Paul M. Hirsch is the James L. Allen Professor of Strategy & Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  In 2009, he was elected President of the Western Academy of Management, and earlier served as co-editor of its Journal of Management Inquiry.

Professor Hirsch has written extensively about careers and organizational change; his articles have appeared in a wide variety of scholarly journals - most recently Strategic Organization and American Sociological Review.  He was among the first to anticipate and write on widespread changes in the employment relationship stemming from corporate mergers and continuing on through the present.  Hirsch’s recent work has also focused on policy and ethical issues raised by the mortgage meltdown.  He has published articles and organized conferences about it, and is co-editor of Markets on Trial, a volume of original essays exploring the meltdown’s origins and consequences.

Professor Hirsch has received the "Distinguished Scholar" award of the Academy of Management’s Organization and Management Theory Division, and served as Chair of the American Sociological Association's Section on Occupations, Organizations and Work.  At Northwestern University, he is also a member of the Sociology and Communication Studies Departments.

Hirsch has also written extensively about culture and mass communication.  He received his Ph.D from the University of Michigan, and has held appointments at Indiana University, University of Chicago, the U.S. Business School in Prague, and Northwestern University. He also has held visiting positions at the Stanford University and the University of Arizona.

At Kellogg, Hirsch teaches the Organizational Change class in the Executive MBA programs in Evanston, Hong Kong and Germany.  He has consulted for major companies, startups, and taught in executive programs at the University of Arizona and Singapore's National Productivity Board.