James G. March

Professore emerito cattedra Jack Steele Parker per l'International Management
Professore emerito di Scienze politiche
Professor emerito di Sociologia
Docente di Educazione alla Stanford University

Note personali e carriera accademica
Nascita: Wisconsin, 1928
Formazione accademica:
- 1949 laurea University of Wisconsin (Madison), 1950 master e 1953 Ph.D. Università di Yale
- dottorati onorari da Copenhagen School of Economics, Swedish School of Economics di Helsinki, University of Wisconsin di Milwaukee, University of Bergen, Uppsala University, Helsinki School of Economics, Dublin City University, Göteborg University e University of Poitiers
Carriera accademica:
- 1953 senior research fellow poi professore di amministrazione industriale e psicologia, Carnegie Institute of Technology (oggi Carnegie Mellon University)
- 1964 docente di psicologia e sociologia e preside della School of Social Sciences, University of California (Irvine)
- 1970 docente di Scienze Politiche e Sociologia, Stanford University
- 1970-1978 cattedra intitolata a David Jacks per l'Higher Education Stanford University
- 1980-1992 Fred H. Merrill Professorship of Management
- 1992-1995 Jack Steele Parker Professorship of International Management
- inoltre: membro del Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences e professore aggiunto alla University of Bergen
Ulteriori cariche:
- 1969-1974 membro del National Board Science
- 1975-1978 membro del National Council on Educational Research
-1984-1994 membro (1991-1993 presidente) del Board of Trustees of the Russell Sage Foundation
- 1989-1992 e 1996-2000 membro del Board of Directors of Sun Hydraulics Corporation
- 1998-1999 membro del Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research
- 1996-2001 membro di Wally Industries
- 1994-2001 membro (1994-2000 presidente) del Board of the Citigroup Behavioral Sciences Research Council
Nomine:
- 1973 National Academy of Sciences
- 1974 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1971 National Academy of Education
- 1971 National Academy of Public Administration
- 1978 Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
- 1980 Accademia italiana di Economia aziendale
- 1989 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 1994 Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters
- 2001 American Philosophical Society
Riconoscimenti:
- 1968 Wilbur Cross Medal, Yale University
- 1984 Academy of Management Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management
- 1995 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford University
- 1997 John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association
- 1999 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Academy of Management

Bibliografia
Pubblicazioni e saggi:
Organizations (1958 e 1993), A Behavioral Theory of the Firm (1963 e 1991), Handbook of Organizations (1965 e 1987), Mathematics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences (1969), Leadership and Ambiguity (1974 e 1986), An Introduction to Models in the Social Sciences (1975 e 1993), Ambiguity and Choice in Organizations (1976), Autonomy as a Factor in Group Organization (1980), Ambiguity and Command (1986), Decisions and Organizations (1988), Rediscovering Institutions (1989), Efficiency and Adaptiveness in Organizations (1994), A Primer on Decision Making (1994), Fornuft og Forandring (Danish: Reason and Change) (1995), Democratic Governance (1995), The Pursuit of Organizational Intelligence (1999), The Dynamics of Rules (2000). 
Libri di poesie: Academic Notes (1974), Aged Wisconsin (1977), Pleasures of the Process (1980), Slow Learner (1985), Minor Memos (1990), and Late Harvest (2000).