Ken Craddock is a consultant specializing in requisite organization and in quality. He has developed insightful recommendations integrating the operational concepts of Elliott Jaques and W. Edwards Deming. He provides support to managers for organizational transformation to increase effectiveness and improve strategy.
In the early 1990s Craddock was assistant to W. Edwards Deming, the man who gave quality to the Japanese. He has consulted to firms of varying sizes, including a Fortune 100 firm, where he trained mid-level managers on creative thinking in week-long sessions.
He has also worked as an analyst and management planner, as a consultant for metropolitan government, and supervised development of a PC-based tracking system to monitor services provided to clients. As a management planning analyst, he developed the first MBO business plans for 16 offices, with 2300 staff and $146 million budget.
While at Columbia he initiated surveys which led to the first revision of the business school curriculum in 30 years, made proposals to improve morale, wrote cases and helped develop new courses.
Ken has been a guest lecturer at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business on quality, strategy, and requisite organization design. He has published 8 articles and papers and has made several conference presentations.
Member for
17 years
- M.A. - Business History (Thesis: Requisite Leadership: A Neglected Model of Organization Effectiveness) - Columbia University, New York City, United States
- M.P.A. - Management - Kennedy School at Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States
United States
Ken Craddock is a consultant specializing in requisite organization and in quality. He has developed insightful recommendations integrating the operational concepts of Elliott Jaques and W. Edwards Deming. He provides support to managers for organizational transformation to increase effectiveness and improve strategy.
In the early 1990s Craddock was assistant to W. Edwards Deming, the man who gave quality to the Japanese. He has consulted to firms of varying sizes, including a Fortune 100 firm, where he trained mid-level managers on creative thinking in week-long sessions.
He has also worked as an analyst and management planner, as a consultant for metropolitan government, and supervised development of a PC-based tracking system to monitor services provided to clients. As a management planning analyst, he developed the first MBO business plans for 16 offices, with 2300 staff and $146 million budget.
While at Columbia he initiated surveys which led to the first revision of the business school curriculum in 30 years, made proposals to improve morale, wrote cases and helped develop new courses.
Ken has been a guest lecturer at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business on quality, strategy, and requisite organization design. He has published 8 articles and papers and has made several conference presentations.
Mentored a number of Masters and Doctoral students in their Requisite Organization-Related Theses and Dissertatons.
Craddock, Kenneth, 1997, “Role of a Manager of People by W. Edwards Deming. Translated into Spanish and published online by Arturo Inda Cunningham of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, “El Mapa” (2002), 36 p., ElMapaVersionEjectiva-17Atributos.pdf. Also translated into Spanish, amplified and published online by Rogelio Carrillo Penso of Caracas, “Los 17 Atributos del Gerente de la Gente” (2000), 13 p., 17AtributosGerenGente(1).pdf. Misc.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2001, “A Note on Art Kleiner’s article in Strategy + Business: ‘Elliott Jaques Levels With You’,” (q.v. The Creative Mind Column, Booz-Allen Hamilton, New York, NY, January, 1st Quarter, 22(1):106-115). 530 East 84th Street, 1F, New York, NY 10028. Unpublished. Factual corrections and clarification comments. Slightly revised 2004. Available from author. (Kleiner-S+B-1Q2001.doc) D.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2001, “FIRMness: Organization Design for Speed and Power.” Book-length manuscript describing requisite organization. Unpublished. ~
Craddock, Kenneth, 2002, “Strategy - By What Method? How Deming and Jaques Can Be Used to Implement Strategy (reply to Michael Porter),” Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Research Seminar, W. Edwards Deming Institute, New York, NY, February 19-20, 2002. Conference held at Fordham University. Dr. Joyce N. Orsini, chair. Paper published in the Proceedings. Reviewed. See Lieberman and Dhawan 2005 for refutation of Porter. See also hoshin kanri. Strategy-Method.doc Rp.
Craddock, Kenneth C., 2002, Requisite Leadership: A Model of Organization Effectiveness, M.A., thesis in Business History, Columbia University, May, New York, NY.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2002, Requisite Organization: Supporting Research. Published by Core International, Toronto, ON, Canada, 14 p. Revised September 2003. Ru.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2002-9, Requisite Organization Annotated Bibliography on Elliott Jaques, Wilfred Brown, and Requisite Leadership (covering 1942 to 2009), Columbia University, New York, NY, 4th edn., online at GlobalRO.org First edition published on the internet, January 2002 (194 pages). Second edition published, October 2002 (316 pages). Third edition, May 2004 (524 pages; 1142 downloads). Fourth edition, March 2007 (1008 pages; downloaded 2,422 times in first 18 months). Fifth edition: August 2009 (1350 pages). Brought down to today. Posted online at: canadiancentre.com and GlobalRO.org Ru.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2004, “A Manager’s Introduction to Requisite Organization.” (April. 13 pages.) RO-Intro-4-Managers.doc Ru.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2004, “The Managerial System of Elliott Jaques – Key to Implementing Quality,” Presentation, Deming Scholars MBA Program, Fordham School of Business, NY, NY (Feb. 2004). (April. 32 p.) RO-Key-to-Quality-2004_Fordham.doc Ru.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2004, “Requisite Engineering: some links between Jaques’ organization theory and engineering, technology, and project management.” (Unpublished. Aug. 11 p.) Engrg-Tech-Jaques-2004.doc Ru.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2005, “How Did Jack Welch Do It?” (5 pages.) RO-GE-Jack+Mahler+Brown.doc Ru.
Craddock, Kenneth, and Herb Koplowitz, 2005, “Frequently Asked Questions,” posted online at GlobalRO.org, Toronto, ON, CA, Cinco de Mayo, 20 pages.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2007, “Teoría de la Organización Natural en el Mundo - Requisite Organization Theory across the World,” for presentation at Buenos Aires conference at ITBA in April (which did not happen but it became part of Harold Solaas’s presentation to conference), an unpublished essay, 9 p.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2007, “All The World of Shakespeare Is Requisite,” 36 p. essay, posted on the GO Society website
Craddock, Kenneth, 2007, “All The World of Movies Is Requisite,” 38 p. essay, posted on the GO Society website
Craddock, Kenneth, 2007, “Requisite Organization: Theory and Validation,” chapter in Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability, Global Organization Design Society, Toronto, ON, CA, p. 429-440.
Craddock, Kenneth, 2010, e., Entrepreneurship and Requisite Growth. Paper in progress.
Produced 6 Editions of the Requisite Organization Annotated Bibliography - 6th Edition over 20 years.
Wrote and published Secrets of a Competent President: Getting Things Done: JFK to Biden (1960-2025), 2024, Kindle Publishing
Served as:
- The GO Society's Bibliographer,
- The GO Society's Research Advisor
- Member of the Editorial Board
Wrote a chapter for the GO Society's book Organization Design: Levels of Work Complexity and Human Capability in 2007. (as above)
Presented at several GO Society World Conferences (as above)
2005 FAQ Frequently Asked Questions: Requisite Organization
2010 All the World of Movies is Requisite
2010 All The World of Shakespeare Is Requisite (revised April 2010)
Learn & Teach Requisite Organization of Human Capability by watching movies and reading Shakespeare
2014 Requisite Organization Annotated Bibliography - 6th Edition
The GO Society global conference presentations:
- 2005 - How well does this stuff really work and how do we know?
- 2007 - Elements of Intersection between Quality Management and Requisite Organization
Requisite Organization: Theory and Validation, a chapter in the GO Society's book, Organization Design: Levels of Work Complexity and Human Capabilty, 2007
Secrets of a Competent President: Getting Things Done: JFK to Biden (1960-2025), 2024