Stephen H. Fuller

Stephen H. Fuller was born on February 4, 1920 in Athens, Ohio.[3][4] He was educated at the Athens High School.[4] He graduated from Ohio University in 1941, where he also won the Award of Merit.[5] He earned a master in business administration from the Harvard Business School in 1947, followed by a Doctorate of Commercial Science.[3]

Fuller became a professor at his alma mater, the Harvard Business School, in 1952.[3] He taught classes about organizational behavior and collective bargaining.[3] He was the Associate Dean from 1963 to 1969.[3] He retired as the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration emeritus at the Harvard Business School.[3]

Fuller was the founding president of the Asian Institute of Management in Makati, the Philippines.[3]

Fuller was the Vice-President of Personnel of General Motors from 1971 to 1982.[3][6] In this capacity, he was in charge of improving productivity and motivation among workers.[7] In 1981, he announced layoffs based on performance.[8]

Fuller was also the chairman and chief executive officer of World Book Encyclopedia.[6] In 1989, he moved their offices to suburban Chicago, namely Evanston and Elk Grove Village to cut down operating costs.[9]

Fuller married Frances Mulhearn.[6] They had four children: Mark B. Fuller; Joseph B. Fuller; Teofilo Fuller; and Roger Palaganas.[6] His sons Joseph and Mark co-founder the Monitor Group, a consulting firm now known as Monitor Deloitte. Joseph is also a professor at the Harvard Business School.

Fuller died on January 24, 2005 in Belmont, Massachusetts, at the age of 84.[6] He was buried at the Mount Auburn Cemetery.[6]

Fuller and his widow are the namesakes of The Frances M. and Stephen H. Fuller Visiting Professorship in Southeast Asian Studies at Ohio University.[4]

• Fuller, Stephen H.; Selekman, Benjamin M.; Selekman, Sylvia K. (1950). Problems in Labor Relations. New York: McGraw-Hill. OCLC 923575675.
• Bowers, David G.; Fuller, Stephen H.; Jones, Lawrence M. (1982). Management and Employee Relationships within the Federal Aviation Administration: An Analysis of Management-Employee Conflict within the Air Traffic Control System of the Federal Aviation Administration and a Program of Action to Improve Working Relationships Throughout the Organization. Washington, D.C.: Federal Aviation Administration. OCLC 8291393.