Arie de Geus (11 August 1930 – 9 November 2019) was a Dutch

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business theorist Organizational theory refers to a series of interrelated concepts that involve the sociological study of the structures and operations of formal social organizations. Organizational theory also seeks to explain how interrelated units of organiza ...

and scenario planner, Witzel, Morgen. ''Fifty key figures in management''. Routledge, 2004. p. 63-65 who was the head of

Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company, headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New ...

's Strategic Planning Group and was a public speaker.

Life and work

De Geus was born in

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on 11 August 1930. He joined Royal Dutch/Shell in 1951 and remained there until his retirement in 1989. After he retired, de Geus was a visiting fellow of

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and worked with

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's Center for Organizational Learning. He died on 9 November 2019.

Publications

* "The Living Company" Nicholas Brealey, London (1997) Articles, a selection: * "The Living Company," ''Harvard Business Review'', 1997; winner of the McKinsey Award * "Companies: What Are They?" Lecture Royal Society of Arts, 1995 * "Planning as Learning" ''Harvard Business Review'' (1988)

References

External links

Arie de Geus
at ariedegeus.com

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