Academics

Faculty & Staff

photo of Benyamin Lichtenstein

Benyamin B Lichtenstein , PhD

  • Associate Professor in Management
  • Telephone: 617.287.7887
  • Office Location: M-5-214

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship and Small Business; Clean-Tech – Sustainability – Social Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Transformation; Leadership.

Degrees

PhD, Boston College, 1998
BA, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1988

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Complexity and the Nexus of Leadership: Leveraging Nonlinear Science to Create Ecologies of Innovation; 2010. J. Goldstein, J. Hazy & B. Lichtenstein. N.Y.: Palgrave MacMillan Press.
  • Complex Systems Leadership Theory. 2007. J. Hazy, J. Goldstein & B. Lichtenstein, Editors. Boston, MA: ISCE Press. [21 Chapters].
  • A Terminal Assessment of Stages Theory: Introducing a Dynamic States Approach to Entrepreneurship;2010. J. Levie & B. Lichtenstein. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 34 (2): 314-351
  • The Leadership of Emergence: A Complex Systems Leadership Theory of Emergence at Successive Organizational Levels; 2009. B. Lichtenstein & D. Plowman. The Leadership Quarterly, 20: 617-630.
  • Strategic, Political, and Cultural Aspects of IT Implementation: Improving the Efficacy of an IT System in a Large Hospital; 2009. C. Wurster [MBA Student, U-Mass Boston], B. Lichtenstein and T. Hogeboom [MBA Student, U-Mass Boston]. Journal of Health Care Management, 54 (3): 191-207
  • Complexity Dynamics Of Nascent Entrepreneurship. 2007. B. Lichtenstein, N. Carter, K. Dooley & B. Gartner. Journal of Business Venturing, 22: 236-261.
  • Collaborating for Systemic Change; 2007. P. Senge, B. Lichtenstein, K. Kaeufer, H. Bradbury & J. Carroll. Sloan Management Review, 48 (2): 44-53.

Additional Information

Background

Conference design and implementation; Sales and marketing for entrepreneurial companies.

Courses Taught

Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation (MGT 667);
Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MGT 470);
Organizational Analysis and Skills (MGT 650);
Honors Thesis Program (MGT 478);
Managing Organizations (MGT 303).
Clean-Tech Entrepreneurship course for Spring, 2011

Research Interests

Emergence and transformation of entrepreneurial ventures; Dynamics of social and organizational change. Complexity science and the ecology of leadership; Social change through entrepreneurial innovation.

Professional Activities

Editorial/Science Boards:
Journal of Business Venturing
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Journal of Organizational Change Management

Praxyma, Inc. - Consulting practice for sustainability and growth in entrepreneurial companies

Honors

College of Management Faculty Research Fellow, 2009-2011. U-Mass Boston.
Best Paper of the Year Award; Academy of Management Executive, 2001 for “Self-Organized Transitions: A Pattern Amidst the ‘Chaos’ of Transformative Change.”
Outstanding Paper Award; Journal of Organizational Change Management - MCB Press, 1998. For “Grace, Magic & Miracles: A Chaotic Logic of Organizational Transformation.”
Outstanding University Teaching Award—Harry Jack Gray Teaching Scholarship; University of Hartford, 1999-2000
Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow; Students in Free Enterprise. 1999-2002. Regional Competition Awardees (Rookies of the Year; and 2nd Runners-Up in the 4-year University section)
Outstanding Student Club at the University (Founding Faculty Advisor for the Entrepreneurs Association) - Office of Student Affairs; University of Hartford, 2000-2001.