Albert S Humphrey

Albert S Humphrey
Born	(1926-06-02)2 June 1926
Died	31 October 2005(2005-10-31) (aged 79)
Fields	Management
Institutions	Stanford Research Institute
Alma mater	University of Illinois (B.Sc.), M.I.T. (M.Sc.), Harvard University (MBA)
Known for	SWOT analysis

Albert S Humphrey (June 2, 1926 - October 31, 2005) was an American business and management consultant who specialised in organizational management and cultural change. He also devised the SWOT analysis technique.

Education

Albert Humphrey was educated at the University of Illinois where he graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering. After this he gained a Master's degree in Chemical engineering at M.I.T. and an MBA at Harvard University.^[1]

His work at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) produced a team method for planning which created SOFT analysis and this was developed into SWOT analysis.

Career

One client was W.H. Smith (1970–1987), which aligned its annual budget to long-range planning. This programme was the first to use the concept of employee involvement in business planning and can be seen as setting the seeds for the Investors in People scheme. While continuing work at Stanford, Humphrey came up with the Stakeholder Concept, which has often been referenced by business leaders, economists and politicians. This programme became known as TAM (Team Action Management).^[2]

During his working life Humphrey acted as consultant to over 100 companies globally. In 2005 he was listed in:

• Who's Who in the World
• Debrett's People of Today
• Who's Who in the City
• The Directory of Directors

In 2004 he was listed in the Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 7th Edition (2003–2004).

Family

Albert's first marriage was to Virginia with whom he had four children, Albert, VP, JB and Heidi who reside in the States. After divorcing his first wife, Albert moved to London and re-married to Myriam de Baere, with whom he was with until he died. They have a daughter, Stephania, who is a qualified osteopath working in London and Bristol.

Death

Albert S Humphrey died on 31 October 2005 at the age of 79.

External links

• A.hemmfaz's TAM model (Team Action Management)
• Albert Humphrey's Team Action Management from Worldwide TAM - IP owners

References

1. ^ Profile of Albert Humphrey
2. ^ Leadership Development - Results focused Leadership thinking and practice from around the Globe