Fons trompenaars biography samples

Dutch organizational theorist, management consultant and author

Alfonsus (Fons) Trompenaars (born 1953, Amsterdam)^[1][2] is a Dutch organizational theorist, management consultant, and author in the field of ethics.^[3] known for the development of Trompenaars' model of national culture differences^[4] and Dilemma Theory.

Biography

In 1979, Trompenaars received his MA in economics at the Vrije Universiteit and in 1983 his PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for the thesis The Organization of Meaning and the Meaning of Organization.

In 1981 Trompenaars started his career at the Royal Dutch Shell Personnel Division, working on job classification and management development. In 1989 together with Charles Hampden-Turner he founded and directed the consultancy firm Centre for International Business Studies, working for such companies as BP, Philips, IBM, Heineken, AMD, Mars, Motorola, Genera