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Richard Kopelman
Professor of Management
Department of Management

Email: Richard_Kopelman@baruch.cuny.edu

Ted Joyce

Raymond Cornbill

Harry M. Rosen

Richard Kopelman

Joseph Onochie

Ann Cohen Brandwein

Paula Walter

Lauren Block


Dr. Richard E. Kopelman is Professor of Management at the Zicklin School of Business of Baruch College, and Academic Director of the Executive Master of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations (MSILR) Program. Previously, he was the Academic Co-Director of the Baruch/Cornell MSILR Program (1985-1998).

The author of more than 100 published articles and chapters in academic and professional publications, Dr. Kopelman’s research has focused on improving work motivation, productivity, and organizational  Sample publications include his text (McGraw-Hill) Managing Productivity in Work Organizations and the article, "Managing for Productivity: One-Third of the Job," (National Productivity Review). He presently serves on the Editorial Review Boards of three journals: the Journal of Psychology, the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, and the Journal of Organizational Excellence.

He has consulted for several corporations and non-profit/ government organizations. As a consultant (for more than 25 years) he has focused on improving organizational effectiveness through enhanced employee work motivation, improved employee selection, and supervisory training.  In recent years his consulting has primarily been with health care organizations.

Education
BS, MBA, University of Pennsylvania
DBA, Harvard University

Selected Publications
Kopelman, Richard E., Prottas, David j., Thompson, Cynthia A., and Jahn, Eileen W.  "A Multilevel Examination of Work-Life Practices:  Is More Always Better?”  Journal of Managerial Issues, 2006, 18, 232-253.

Kopelman, Richard E., Rovenpor, Janet L, and Guan, Mingwei, The Study of Values: Construction of the Fourth Edition,” Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2003, 62, 203-220.

Kopelman, Richard E., "GMFAC:  A Successful Approach to Organizational Improvement at a Large City Hospital,” Journal of Organizational Excellence, 2003, 23, 37-42.

Bellucci, Marian, Tonges, Mary Crabtree Tonges, and Kopelman, Richard E.  “Doing Well by Doing Good: The Case for Objective Feedback in Case Management, Journal of Case Management, 1999, 18, 161-166. 

Olivero, Gerald, and Kopelman, Richard E., “Reducing Patient-Flow Cycle Time in the Emergency Room of an Inner City Hospital,” National Productivity Review, 1998, 17(4), 5-12.

Kopelman, Richard E., Olivero, Gerald, and Hannon, Natalie, "100 Days to Better Service in Health Care," Training & Development, 1997 51(11), 84-85.

Olivero, Gerald, Bane, K. Denise, and Kopelman, Richard E. “Executive Coaching as a Transfer of Training Tool: Effects on Productivity in a Public Agency,” Public Personnel Management, 1997, 51(11), 461-469.