Stephen G. Haines: Difference between revisions

Stephen Haines earned a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in Engineeringengineering from the [[United States Naval Academy]]. He also worked for a doctorate in Management and [[Educational Psychology]] from [[Temple University]], but did not complete the dissertation He received ana [[Master of Science in Administration.]] in [[Organization Development]] under [[Richard F. Ericson]] and Jerry Harvey at the [[George Washington University]].<ref name="SGH00"/>

As a former [[U.S. Naval]] officer, he flew Navy jets, piloted ships, and served off Vietnam.<ref>[https://bestpracticeinstitute.org/cgi-bin/expert_profile.pl?id=207&cmd=biography Stephen Haines BIOGRAPHY]. Retrieved June 14, 2009.</ref> In the 1970s, Haines worked as an executive and consultant. He was Executiveexecutive Vicevice Presidentpresident of Imperial Corporation of America,<ref name="SGH00"/> a nationwide financial services firm that filed for bankruptcy in 1990.<ref>James R. Barth, Susanne Trimbath, Glenn Yago (2004). ''The savings and loan crisis''. Springer, 2004. {{ISBN |1-4020-7871-4}} p.266-276.</ref> and Seniorsenior Vicevice Presidentpresident of [[Freddie Mac]]. He also held executive positions with [[MCI Inc.]], [[Exxon]], [[Sunoco]], and [[Marriott Corporation]]. In the 1980s, he was president of University Associates (UA) Consulting and Training Services. He founded the Haines Centre for Strategic Management in 1990, serving as CEO; the firm now has a network of offices in over 25 countries. He was very active in the formulation of the Association for Strategic Planning's strategic planning certification program.

To develop a strategic management system, Haines (2000) suggested using the "Systems Thinking Approach" and its five-phased (ABCDE) Systems Thinking model that invites the leader to ask and answer five important questions:<ref>Carrie Regenstein, Barbara I. Dewey (2003). ''Leadership, higher education, and the information age: a new era for information technology and libraries''. Neal-Schuman Publishers. {{ISBN |1-55570-455-7}}. p.13.</ref><ref name="SGH002">Stephen G. Haines (2000). ''The systems thinking approach to strategic planning and management''. pp.43-44</ref>

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090816074957/http://www.stephenhaines.com/keynote/pdfs/MSST-01.pdf Keynote presentation on systems thinking] by Stephen Haines, 2005.