Benjamin Tregoe (December 23, 1927 – April 20, 2005) was co-founder of Kepner–Tregoe, a

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firm, where he served as chairman emeritus until his death in 2005. Tregoe helped found the company in 1958 with fellow RAND Corporation employee Charles Kepner based on their research on rational decision making and problem solving.

Education

Tregoe received a bachelor's degree from

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and a PhD in sociology from

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. In 1990, he received an honorary LL.D. from Whittier College. He also sat on the board of directors of The J.M. Smucker Company, Whittier College, the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, the National Alliance of Business, and served as chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University.

Published works

In addition to lecturing, Tregoe also wrote books on management methodology and decision making. His most well-known book is ''The Rational Manager'' (1965). Other texts include ''Top Management Strategy'' (1980), ''Vision in Action: Putting a Winning Strategy to Work'' (1990), ''The New Rational Manager: An Updated Edition for a New World'' (1997), and “Analytic Processes for School Leaders” (2001). Benjamin B. Tregoe: List of Books by Author Benjamin B. Tregoe
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Tregoe Education Forum

In 1993, Benjamin Tregoe established the non-profit Tregoe Education Forum (renamed TregoED in 2010). He served as its chairman until his death in 2005.

References

External links

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