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Arie de Geus

Arie de Geus

Dutch business executive and theorist (1930–2019)

Arie de Geus (11 August 1930 – 9 November 2019) was a Dutch business executive, business theorist and scenario planner,[1] who was the head of Royal Dutch Shell's Strategic Planning Group and was a public speaker.

Life and work

De Geus was born in Rotterdam on 11 August 1930.[2] He joined Royal Dutch/Shell in 1951 and remained there until his retirement in 1989. After he retired, de Geus was a visiting fellow of London Business School and worked with MIT's Center for Organizational Learning. He died on 9 November 2019.[2]

Publications

  • "The Living Company" Nicholas Brealey, London (1997)

Articles, a selection:

  • "The Living Company," Harvard Business Review, 1997; winner of the McKinsey Award
  • "Companies: What Are They?" Lecture Royal Society of Arts, 1995
  • "Planning as Learning" Harvard Business Review (1988)

References

  1. [1]
    Witzel, Morgen. Fifty key figures in management. Routledge, 2004. p. 63-65
  2. [2]
    "Home Page". Arie de Geus. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
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