David Lewin
Senior Associate Dean, MBA Program
UCLA Anderson School of Management

David Lewin is the author of many published works on such topics as human resource strategy, human resource management practices and business performance, workplace and organizational dispute resolution, and compensation and reward systems, including executive compensation and public sector pay practices.

Professor Lewin has recently called attention to the evolution of "Tournament" type pay systems and structures within business enterprises, which are modeled on the payoff distributions of golf and tennis tournaments. From this perspective, relatively large top pay or prizes go to a few top executives, with the bulk of managers and employees receiving comparatively low pay or prizes. In his teaching, Dr. Lewin asks students to consider how tournament and other types of pay systems likely influence employee selection, retention, motivation, organizational governance, and organizational performance.

Professor Lewin's recent books include Human Resource Management: An Economic Approach, The Human Resource Management Handbook, and Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations. He is presently working on two new books, Conflict Management in the Modern Corporation and The Dual Theory of Human Resources and Business Performance. Professor Lewin serves on the editorial Boards of Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations, and California Management Review, is a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, a member of the Board of Directors of K-Swiss, and a Director of the Law and Economics Consulting Group (LECG).

Professor Lewin has held research grants from the National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, National Institute for Dispute Resolution, Society for Human Resource Management, Human Resource Planning Society, and U.S. Department of Labor. He previously served as Professor, Director of the Human Resource Research Center, Director of the Ph.D. Program, and Director of the Senior Executive Program and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business; member of the Executive Board of the Industrial Relations Research Association; President of the University Council on Industrial Relations and Human Resource Programs; and Co-Chair of Los Angeles Mayor Riordan's Task Force on General Manager Compensation and Performance.

Professor Lewin has consulted widely with business, government and voluntary organizations in the United States and abroad, and serves as an employment litigation expert. He is also Faculty Director of the UCLA Anderson School's Advanced Program in Human Resource Management, Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Management Seminar, and Strategic Leadership Institute (SLI).

Go Back to Forum Speakers Page