready D., White A. "Executive Education: Can Universities Deliver?" Human Resource Planning, vol. 16, 1994-01-01
Vicere A., Tucker V., Taylor M. W. "Executive Education: The State of the Market" Journal of Continuing Higher Education, vol. Winter, 1994-01-01
Vicere A., Ready D., White A. "Linking Executive Education to Strategic Imperatives" Journal of Management Learning, vol. 25, 1994-01-01
Vicere A., Ready D., White A. "Towards a Systems Approach to Executive Development" Journal of Management Development, 1994-01-01
Vicere A., Ready D., White A. "Executive Development Planning and the Role of Executive Education" 1993-01-01
Vicere A., Taylor M., Freeman V. "Executive Education in Major Corporations: 1992 International Study of Executive Education Trends" 1993-01-01
Vicere A., Ready D., White A. "Trends in Executive Education: Towards a Systems Approach to Executive Development Planning" International Management Development Network (INTERMAN), 1993-01-01
Vicere A. "A Little Something to Think About..." Journal of Continuing Higher Education, vol. Fall, 1992-01-01
Vicere A. "Developing Strategic Leaders" Journal of Management Development, vol. 11, 1992-01-01
Vicere A., Tucker V. F. "Executive Development for Global Competitiveness: Proceedings of the 1991 Annual Conference of the Consortium of University Executive Program Directors" 1992-01-01
Vicere A. "Executive Resources Planning and Development" Human Resource Planning, vol. 15, 1992-01-01
Vicere A., Ready D., White A. "The Role of Executive Education in Executive Resource Planning" 1992-01-01
Vicere A. "The Strategic Leadership Imperative for Executive Development" Human Resource Planning, vol. 15, 1992-01-01
Vicere A., Moore R. "Bringing Business Experience to the Nonprofit Sector: What Works and What Doesn't" Mid-American Journal of Business, vol. 6, 1991-01-01
Vicere A. "The Changing Paradigm for Executive Development" Journal of Management Development, vol. 10, 1991-01-01
Vicere A. "A New Focus on Learning 'Revolutionizes' Executive Development" Bricker Bulletin on Executive Education, vol. 9, 1990-01-01
Vicere A., Graham K. R. "Crafting Competitiveness: Toward a New Paradigm for Executive Development" Human Resource Planning, vol. 13, 1990-01-01
Vicere A. "Developing the 21st Century Executive" Executive Development: An International Journal, vol. 3, 1990-01-01
Vicere A., Freeman V. "Executive Education in Major Corporations: An International Study" Journal of Management Development, vol. 9, 1990-01-01
Vicere A., Graham K. R. "Management Development" New Frontiers in Banking Strategy: Managing People for Results in Turbulent Times, 1990-01-01
Vicere A. "Universities as Providers of Executive Education," Journal of Management Development" Journal of Management Development, vol. 9, 1990-01-01
Vicere A. "Why Use University-Based Executive Education Programs?"" Bricker's International Directory of University Executive Programs, 1990-01-01
Vicere A. "Executive Education and Development: Universities Engage in Emerging Discipline" Executive Development: The Organization as Classroom, 1989-01-01
Vicere A., Freeman V., Bode R. "Executive Education in Major Corporations: An International Study of Executive Education Trends" 1989-01-01
Vicere A. "Executive Education: Process, Practice and Evaluation" 1989-01-01
Vicere A., Freeman V. "Kennametal A, B, and C (series of three cases)" 1989-01-01
Vicere A. ""University-Based Executive Programs: The Penn State Experience" Proceedings, 37th Annual Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration, 1988-01-01
Vicere A. "Beyond a Lick and a Promise: Effective Marketing Communications for Higher Education" Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, vol. 1, 1988-01-01
Vicere A. "Continuing Professional Education: How to Make Friends and Influence Faculty Development" Journal of Staff, Organization and Program Development, vol. 6, 1988-01-01
Vicere A. "The Changing 'Value Added' of University Executive Programs" Executive Education in Corporate America, 1988-01-01
Vicere A. "University-Based Executive Education: Impacts and Implications" Journal of Management Development, vol. 7, 1988-01-01
Vicere A. "Break the Mold: Strategies for Leadership" Personnel Journal, vol. 66, 1987-01-01
Vicere A., MacQueen C. R. "Conrail's Development Program: On Track Toward Company Vision" Personnel, vol. 64, 1987-01-01
Vicere A. "Managing Internal Entrepreneurs" Creativity, 1987-01-01
Vicere A. "Dimensions of Academic Leadership" Issues in Higher Education, Volume 20, Proceedings, Third Annual Conference on the Academic Chairperson, vol. 20, 1986-01-01
Vicere A. "An Eye Toward the Future: Strategic Planning and Continuing Education" Continuum, vol. 49, 1985-01-01
Vicere A., Bither S. W., Freeman V. "Bethlehem Steel: Bar, Rod and Wire Division" 1985-01-01
Vicere A. "Creating Order from the Chaos: Academic Integrity in Continuing Professional Education" Adult Education Quarterly, vol. 35, 1985-01-01
Vicere A. "Dr. Paul Drake" Issues in Higher Education, vol. 20, 1985-01-01
Vicere A. "How Non-Credit Programs Can Encourage Faculty Development" Issues in Higher Education, Volume XVI Proceedings, Third Annual Conference on Non-Credit Programs in Higher Education, 1985-01-01
Vicere A., Freeman V. "Management Skills Assessment--Human Resources" 1985-01-01
Vicere A. "Managing for Productivity" 1985-01-01
Vicere A. "Managing Internal Entrepreneurs" Management Review, vol. 74, 1985-01-01
Vicere A., Graham K. R. "B.E.O.C. (Big Executives On Campus)" Training and Development Journal, vol. 38, 1984-01-01
Vicere A. "Perceptions of Faculty on the Impact of Teaching Executives on Personal and Professional Development" Journal of Continuing Higher Education, vol. 32, 1984-01-01
Vicere A. "Restructuring the Business School" Business Forum, vol. 8, 1983-01-01
Vicere A. "Executive Development in the "Fortune 500" Companies: 1982 Survey Report" 1982-01-01
Vicere A. "Marketing Communications for Continuing Education: A Planning Model" Continuum, vol. 46, 1982-01-01
Vicere A. "Executive Education in the "Fortune 500" Companies: 1981 Survey Report" 1981-01-01
Vicere A., Hackman L. S. "Executive Program Evaluation: A Survey of Written Techniques," 1981-01-01
Vicere A. "Faculty Development: The Other Side of Continuing Professional Education" Continuum, vol. 45, 1981-01-01
Vicere A. "Teaching Managers to Motivate: An Applied Model" Continuing Higher Education, vol. 29, 1981-01-01
Vicere A. "The Role of Higher Education in Corporate Executive Development" Continuing Higher Education, vol. 29, 1981-01-01
Vicere A. "Survey of Executive Education Within the 'Fortune 500' Firms" 1980-01-01