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Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld

Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld

Joined Stern 1994

Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Kaufman Management Center
44 West Fourth Street, 7-52
New York, NY 10012

E-mail bwiesenf@stern.nyu.edu
Personal website

Biography

Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld, Professor of Management at New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, is the Robert and Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellow and the Daniel P. Paduano Faculty Fellow. She received her Ph.D. in Management and Organizational Behavior from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Her teaching and research interests focus on the management of organizational change. She has examined organizations in various industries (e.g., banking, telecommunications, public utilities) undergoing downsizing, restructuring and re-engineering programs, exploring how to maintain productivity and the commitment of remaining employees. She also studies virtual work and telecommuting initiatives, online communities and the careers of top executives.

Research Interests

  • Organizational change (layoffs, restructuring, virtual work)
  • Self processes in organizations

Courses Taught

  • Management and Organizational Analysis
  • Management Organizations
  • Managing Organizational Change

Academic Background

Ph.D., Management/Organizational Behavior, 1995
Columbia University Graduate School of Business

B.A., Economics/Sociology, 1988
Columbia College

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship

  • Entrepreneurship

Management

  • Leadership
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Restructuring & Layoffs
  • Technology & Innovation