Robert A. Cooke, Ph.D.
Robert A. Cooke is CEO and Director of Human Synergistics International and
Associate Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Illinois at
Chicago. Cooke was previously an Associate Research Scientist at the University
of Michigan’s Survey Research Center (Institute for Social Research) and
a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. in
Organizational Behavior from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
University, where he was a National Defense (Title IV) and Commonwealth Edison
Fellow.
Dr. Cooke specializes in the development and validation of surveys used for
individual, group, and organization development. His surveys include the Organizational
Culture Inventory, Organizational Effectiveness Inventory, Leadership/Impact,
and Group Styles Inventory. These instruments have been translated
into numerous languages and used throughout the world by consultants and
trainers for organizational development and research purposes. Cooke personally
has used his materials with hundreds of organizations, including GE, Motorola,
Ford Motor Company, the U.S. Department of Defense, and CINergy
Cooke has served as Study Director on numerous research projects on management,
organizational change, and human subject experimentation. His research has been
supported by such agencies as the National Science Foundation, the National
Center for Health Services Research, the National Institute of Education, and
the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects. He has conducted
applied survey research projects for various corporations and government
agencies including Ford Marketing Institute, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Merck, the Federal Aviation Administration, Northwestern
University’s Readership Institute, and the U.S. Government Accountability
Organization.
The author of over 75 articles, chapters, and technical reports, Cooke’s
research has appeared in such journals as Psychological Reports, Science, The
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Journal of Applied Psychology,
Educational and Psychological Measurement, and Group & Organization
Management.
Cooke’s research has been selected for the William Davis Memorial Award
for outstanding scholarly research and the Douglas McGregor Memorial Award for
Excellence in the Applied Social Sciences. His teaching has been recognized
with the MBA Professor of the Year Award and the Alumni Award for Outstanding
Teaching at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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