J. STEVEN OTT, Ph.D.
Dean, College
of Social and Behavioral Science
Professor, Department of Political Science
260 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm. 205
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-581-8620
801-581-5081 (fax)
jsott@csbs.utah.edu
Education:
Ph.D. Public
Administration (1986) University of Colorado (D.P.A. converted to Ph.D.
in 1988)
M.S., Industrial Management (1964) Sloan School of Management, M.I.T.,
Cambridge, MA
B.A. Labor-Management Relations (1960) Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
Experience:
1992 - 2000, Associate Professor, Professor, and Director of the Master of Public Administration program, University of Utah.
1987 - 1992, Assistant/Associate Professor, and Director of Graduate Programs in Public Administration, University of Maine.
1985 - 1987,
Special Assistant to the Dean and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate
School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado – Denver.
1963 - 1987, Consulting and management positions in southern California
and Colorado.
Professional Accomplishments:
• Author
or editor of 18 book editions.
• Author or co-author of 19 journal articles and book chapters.
• For the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and
Administration: Chair, Standards Committee; Member, Executive Council,
Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation; President, Section on Nonprofit
Management Education.
• President, Pi Alpha Alpha, National Honor Society in Public Affairs
and Administration.
Representative Publications:
Classics
of Organization Theory (6th ed.) Belmont, CA: Wadsworth-Thomson,
2005 (with J. M. Shafritz and Y. S. Jang, Eds.).
“Understanding Organizational Climate and Culture.” In Stephen
E. Condrey (Ed.), The Handbook of Human Resource Management in Government
(2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley in press, 2005 (with
Abdul M. Baksh)
“Post 9-11 Human Resources Management in Nonprofit Organizations.”
Review of Public Personnel Administration, 23(2), June 2003,
97-113 (with Lisa A. Dicke).
The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector. Boulder, CO: Westview Press,
2001 (Ed.).
Understanding Nonprofit Organizations: Governance, Leadership, and Management.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2001 (Ed.).
New Governance for Rural America: Creating Intergovernmental Partnerships.
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1996 (with B.A. Radin et al).
