Richard A. Swanson (born 1942) is an American organizational theorist and Distinguished Research Professor of Human Resource Development and the Sam Lindsey Chair at the

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(UTT), known for his synthesis work on the financial research related to

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Biography

Swanson was born in 1942. He received a B.A. at

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in 1964 and a M.A. in 1966. In 1968 he received an

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from the

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. Swanson has worked at the

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from 1979 until 2005, and since 2005 as

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of Human Resource Development and Adult Education at the University of Minnesota in

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. He is also professor emeritus at the

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. Since 2006 Swanson is a Distinguished Research Professor of Human Resource Development and the Sam Lindsey Chair at the College of Business and Technology at the University of Texas at Tyler.A full list is presented in
Dr. Richard A. Swanson
Retrieved 2 June 2008. Swanson has been organizationally active for a long time. In 1968 he initiated and directed an effort by the Department of Industrial Education in recruiting disadvantaged undergraduates from Ohio's center cities. Among three dozen other activities, he has been president of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD), and at the end of 2007 he chaired UTT's HRD Faculty Search Committee. Swanson is founding editor of ''

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'', a scholarly journal sponsored by AHRD, and founding editor of the ''Human Resource Development Quarterly'', the research journal of AHRD and the American Society for Training and Development. Swanson was awarded in 1993 by the American Society for Training and Development, a national award for his scholarly contributions to the profession. In 1995 the Society named their annual award for the outstanding manuscript in each volume of the HRDQ after Swanson. He received an Outstanding HRD Scholar Award in 2000, in 2001 by the AHRD and received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois College of Education.Richard A. Swanson
Regents of the University of Minnesota, 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2008.

Publications

Swanson has written and co-authored some seven books and more than 200 articles and other publications. A selection: * 1988. ''Forecasting Financial Benefits of Human Resource Development'' * 1990. ''Performance appraisal : perspectives on a quality management approach''. With Gary N. McLean, and Susan R. Damme, editors. * 1996. ''Analysis for Improving Performance: Tools for Diagnosing Organizations and Documenting Workplace Expertise''. * 1999. ''Results: How to Assess Performance, Learning, and Perceptions in Organizations'' * 2001. ''Foundations of Human Resource Development'' * 2001. ''Assessing the Financial Benefits of Human Resource Development'' * 2005. ''The Adult Learner'' * 2005. ''Research in Organizations''. * 2007. ''Analysis for improving performance : tools for diagnosing organizations and documenting workplace expertise''

References

External links

Richard A. Swanson
homepage.

at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
Richard A. Swanson Research Excellence Award
homepage. {{DEFAULTSORT:Swanson, Richard A. 1942 births Living people American business theorists American systems scientists The College of New Jersey alumni University of Illinois College of Education alumni University of Minnesota faculty University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty University of Texas at Tyler faculty