Richard M. Burton is Professor of Management at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.
His research interests are among others: Organization Theory that focuses on the choice of organizational design and strategy: the development and study of organizational structures and processes to achieve efficient coordinated planning and control; and implementation of organizational strategy for performance. In this context, an organization is viewed as a large number of interdependent subunits and individuals each of whom has its own goals, structures, processes, information, and measures of performance.
Richard has a D.B.A. Managerial Economics and Production, from University of Illinois, Urbana (1967), an M.B.A. Finance, from University of Illinois, Urbana (1963), and a B.S. Engineering Mechanics from University of Illinois, Urbana (1961).