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Books:

Picken, Joseph C. and Gregory G. Dess. 1997. Mission Critical: The 7 Strategic Traps that Derail Even the Smartest Companies. Burr Ridge, IL. Irwin Professional Publishing.

Dess, Gregory G and Joseph C. Picken. 1999. Beyond Productivity: How Leading Companies Achieve Superior Performance by Leveraging Their Human Capital. New York: AMACOM Books.

Journal Articles:

Picken, Joseph C. and Gregory G. Dess. November 1996. The Seven Traps of Strategic Planning. Inc.: 99-103.

Picken, Joseph C. and Gregory G. Dess. Summer 1997. Out of [Strategic] Control.Organizational Dynamics: 35:48

Picken, Joseph C. and Gregory G. Dess. Summer 1998. Right Strategy - Wrong Problem. Organizational Dynamics: 35:49

Dess, Gregory G., Joseph C. Picken & Jay J. Janney. January-February 1998. Subtracting Value by Adding Businesses. Business Horizons 41(1): 9-18

Dess, Gregory G. and Joseph C. Picken. 1999. Creating Competitive [Dis]Advantage: Learning from Food Lion's Freefall. Academy of Management Executive: 13(3)

Dess, Gregory G., Joseph C. Picken, and Douglas W. Lyon. October, 1998. Transformational Leadership: Lessons from U.S. Experience. Long Range Planning 31(5): 722-731.

Dess, Gregory G. and Joseph C. Picken. 1999. Changing roles: Leadership in the 21st Century. Organizational Dynamics. Winter 2000: 18-34

Conference Proceedings:

Picken, Joseph C. 1992. Aligning Strategy with Environmental Context: A model of adaptive decision-making. Proceedings of the Academy of Management. August 1992: 27-31.

Conference Presentations:

Picken, Joseph C. 1996. Organizational Attributes in Competitor Identification. Academy of Management Annual Meeting. August 1996.

Picken, Joseph C. 1998. Competitor Intelligence in Small and Mid-Sized Organizations. Academy of Management 1998 Annual Meeting., Business Policy & Strategy Division, August 1998.

Picken, Joseph C., Gregory G. Dess and Jay J. Janney. 1998. Competitive Advantage in the Knowledge Age: Leveraging Human Capital. Strategic Management Society 18th Annual International Conference, November, 1998.

Liang, Xin; Hermann Ndofor and Joseph C. Picken, 2002. Top Management Communication, Environmental Uncertainty and Organizational Performance: A contingency view. Accepted for Presentation at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2003.

Doctoral Dissertation:

Picken, Joseph C. 1995. Organizational Attributes in Competitor Identification and Competitor Intelligence. University of Texas at Arlington. Finalist in the 1996 Free Press Outstanding Dissertation Competition sponsored by the BPS Division of the Academy of Management.

Other Publications:

Bower, R. S., J. P. Williamson and J. C. Picken. 1966. Methods of leasing analysis: An analytic comparison. The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. Hanover, NH.

Newspaper Columns: The Dallas Business Journal, Dallas, TX:

You're the boss ...right? So why aren't your information systems working for you?  November 6, 1989.
Plan for success...or take a chance on failure. December 4, 1989.

Entrepreneurs must realize their skills have finite limits. January 2, 1990.

Building strong ties to markets and customers. February 5, 1990.

Include capital structure as part of your corporate strategy. March 5, 1990.

Setting a direction and sticking to it. April 2, 1990.

Building the infrastructure: Accounting and financial controls. May 7, 1990.

Building the infrastructure: Purchasing, inventory & product costing. June 4, 1990.

Building the infrastructure: Order processing and customer support. July 2, 1990.

Defining quality for emerging growth companies. August 6, 1990.

Managing working capital: Doing more with less. October 5, 1990.

A field guide to the American banker. November 2, 1990.

On the art of management: Lessons from the caveman. December 7, 1990.

On motivation: The concept of discretionary effort. January 4, 1991.

Continuous improvement on a shoestring: The concept of organizational investment. February 1, 1991.

Avoid the trap of one-dimensional management. March 1, 1991.

Opportunities for productivity: technology in services.April 5, 1991.

Fast growth presents all new problems for entrepreneurs. May 3, 1991.

Empowerment vs. control: the changing role of management. June 7, 1991.

For best results: Align incentive compensation with strategy. September 6, 1991.

Effective strategic planning: Focusing on the future. October 4, 1991.

The annual budget: An opportunity for CEO leadership. November 1, 1991.

Strategic focus: doing what you do best. December 6, 1991.