Daniel
A.
Gruber
Assistant Professor
Daniel Gruber is an Assistant Professor in the Medill IMC department and Courtesy Professor of Management & Organizations in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Before joining the faculty, Dan completed his Ph.D. in the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Dan is a graduate of Washington University’s Olin School of Business, where he earned his
undergraduate degree in business administration and of Cornell University, where he completed a
Master’s degree in business administration from the Johnson School of Management and a Master’s
degree in industrial and labor relations. Dan’s research focuses on the relationship between firms and the financial media and his teaching centers on corporate communications, public relations, and managing change in dynamic environments.
Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Ph.D.
Teaching Philosophy
My goal as a teacher is to enrich and expand the perspective that my students bring to the world of business and specifically, to organizations. I believe that students learn most effectively when they are relaxed and focused at the same time. By creating a non-threatening and fun learning environment and by using material that is timely, relevant, and interesting, I aspire to make the classroom experience both rewarding and enjoyable.
Office
MTC 3-113
Phone
847-491-2200
Email
d-gruber@northwestern.edu
Course Info
IMC 306-0 Introduction to Public Relations Strategies and Tactics
IMC 457-0 IMC Implementation: Managing Integration
Research
Dan’s dissertation introduces an interdisciplinary conceptual framework about the relationship between firms and the financial media. He conducted two studies that focus on the quarterly earnings report, an important indicator for firms and a key source of news for the financial media. Dan’s other research interests include individual and organizational resilience, high reliability organizations, organizational theory, and management education.
Dan was the Doctoral Student Representative-At-Large on the Executive Committee of the Managerial and Organizational Cognition division of the Academy of Management. He was the President of the PhD Student Forum at the Ross School of Business and was a founding coordinator of the Sensemaking Interdisciplinary Workshop at the University of Michigan. Dan has worked for several organizations in the media and financial services industries, including Bank of America and GlobalNet Financial.com.
Awards / Professional Organizations
• 2008 Ross School of Business Teaching Excellence Award (BBA Program).
• 2007-2008 Gerald and Lillian Dykstra Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.
Publications / Presentations
Publications
Spreitzer, Gretchen, Coleman, M.S., and Gruber, D.A. (2007). "A Positive Approach to Strategic Leadership: Lessons from a University President." In Hooijberg, R., Hunt, J., Boal, K., and Antonakis, J. (eds.), Being There Even When You Are Not: Leading Through Structures, Systems, and Processes, Oxford: JAI Press.
Gruber, D.A. (2006) "The Craft of Translation: An Interview with Malcolm Gladwell." Journal of Management Inquiry 15: 397-403.
Gruber, D.A. (2005) "Inspired Leadership in Challenging Times: An Interview With Mary Sue Coleman." Journal of Management Inquiry
14: 338-342.
Presentations
2008 National Academy of Management Meetings, Anaheim, CA.
• Organized (with Klaus Weber and Daniel Beunza) a showcase symposium "Market Devices: Understanding the Underbelly of Financial Markets." Presented dissertation research in the session, "Dollars and Sensemaking."
• Presented "Bouncing Back: A case study of tennis player James Blake's resilience" in a showcase symposium "The Quest to Resilience."
2008 European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Presented a paper (with Gerardo Patriotta) in the organizations and media section of the workshop titled "Newsbreaking and Sensemaking."
2007 National Academy of Management Meetings, Philadelphia, PA.
• Organized showcase symposium (with Beth Bechky) "Screams, SWAT teams, and States of Emergency: Understanding Organizational Surprise."
• Presented "Tuning into Surprise," a qualitative study of a local TV newsroom.
2007 National American Sociological Association Meetings, New York, NY.
• Presented a poster (with Jerry Davis) "Dollars and Sense? An empirical investigation into the organizational tactics employed by firms to interact with the financial media."
2006 National Academy of Management Meetings, Atlanta, GA.
• Organized All-Academy symposium "Enacting the news: real-time learning and organizing in newsrooms" (with Kathleen Sutcliffe).
• Featured news executives from CNN, Atlanta-Journal Constitution - synthesis by Karl Weick.
• Co-organized Professional Development Workshop: "Learning about resilience: Research, teaching, and professional aspiration."