A.D. Amar

Amar Dev Amar (A.D. Amar) is an Indian-American scholar, researcher, and educator of knowledge in organizations. He has been fiercely working to enhance the application of knowledge and knowledge analytics in management. His contributions and initiatives in enhancing knowledge work research through traditional and non-conventional means, especially involving the mind and meditation techniques from the ancient writings have been carried out in professional societies such as (AOM) (the Academy of Management), IFORS (International Federation of Operational Research Societies) and EURO (the Association of European Operational Research Societies).[1] Amar has lectured around the world promoting techniques to manage knowledge organizations and has authored over 100 publications in journals and periodicals such as Organizational Dynamics,[2] Harvard Business Review,[3] IIE Transactions,[4] and European Journal of Innovation Management.[5] Amar is a professor of management at the W. Paul Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University.[6]

A.D. Amar
Amar in 2017
Born
India
Alma mater
Organization
Known for
  • Knowledge Organization Management
  • Scheduling

Academic career

Amar studied science and engineering at the Punjab Engineering College of the Panjab University in India, continued at Montana State University and then moved on to The Graduate Center, City University of New York for doctoral studies in business and management, earning a Ph. D. degree in 1980.[7] In 1983, he joined the faculty of the Stillman School at Seton Hall University where he has trained students in strategy, operations, knowledge organization, and management. In addition to Seton Hall, Amar has served on the faculties of the Punjab Engineering College, Westminster Business School, London, Touro College-Moscow, and Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw. In addition to teaching and writing for journals and editing The Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business for twelve years, he published the book Managing Knowledge Workers.[8]

In 2010, Amar earned the NJBIA Bright Idea Award in Management by the NJPRO Foundation of New Jersey Business and Industry Association for his publication, "To be a better leader, give up authority".[9] More recently, a paper coauthored by him, "Does meditation improve emotional intelligence of senior managers? Findings from a study in London",[10] was the recipient of the 2013 Carolyn Dexter Finalist Award of the Academy of Management[11] and the 2014 Academy of Management Best Paper Award.[12] At the 2019 Academy of Management Annual Conference, Amar organized a symposium which won the "MSR Best Symposium Proposal" award.[13] He has served on nine management Ph.D. committees as an external examiner.

In addition to his academic career, Amar has been involved in civic activism. He has served and currently serves on several editorial and public boards. In 2008, he was a candidate for the Republican Primary from the New Jersey's 7th Congressional District U.S. House of Representative seat.

In the 2016 Presidential Campaign, Amar served as the founding president of the "Indian-Americans for Trump 2016" PAC.[14] Amar was one of the three notable university personalities to endorse Donald Trump before the start of the GOP primary saying, "I've been observing his style and management for many years..., there is a kind of unpredictability and a kind of drama. In his actual management and his execution, there is no drama, and there is no unpredictability".[15] As a result of his longtime commitment to Indian-American participation in politics, he was awarded Professor of the Year by the Indian American Republican Committee and by Proclamation of the New York State Senate.[16]

Publications
  • To be a better leader, give up authority (2009) - Harvard Business Review[3]
  • Motivating knowledge workers to innovate: A model integrating motivation dynamics and antecedents (2004) - European Journal of Innovation Management[5]
  • Managing knowledge workers: Unleashing innovation and productivity (2002) - Greenwood Publishing Group[8]
  • Knowledge management, strategy, and technology: a global snapshot (2004) - Journal of Enterprise Information Management[17]
  • Impact of wireless telecommunications standards and regulation on the evolution of wireless technologies and services over Internet protocol (2006) - Telecommunications Policy[18]
  • Leading for innovation through symbiosis (2001) - European Journal of Innovation Management[19]
  • A descriptive model of innovation and creativity in organizations: a synthesis of research and practice (2008) - Knowledge Management Research & Practice[20]
  • Simulated versus real life data in testing the efficiency of scheduling algorithms (1986) - IIE transactions[21]
  • Controls and creativity in organization (1998) - The Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business[22]
  • How managers succeed by letting employees lead - Organizational Dynamics[2]
  • Leadership for knowledge organizations (2016) - European Journal of Innovation Management[23]

References
  1. "Profile A D Amar". Seton Hall University. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  2. Amar, A.D. (2012). "How managers succeed by letting employees lead". Organizational Dynamics. 41: 62–71. doi:10.1016/j.orgdyn.2011.12.008.
  3. Amar, A.D. (2009). "To be a better leader, give up authority". Harvard Business Review. 87 (12): 22–24. PMID 19968054.
  4. Amar, A.D. (2007). "Simulated Versus Real Life Data in Testing the Efficiency of Scheduling Algorithms". IIE Transactions. 18: 16–25. doi:10.1080/07408178608975325.
  5. Amar, A.D. (2004). "Motivating knowledge workers to innovate: a model integrating motivation dynamics and antecedents". European Journal of Innovation Management. 7 (2): 89–101. doi:10.1108/14601060410534366.
  6. https://msr.aom.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=4549df02-27ef-4852-a4fd-f8766f37380e
  7. https://www.shu.edu/profiles/upload/AD-Amar-CV.pdf
  8. Amar, A.D. (2002). Managing Knowledge Workers: Unleashing Innovation and Productivity. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-56720-448-3.
  9. "Amar Receives Award". Seton Hall University. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  10. Tamwatin, T., Hlupic, V., & Amar, A. D. (2013). Does meditation improve emotional intelligence of senior managers? Findings from a study in London. Academy of Management 2013 Best Papers Proceedings. Academy of Management (Submission #11785). AOM 2013 Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL. http://proceedings.aom.org/content/2013/1/11785.short
  11. "Westminster Business School's paper awarded at the Academy of Management Conference 2014". University of Westminster. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  12. Amar, A. D.; Hlupic, Vlatka; Tamwatin, Tanmika (January 1, 2014). "Effect of Meditation on Self-perception of Leadership Skills: A Control Group Study of CEOs". Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014 (1): 14282. doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2014.300. ISSN 0065-0668. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  13. https://aom.org/EventDetail.aspx?id=2147486789
  14. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indian-american-pac-forms-support-donald-trump-n505981
  15. List of Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign primary endorsements#cite note-123
  16. https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/indian-american-republicans-are-delta-force-of-gop-says-new-york-state-party-chairman-edward/article_35c543e4-d53c-11e7-80a3-13422febc858.html
  17. Coakes, Elayne; Amar, A.d.; Luisa Granados, Maria (April 20, 2010). "Knowledge management, strategy, and technology: a global snapshot". Journal of Enterprise Information Management. 23 (3): 282–304. doi:10.1108/17410391011036076. ISSN 1741-0398.
  18. Maeda, Tadahiko; Amar, A. D.; Gibson, Allen (November 1, 2006). "Impact of wireless telecommunications standards and regulation on the evolution of wireless technologies and services over Internet protocol". Telecommunications Policy. 30 (10–11): 587–604. doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2006.09.004.
  19. Dev Amar, Amar (September 1, 2001). "Leading for innovation through symbiosis". European Journal of Innovation Management. 4 (3): 126–133. doi:10.1108/14601060110399289. ISSN 1460-1060.
  20. Amar, Amar Dev; Juneja, Januj A (December 1, 2008). "A descriptive model of innovation and creativity in organizations: a synthesis of research and practice". Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 6 (4): 298–311. doi:10.1057/kmrp.2008.18. S2CID 56910132.
  21. Amar Dev Amar Senior Member, Iie; Jatinder N. D. Gupta Senior Member, Iie (March 1, 1986). "Simulated Versus Real Life Data in Testing the Efficiency of Scheduling Algorithms". IIE Transactions. 18 (1): 16–25. doi:10.1080/07408178608975325. ISSN 0740-817X.
  22. "Controls and creativity in organization - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  23. Amar, A D; Hlupic, Vlatka (April 19, 2016). "Leadership for knowledge organizations" (PDF). European Journal of Innovation Management. 19 (2): 239–260. doi:10.1108/EJIM-12-2014-0120. ISSN 1460-1060.
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