Karl Moore

Desautels Faculty of Management

Marketing

 

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BSc Ambassador University
MBA University of Southern California
PhD Schulich School of Business (York University)
MA Oxford University

Curriculum vitae
 

Dr. Karl Moore joined McGill's Faculty of Management in autumn 2000, where he teaches graduate courses in globalization and leadership.  He has taught extensively in executive education and MBA programs with leading universities including: Oxford, LBS, Cambridge, Darden, INSEAD, Duke, the Drucker School, the Rotterdam School of Management, IIM Bangalore, Queen's and McGill.

He was on the faculty of Oxford University for 5 years from 1995-2000 where he taught executive education at Templeton College, and on the MBA and doctoral programs at the Saïd Business School.  An experienced senior corporate manager prior to joining academia, Dr. Moore worked 12 years in sales and marketing management positions in the high tech industry with  IBM, Bull and Hitachi. He is a cycle director for the Advanced Leadership Program, a program chaired by Henry Mintzberg. He also works with Henry as a module director on the International Masters for Health Leadership and the IMPM. In 2002 he won the Faculty teaching award at the MBA level. 

Dr. Moore's publications include 20 refereed journal articles, 10 books or edited volumes, 10 chapters in books, 27 executive articles and dozens of conferences papers. His research has been published in a number of leading journals including:  SMJ, JIBS, Human Relations, Management International Review, Business History, Marketing Management, World Business, Across the Board, Leader to Leader, Strategy + Business, European Business Forum, Chief Executive, The Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Behavioural Science, Policy Options, Marketing Research and the Journal of Brand Management. His research has received well over 550 Google Scholar citations and over 110 ISI web of science citations. He was elected to an M.A. (Oxon) in 1995.

His current research is on postmodern leadership and globalization. On the history side of globalization and international business, he and co-author historian David Lewis have published articles in Business History and the Management International Review on international business in the ancient world. Their latest book, "Origins of Globalization" was published by Routledge in April 2009. It has received worldwide press attention.

With Arthur Porter, CEO of the MUHC, he is writing a book on the 9 central issues faced by CEOs it will be published in 2010. In 2006, Karl was a columnist in the Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper on leadership. More recently, he launched a weekly podcast/videocast on leadership and management in conjunction with the Globe in June 2007. It can be heard at wwww.globeandmail.com Karl was recently appointed a Senior Fellow in Leadership at the Canada School of Public Service.

He has been a consultant to leading global firms including: Nokia, Morgan Stanley, IBM, British Airways, HP, Shell, Volvo, Accenture, Lilly, Pfizer and Regis McKenna.  Articles on his research and op ed pieces written by him  have appeared in the Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Independent, the Guardian, Les Echoes, the Australian Financial Review, Het Financielle Dagblad, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, La Presse, the Montreal Gazette, and other leading papers. He is a regular guest in the media and appears on CNN, BBC, CBC, CTV and Global Television, Karl has given over 1200 press inteviews in his career.  The winter 2006 issue of Business Strategy Review, published by the London Business School, identified Karl among a group of world’s greatest business thinkers. Others on the list of about 20 include: Charles Handy, Phillip Kotler, Gary Hamel, Warren Bennis and Rosabeth Moss Kanter.