Brian Golden

Professor Golden (PhD, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University) is the Sandra Rotman Chaired Professor in Health Sector Strategy at the Rotman School of Management, The University of Toronto, and The University Health Network. He previously served as Vice-Dean, MBA Programs. Professor Golden is the founding Academic Director of The Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy.

He is the Rotman School’s National Director for Health Care Leadership Programs. He has been a faculty member at Insead, The Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, The Stockholm School of Economics, SDA Bocconi Business School, The University of Texas, and Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Professor Golden conducts research in the areas of strategic change and implementation, health system integration and sustainability, hospital boards, organizational strategy and leadership. Among his published work are articles in The Canadian Medical Association Journal, Health Policy, The Strategic Management Journal, Healthcare Quarterly, Healthcare Papers, The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Management Science, Clinical Oncology, The Academy of Management Journal, The Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, and The Harvard Business Review.

From 2005 to 2010 Professor Golden was Board Chair of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). In 2010, he became Board Chair of Rise Asset Development, a non-profit microfinance organization providing start-up support loans and business advice to clients with mental health and addiction challenges.

His advising and executive education clients in the health sector include the office of Ontario’s Premier, Ontario’s Ministry of Health, Britain’s National Health Service, and provinces across Canada as part of CIHR’s ’Best Brains’ advisory program. Other clients include several U.S. and Canadian hospitals including The University Health Network, The Ontario Hospital Association, Mt. Sinai Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children, The Trillium Health System, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences, BC Mental Health and Addiction Services, Baylor Medical Center, London Health Science Centre, Sunnybrook College Health Sciences Centre, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Credit Valley Hospital and The Trillium Health Centre. Private sector clients include Tieto (Finland), General Electric, and Baxter.

His article ’Transforming Healthcare Organizations’ in Healthcare Quarterly is that journal’s most downloaded article of the past twelve years. He is one of two faculty leading the Canadian Medical Association’s Physician Management Institute’s Leading Change and Innovation program, and in 2004 he was awarded Canada’s Ted Freedman Innovation in Healthcare Education Award.

Degrees:

• PhD, Northwestern University
• MS, Northwestern University
• BS, Oberlin College

Academic Positions

• 2003-Present
  Sandra Rotman Chair of Health Sector Strategy, Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, and Professor of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, The University of Toronto

• 2002-Present
  Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, and Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Toronto

• 1996-2002
  Associate Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, and Associate Professor of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario

• 1993-1994
  Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Organization Behavior, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

• 1989-1996
  Assistant Professor, Department of Management, College of Business Administration, The University of Texas at Austin

Honors and Awards

• 2017
  Fellow of the Canadian academy of Health Sciences, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

• 2012
  Inaugural Eureka Award for Innovation in Physician Education, Canadian Medical Association

• 2004
  Ted Freedman Innovation in Health Care Education Award, Sponsored by Healthcare Quarterly
  Dean's commendation for excellence in teaching, Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario

• 1993
  Dean's commendation for outstanding teaching, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

• 1996-1998
  Elected member of Teaching Committee, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management

• 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
  Dean's commendation for outstanding teaching, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Selected Publications - Papers

The Promises and Challenges of Value Based Care and Bundled Reimbursements in Single-Payor Health Systems
B.R. Golden & R. Hannam
Healthcare Management, Policy and Innovation
Issue:January Vol 6
2021

Duality & social position: Role expectations of people who combine outsider-ness and insider-ness in organizational change
Nigam, A., Sackett, E., & Golden, B.
Organization Studies
Issue:January
2021

An Evaluation of Value-Based Care Delivery in Home Care: The Influence of Actors, Autonomy and Accountability
Dainty, KN., Golden, B., Hannam, R., Webster, F., Zwarenstein, M.
Social Science & Medicine
2018

Selection of routines in organizational search: Performances and roles in the search process
Nigam, Amit, Huising, R. and Golden, B.
Administrative Science Quarterly
2016

Evaluation of an emergency department lean process improvement program to reduce length of stay
Marian J Vermeulen, Therese A Stukel, Astrid Guttmann, Brian H Rowe, Merrick Zwarenstein, Brian Golden, Amit Nigam, Geoff Anderson, Robert S Bell, Michael J Schull,
Annals of Emergency Medicine
2014

Improving Hospital Efficiency: A Process Model of Organizational Change Commitments
Nigam, A.. Huising, R. and B. Golden
Medical Care Research and Review
2014

Application of personalized medicine to chronic disease: a feasibility assessment
Dorfrman, R. Khayat, Z., Seeminowski, T., Golden, B. and R. Lyons
Clinical Translational Research
2013

Improving the Patient Experience through Design
Golden, B.R., Downey, S., Fraser, H., Leung, M., Hannam, R., and E. Grichko
Healthcare Quarterly
Issue:Vol. 14 No. 3
2011
Pages: 32-41

Managing the supply of physicans' services through intelligent incentives
Golden, B.R., R. Hannam and D. Hyatt
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Issue:Nov 28
2011

The Quality Imperative: Tying Executive Compensation to Hospital Quarterly
Kitts, J and B. Golden
Healthcare Quarterly
Issue:Vol. 14(2)
2011
Pages: 39-41

Development of a minimization instrument for allocation of a hospital-level performance improvement intervention to reduce waiting times in Ontario emergency departments
Leaver C, Guttmann A, Zwarenstein M, Rowe B, Anderson G, Stukel T, Golden B, Bell R, Morra D, Abrams H, Schull M
Implementation Science
2009
Pages: 4-32

Leading Lean: A Canadian Healthcare Leaders Guide
Fine, B., Golden, B., Hannam, R., and Morra, D.
Healthcare Quarterly
Issue:12(3)
2009
Pages: 32-41

Measuring Integration of Cancer Services to Support Performance Improvement: The CSI Survey
Dobrow, M.J., Paszat, L., Golden, B., Brown, A.D., Holowaty, E., Orchard, M.C., Monga, N., and Sullivan, T
Health Policy
Issue:5(1)
2009
Pages: 35-53

The Utility of Publicly Reported Cancer Treatment Wait Time Information for Patients and Health Care Providers
Whitton, A.C., E. Green, W.K. Evans, M. Fitch, B. Golden., D., Soman, E. Gutierrez, E. Holowaty, A.R., Jadad
Clinical Oncology
Issue:21
2009
Pages: 218-225

Challenges to Evidence Based Prescribing in Clinical Practice: the Impact of Introducing New Statins in Long-term Users of Older Statins
Menzefricke, Ching, golden, Melo and Mamdani
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Issue:V42, 5
2008

Response audit of an Internet survey of health care providers and administrators: implications for determination of response rates
Dobrow, M.J., M. Orchard., B. Golden, E. Holowaty., L. Paszat., A. Brown., and T. Sullivan
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Issue:10(4)
2008
Pages: e30

All Eyes on China: Avian Flu
Harvard Business Review
2006

Change: Transforming Health Care Organizations
Healthcare Quarterly
2006

Board Composition from Adolescence to Maturity: A Multi-Theoretic View
Lynall, M., Golden, B.R., and Hillman, A.
Academy of Management Review
2003

Chief Information Officer's Technical Backgrounds and Influence Behaviors
Enns, H.G., Huff, S.L, and Golden, B.R.
Information and Management
2003

The Role of Intra-Firm Integration and Rewards in the Implementation of Multiple Point Competitive Strategies
Golden, B.R. and Ma, H.
Academy of Management Review
2003

Is Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder? Predicting Organizational Identification and its Consequences Using Identity and Image
Dukerich, J.M., Golden, B.R., and Shortell, S.M.
Administrative Science Quarterly
2002

How CIOs obtain peer commitment to strategic IS proposals: barriers and facilitators
Enns, H.G., Huff, S.L., and Golden, B.R.
Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Issue:10
2001
Pages: pp. 3-14

When Will Boards Influence Strategy? Inclinations + Power = Strategic Change
Golden, B.R. and Zajac, E. J.
Strategic Management Journal
Issue:22
2001
Pages: pp. 1087-1111

The Resolution of Resource Allocation Issues in Professional Organizations: Professionals versus Managers
Golden, B.R., Dukerich, J.M., and Hauge, F.E.
Journal of Management Studies
Issue:37 (8)
2000
Pages: pp. 1157-1189

Determinants of perceived managerial discretion and managerial influence
Carpenter, M.A. and Golden, B.R.
Strategic Management Journal
Issue:18 (3)
1997
Pages: pp. 187-206

Further Remarks on Retrospective Accounts in Organizational and Strategic Management Research
Golden, B.R.
Academy of Management Journal
Issue:40 (5)
1997
Pages: pp. 1243-1252

Nested Cultures and Identities: A Comparative Study of Nation and Profession/Occupation Status Effects on Resource Allocation Decisions
Dukerich, J.M., Golden, B.R., and Jacobson, C.K.
Research in the Sociology of Organizations
1996
Pages: pp. 35-89

SBU Strategy and Performance: The Moderating Effects of The Corporate-SBU Relationship
Golden, B.R.
Strategic Management Journal
Issue:13(2)
1992
Pages: pp. 145-158

The Past is the Past--Or is it?: The Use of Retrospective Accounts as Indicators of Past Strategy
Golden, B.R.
Academy of Management Journal
Issue:35(4)
1992
Pages: pp. 848-860

New Organizational Forms For Enhancing Innovation: The Case of Internal Corporate Joint Ventures
Zajac, E.J., Golden, B.R., and Shortell, S.M.
Management Science
Issue:37
1991
Pages: pp. 170-184