Jacob Weisberg

Born
1947 – Germany, Bergen – Belsen, D.P. Camp.
Immigration to Israel 1950
Citizenship Israeli, Irish
Residence Jerusalem, Israel

University Studies & Degrees

• Ph.D. England - University of London - London School of Economics and Political Science. Faculty of Economics, Department of Industrial Relations. (1980-1986).
• M.Sc. Israel -Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Department of Industrial Relations, Management science (1972-1977).
• B.A. Israel - Hebrew University (Haifa Inst.) - Faculty of Social Science. Departments of Sociology & Political Science (1968-1971).

Major Activities during Academic Career in Bar-Ilan University:

• Director, Graduate School of Business (2002-2005)
• Member, University Senate and Academic Council. (1988-1990; 2010- present)
• Member, Senate Committees (2004-2008, 2010-2014)
• Chair, Management Studies and Organisational Behaviour
• Director, International MBA Program (2006-2007)

National & International Public and Academic Activities (Selected Activities)

1. MALAG - Israel's Council for Higher Education committees: Member, Academic committee for evaluation of academic programs.
2. Midroog - Moody’s Subsidiary, Credit Rating Agency. Rating Committee.
3. Member, Executive Committee, IIRA – Israel Industrial Relations Association..
4. Reviewer for International Journals, Foundations & Publishing Companies.
5. Head of Research, CRANET International, Israel (HRM and IR), 2000-2001.

Major Activities Prior to Academic Career:

• Director, Department of Personnel and Labour Relations,
  Government Corporations Authority, Israel Ministry of Finance, Jerusalem, (1978-1980)
  
• Personnel Manager - Brookdale Institute of Gerontology & Adult Human Development (JDC -Israel), Jerusalem, Israel (1975-1978)
• Personnel Administrator & Chief Assistant to VP HR and Administration, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. (1973-1975).

Fields of Interest

• Management Studies
• Human Resource Management
• Human Capital
• Organizational Behavior
• Strategy, Creativity and Innovation

Research Fields

• Analytic and Intuitive Decison Making
• Creativity, and Innovation Transformation of
• Labor Turnover
• Ambidexterious organizations-Exploration-Exploitation
• Knowledge Sharing

Research Projects

• Ambidextrous organizations-Exploration-Exploitation
• Analytic and Intuitive Decision Making
• Creativity and Innovation

Teaching Courses (MBA)

• Industrial Relations
• Advanced issues in Management, HRM, OB and Labor Market
• Research Seminar
• Leaders in Business
• Management in Israel

In the past:

• Introduction to Management
• Quantitative methods in Human Resource Management – (Developed by Weisberg).
• Labour Turnover: A multidisciplinary approach – (Developed by Weisberg).
• Human Resources Management
• Organizational Behavior