[轉貼]哈佛商學院長 跳槽楊百翰

[James]

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哈佛商學院院長克拉克（KimClark）6日宣布，7月31日將辭職，轉任楊百翰大學愛達荷分校（BYU-Idaho）的校長。
現年56歲的克拉克自1995年起出任哈佛商學院院長，是該院創立97年來第八位院長。克拉克擁有哈佛大學經濟學學士、碩士與博士學位，在技術與營運管理方面學有專精，自1978年來即任教於哈佛商學院。

哈佛大學校長桑莫斯（Lawrence Summers）說：「克拉克是極能幹的哈佛商學院領導人。」桑莫斯說，物色繼任人選的過程即將展開，過渡期會先任命代理院長。

在克拉克任期間，哈佛商學院捐贈基金的規模扶搖直上，從5.5億美元激增到超過18億美元。除擴建波士頓校區外，克拉克領導下的哈佛商學院還在歐洲、拉丁美洲、亞洲和加州建立六座研究中心。

克拉克聲明：「我有幸能在這段了不起的成長復興期，領導世上最傑出的商學院。」身為摩門教徒的克拉克表示，要不是耶穌基督末世聖徒教會會長興格萊（Gordon Hinckley）5月25日來電邀他接下新職務，否則他也許會待在哈佛商學院更久。

鑑於近年來美國爆發一連串企業醜聞，克拉克去年在哈佛商學院引進倫理道德課程，希望教導學生「做正確的決定」。桑莫斯說，克拉克讓哈佛商學院成為全國公司治理與價值觀議題的討論中心。

桑莫斯說：「在各界批評企業唯利是圖的時刻，我相信，本商學院在克拉克的領導下，已向企業界展示，企業在獲利與繁榮的同時，對員工和社群也要盡義務。」

克拉克也是美國最大電動工具製造商百得公司（Black & Decker）及紐約JetBlue航空公司的董事。

哈佛商學院創於1908年，現有1,800名企管碩士班學生、91名博士班學生，教職員207人。楊百翰大學愛達荷分校的前身是兩年制的瑞克斯學院（Ricks Col-lege），後由摩門教會在2000年改為四年制的大學。

【2005/06/08 經濟日報】

[twkevin]

JUNE 6, 2005

B-SCHOOL NEWS
By Francesca Di Meglio and William C. Symonds


Harvard's Case Study in Surprise
Stunning the campus, B-school Dean Kim Clark is leaving to head the Idaho unit of Brigham Young University. The search is on for a successor
Since he came to Harvard as a freshman in 1967, Harvard Business School Dean Kim Clark has left the university only once -- to serve as a Mormon missionary in Germany. Now, at 56, Clark is once again answering the call of his church. On June 6 he announced he's leaving Harvard to become president of Mormon-affiliated Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg.

Although he's credited with increasing the faculty, bringing more technology into the classroom, and raising the endowment, Clark's final year at HBS was highlighted by an incident where prospective students hacked into the school's admissions software.

At the press conference announcing Clark's resignation, Harvard University President Lawrence Summers suggested that the next dean could very well come from within the B-school's faculty. The eighth dean in HBS's 97-year history, Clark will be stepping down on July 31, by which time Summers says he will have named an interim dean.

HACK ATTACK. Clark's departure comes amid some difficulties for the prestigious business school and the greater Harvard community. Business schools in general have been suffering from a declining pool of applicants, rising tuition costs, and a reduced market and stagnating salaries for MBAs. HBS applications were down 16% in 2004 vs. 2003.

Harvard's MBA program dropped two places, to No. 5, in BusinessWeek's 2004 rankings of best B-schools. Students downgraded the school for having an unresponsive administration. Hiring companies gave HBS the worst marks of any ranked B-school for its career-placement center, despite the rave reviews they had for overall student performance.

Then, in early March, about 119 HBS applicants hacked into software to find out if they had been accepted. Although other schools were affected by the hacking, HBS was the first to react by outright rejecting any guilty applicants. This set off weeks of debate, and some folks even sold T-shirts with the words, "Save the Harvard 119." One camp saw the move as insensitive because the software clearly lacked security, while others thought HBS -- and Clark in particular -- was a role model in ethics for its response (see BW Online, 3/9/05, "An Ethics Lesson for MBA Wannabes"). In fact, many B-schools did follow HBS's lead including Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

BIG SHOES. At a January academic conference, Summers caused a stir when he spoke of the scarcity of women in the highest ranks of science and engineering, and wondered if the imbalance reflected gender-based "intrinsic aptitude." By March, the faculty of arts and sciences had voted in favor of censure and wrote that the faculty lacked confidence in Summers' leadership. (During Clark's tenure, the number of women at HBS has increased from 28% in 1995 to today's 34%.) It's hard to say what, if any, effect this had on Clark's decision to step down as dean. But Summers has proved to be a polarizing figure.

Whoever replaces Clark will have big shoes to fill. He has increased the faculty by 20% and was well-known for his commitment to course development and teaching. The school's endowment rose from $550 million to more than $1.8 billion, and its campus was renovated to include additional classrooms, housing, a student center, and a larger library and academic center. Intellectual property and globalization issues became top priorities, and HBS established six research centers in Europe, Latin America, Hong Kong, Japan, India, and California.

Clark will be fondly remembered by many. "Besides being the world's nicest person, he had a vision and aligned us all to help build that vision," says Dwight Crane, the George F. Baker Jr. professor of business administration at HBS.

UNLIKELY MOVE. The departure was unexpected, both for Clark and the school. On May 25, Clark says he got a call from Gordon Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who asked him if he would be interested in becoming president of BYU-Idaho. Clark says he agreed almost immediately. He then informed Summers, who he has known since 1976, when both were graduate students in economics at Harvard.

It's not the most likely career move. In terms of academic reputation, a huge gulf separates the world's most prestigious business school from BYU-Idaho, which became a four-year college only in 2000, after decades as a two-year institution. But Clark -- a devout Mormon who has seven children and six grandchildren -- clearly felt he should answer his church's call. In December, previous BYU-Idaho President David Bednar moved up to a leadership position in the Mormon church.

Summers confesses that he made little effort to get Clark to stay put at HBS. "It became clear almost instantly that...the president of the church had spoken, and I was best off accommodating the reality I faced."


Harvard Press Conference - June 6, 2005
ACADEMIC BUZZ. Still, while Clark's new assignment may come as a surprise, even he admits that after 10 years in the top job, he was nearing the end of his tenure as HBS dean. "I have felt for some time that 10 years is a good time [to serve] as dean," he says. "So my wife and I have been talking about what we were going to do [next]." However, Clark insists that had he not gotten the call from the president of his church, he would certainly have remained as dean for "quite a bit longer than I'm going to now."

While Summers expects to name an interim dean before Clark leaves, the search for a permanent replacement will take many months and certainly stretch well into the fall. As is usual at Harvard, Summers will set up a committee to help conduct the search. But as president, he'll make the final recommendation to Harvard's governing boards on who should succeed Clark.

The B-school community has already started to speculate on the next HBS dean. "What's different about the Harvard job is that it's a very important platform," says Ted Snyder, dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. "What I really liked about [Clark] was that he was such a thoughtful person, and I think at Harvard, the ideal is to have an effective leader but also to have someone who doesn't try to outshine the faculty."

"WE CAN'T SIT STILL." His successor -- whoever he or she might be -- will face many challenges. HBS won praise thanks to Clark's commitment to infusing globalization and technology into the curriculum. But the next dean will have to do even more of that just to keep up with the times.

"There are significant challenges ahead for business education that require changing the academy, the way we teach, and what we study," says Clark. "We can't sit still." And neither can that search committee. The institution is just too important to the business community.

[twkevin]

JUNE 8, 2005

B-SCHOOL NEWS
By Jordan Burke


Bye, Boston. Hello, Boondocks
When the Mormon church called, Harvard's Kim Clark didn't hesititate to quit one of academia's loftiest perches for a new gig in Rexburg, Idaho
Until this week, Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark had never visited Brigham Young University-Idaho, a college run by the Mormon church. But that was before Clark made what has struck some as an unlikely career move -- accepting a job as president of the school, located in Rexburg, in the southeastern corner of Idaho.

Though the offer was a surprise, Clark accepted the post, which was offered to him by Gordon Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). "It's an opportunity to do something quite different than I've done before," says Clark, who has taught at Harvard since 1978 and has been dean for 10 years (see BW Online, 6/6/05, "Harvard's Case Study in Surprise"). "It's really just an opportunity to do something I love to do."

FRESH CHALLENGE. For people outside the LDS church culture, the move by Clark, a devout Mormon along with his wife and seven children, could be seen as an exit from the business world to move up the ecclesiastical leadership ladder. But that's not the case, he says. Though BYU-Idaho's last president, David Bednar, was tapped in April to become a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the church's second highest ecclesiastical body, Clark's move doesn't immediately make him a candidate.

It's just another new challenge for him to work on. "I'm a teacher, a lifelong student," he says. "I love school and love to learn."

At BYU-Idaho, which became a four-year university in 2001, Clark won't undertake any new ecclesiastical function and will be paid as similar university presidents are.

Most LDS church members consider leadership positions as a chance to serve and not something sought after. Though ecclesiastical leaders are not paid, heads of universities and other church-owned businesses, such as the publisher Deseret Book, are paid, principally through their individual company revenues. Church members are counseled to pay a tithe, or one tenth of their income to the church, which helps fund building expenses, proselytizing efforts, and three universities.

POTATO MECCA. So far, Clark hasn't outlined any specific changes he wants to institute, but he says his purpose isn't to add a graduate school. The university will remain a teaching institution he says. "The focus at BYU-Idaho is on undergraduate education," he says of the school, which has 10,500 students. "Our efforts are all going to be directed on creating the best four-year experience we can."

Though he won't be running another business school, don't count out Clark importing similar philosophies. But whether that means the school will bring the case-study method to students remains to be decided. "It's a very intriguing question," says Clark, who adds that the case study participant-centered learning approach does seem "a natural fit" for BYU-Idaho.

Even so, life in Rexburg will be far different from Boston. The rural community was founded by Mormons in 1883, has about 22,000 residents and bills itself as "America's Family Community." The area is primarily agricultural, and major businesses include Artco, a stationery printer, and potato processing companies.

"ONE FOR ALL." "This isn't a normal state school," says Steve Bennion, former president of Ricks College, as the school was known before it became BYU-Idaho, and current president of Southern Utah University. "There's a culture there that is 'all for one and one for all.' It's one of supportiveness, whether it's supporting the faculty or supporting the administration, where people cheer for each other.... There's an unusual blend when you combine the academic and religious."

As for Clark's ties to the business world, he wouldn't say if he will retain his seat as a member of the board of directors at JetBlue (JBLU ) and Black & Decker (BDK ). Those his decisions will be made later in the summer later this summer after consulting with other church leaders. But there's one thing that's already clear. Clark's surprise announcement will make an interesting case study in unanticipated career moves.

[stupidgirl]

難怪他對道德如此要求...
原來宗教是一個很大的原因
thanks for sharing^^

[swy3321]

謝謝分享如此感人的文章
楊百翰大學確實是一所top的教會贊助的綜合性大學
本校在Provo,Utah
分校在
1.Hawaii
2.Idaho

雖為私立大學.但是學費便宜且校風優質
大家可列為考慮喔!

[abon]

問個有點無關的問題


要怎麼進HBS 的RESEARCH　CENTER阿
他們recruit的方式是？

[swy3321]

Deseret Morning News, Wednesday, October 12, 2005

President installed at BYU-Idaho

Julie Dockstader Heaps
Deseret Morning News

REXBURG, Idaho — Charging him to "lead the university to new heights of honor, achievement and recognition," President Gordon B. Hinckley formally installed Kim B. Clark as the 15th president of BYU-Idaho Tuesday.

"You follow and enhance the tradition of those pioneers who long ago came to this isolated area, plowed the virgin soil and settled these valleys," President Hinckley told the 56-year-old former dean of the Harvard Business School.


The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presided at and spoke at inaugural events in a packed auditorium at the church-owned university in Rexburg.


He was accompanied by his counselors in the First Presidency, President Thomas S. Monson and President James E. Faust. Also present were Elders Richard G. Scott, Robert D. Hales, Henry B. Eyring and David A. Bednar of the church's Quorum of the Twelve, along with other church leaders.


Both Elders Eyring and Bednar are former presidents of Ricks College, which became BYU-Idaho in 2001.


Other dignitaries attending the event included Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers, both of whom spoke.


In his address, President Hinckley said, "Education is part of our religion."


Explaining that knowledge, understanding and education are eternal, the church president declared: "It is, for this reason, that this church spends millions of its resources on educating its young people. Our annual budget for education is the largest single budget we have in the church, with the exception of expenditures for building and maintaining houses of worship as we grow and advance across the world."


Where the church cannot maintain universities, there is a program of religious institutes with facilities near campuses of almost every major educational institution in America, President Hinckley added.


Directing some of his comments to Clark, President Hinckley said, "We are so richly blessed to have you presiding over this institution. You are a man of great learning. You are an individual with a demonstrated humanitarian spirit. You are recognized for your abilities across the world. Now you have been kind enough to come here, to build this university."

In his inaugural response, Clark, who was accompanied by his wife, Sue, summarized the mission of BYU-Idaho with two words: disciple and leader.


"The first is: disciple," President Clark said. "Our mission, our very purpose, is to educate, develop and prepare disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. This purpose is deeply rooted in this university. In a way that I have found remarkable, this is a student-centered university. It is that way by divine appointment. The Lord watches over this university in a direct and powerful way . . .


"The second word is: leader. When I use that word I have in mind leadership with a small L. This is a kind of leadership we need in every part of every kind of organization in society. We want our students to provide the kind of leadership that serves and inspires — first and foremost in their families and in the church, in their communities and in their work."


Earlier this year, the news that the dean of the Harvard Business School was coming to Rexburg, Idaho, to lead BYU-Idaho traveled the nation's academic circles. Summers said the news was "bittersweet" for Harvard "but wonderful news for your university, and for all who care about American higher education and the character of those who lead its institutions."


Clark and Summers are longtime friends, having been graduate students together some 30 years ago.


The new BYU-Idaho president, who is LDS, received his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in economics from Harvard University. He became a member of the faculty at the Harvard Business School in 1978. On June 6, the church announced Clark would be the new president of BYU-Idaho.


He succeeds Robert M. Wilkes, who served as interim president when Elder Bednar was called to the church's Quorum of the Twelve in October 2004.