Max Boisot
Encyclopedia
Max Henri Boisot was Professor of Strategic Management at the ESADE
business school in Barcelona
, Associate Fellow at Templeton College, University of Oxford
, and Senior Associate at the Judge Institute of Management Studies at the University of Cambridge
.
He was also a research fellow at the Sol Snider Center, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
. His book Knowledge Assets was awarded the Ansoff Prize for the best book on strategy in 2000. The I-Space
framework which is central to his work is an acknowledged early influence on the development of the Cynefin
framework.
He attended Gordonstoun
and later studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and city planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, before taking his PhD in technology transfer at Imperial College London
. After working as a manager for construction firm Trafalgar House, in 1972 Boisot co-founded an architectural partnership, Boisot Waters Cohen, and from 1975 to 1978 acted as a consultant on projects in France and the Middle East.from 1983 to 1989, he was Director and Dean of China Europe Management Institute in Beijing China.
Max Boisot died from cancer on 7 September 2011, aged 67.
ESADE
The Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas is a college associated with the Ramon Llull University located in Barcelona, Spain. ESADE is composed of three departments; the ESADE Business School, the ESADE Executive Language Center and the ESADE Law School...
business school in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Associate Fellow at Templeton College, University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, and Senior Associate at the Judge Institute of Management Studies at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
.
He was also a research fellow at the Sol Snider Center, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton was the world’s first collegiate business school and the first business school in the United States...
. His book Knowledge Assets was awarded the Ansoff Prize for the best book on strategy in 2000. The I-Space
I-Space
The Information Space, or I-Space was developed by Max Boisot as a conceptual framework relating the degree of structure of knowledge The Information Space, or I-Space was developed by Max Boisot as a conceptual framework relating the degree of structure of knowledge The Information Space, or...
framework which is central to his work is an acknowledged early influence on the development of the Cynefin
Cynefin
The Cynefin framework is a model used to describe problems, situations and systems. The model provides a typology of contexts that guides what sort of explanations and/or solutions may apply. Cynefin is a Welsh word, which is commonly translated into English as 'habitat' or 'place', although...
framework.
He attended Gordonstoun
Gordonstoun
Gordonstoun School is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day pupils in Moray in North East Scotland. Named after the estate originally owned by Sir Robert Gordon in the 1600s, the school now uses this estate as its campus...
and later studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and city planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, before taking his PhD in technology transfer at Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
. After working as a manager for construction firm Trafalgar House, in 1972 Boisot co-founded an architectural partnership, Boisot Waters Cohen, and from 1975 to 1978 acted as a consultant on projects in France and the Middle East.from 1983 to 1989, he was Director and Dean of China Europe Management Institute in Beijing China.
Max Boisot died from cancer on 7 September 2011, aged 67.
Published work
- Information and Organization: The Manager as Anthropologist. London: Collins (1987)
- (Editor) East-West Collaboration: the Challenge of Governance in Post-Socialist Enterprises, London: Routledge (1993)
- Information Space: A Framework for Learning in Organizations Institutions and Cultures, London: Routledge (1995)
- Knowledge Assets: Securing Competitive Advantage in the Information Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press (1998). ISBN 978-0198296072
- Explorations in Information Space: Knowledge, Agents and Organization, co-authored with Ian C. MacMillan and Kyeong Seok Han, Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2007). ISBN 978-0199250875