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About Richard M. Burton

Richard M. Burton is Professor of Management at the fuqua School of Business, Duke University.

Research Interests

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.

Academic Degrees

• D.B.A. Managerial Economics and Production, 1967
  University of Illinois, Urbana
• M.B.A. Finance, 1963
  University of Illinois, Urbana
• B.S. Engineering Mechanics, 1961
  University of Illinois, Urbana