Geary A. Rummler is a partner in the Rummler-Brache Group, a research and consulting group specializing in the design and development of organization performance systems for business and governmental organizations in the United States and abroad. He received his B.A. degree (1959), his M.B.A. degree (1960), and his Ph.D. degree (1971) from the University of Michigan.
Prior to funding The Rummler-Brache Group, he served as President of the Kepner-Tregoe Strategy Group, specialists in strategic decision making. He cofounded and was President of Praxis Corporation, an innovator in the analysis and improvement of human performance, and cofounded and was Director of the University of Michigan's Center for Programmed Learning for Business.
Dr. Rummler was a pioneer in the application of instructional and performance technologies to organizations and brings this experience to the issue of organization effectiveness. His clients in the private sector have included the sales, service and manufacturing functions of the aircraft, automobile, steel, food, rubber, office equipment, pharmaceutical, tele-communications, chemical and petroleum industries; as well as the retail banking, and airline industries. He has also worked with such US federal government agencies as IRS, SSA, HUD, GAO and DOT.
Dr. Rummler has published a variety of books and articles. In 1988, he co-authored Training and Development: A Guide for Professionals, with George S. Odiorne. In 1990, he co-authored Improving Performance — How to Manage the White Space on the Organization Chart with Alan P. Brache.Geary has won numerous awards and has served as President of ISPI, a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) and a member of the Editorial Board of Training Magazine.
Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space on the Organization Chart