Mary Jo Hatch

Mary Jo Hatch (PhD. Stanford University) is the C. Coleman McGehee Eminent Scholars Research Professor of Banking and Commerce, Emerita, at the University of Virginia (USA) and Visiting Professor IEDC Bled School of Management (Slovenia). 

Mary Jo Hatch (PhD. Stanford University) is the C. Coleman McGehee Eminent Scholars Research Professor of Banking and Commerce, Emerita, at the University of Virginia (USA) and Visiting Professor IEDC Bled School of Management (Slovenia). Previously she served in Visiting Professor roles at Singapore Management University and Copenhagen Business School as well as Gothenburg University where she was involved with Business and Design Lab, a joint program of the School of Business, Economics and Law and the School of Craft and Design.

Her research has focused on corporate branding; organizational culture and identity; and art, design and organization, with a particular interest in applying studio pedagogy to teaching about organization. She has published over 75 articles in academic and practitioner journals as well as several books including: Organizations: A Very Short Introduction (2011, Oxford University Press); Taking Brand Initiative: How Companies Can Align Strategy, Culture, and Identity Through Corporate Branding (with Majken Schultz, 2008, Jossey-Bass/Wiley); and The Three Faces of Leadership: Manger, Artist, Priest (with Monika Kostera and Andrzej Koźmiński, 2005, Blackwell).

She is currently working on the 4th edition of her textbook, Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives (Oxford University Press). She speaks regularly to business executives and has taught graduate students across Europe, Brazil, Singapore and the US. Professor Hatch is also an avid and accomplished painter. 


















Mixing it up a little at this year’s AoMO will be our Keynote Listener. Throughout the conference we will have a “fly on the wall” – Mary Jo Hatch will navigate her way through the conference, attending sessions and engaging in conversations with participants to weave together a tapestry of the emerging dialogue and debate. This exercise will culminate in an interesting on-stage dialogue between Mary Jo and the audience on Sunday 4th at 11.30am – Prof Steve Taylor will act as discussant during this session.