Michael J. Lenox, is an American strategist and professor of business administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia, particularly known for his work on business strategy, technology strategy, corporate sustainability and industry self-regulation.
Education
Michael received a Bachelor of Surgery in systems engineering from University of Virginia in 1993, a Master of Surgery in Systems Engineering from University of Virginia in 1994 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Technology Management and Policy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999.
Career
Born in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, son to James P. Lenox and Virginia Lynn Lenox. He taught previously at Stern School of Business and at Fuqua School of Business, and is Samuel L. Slover Professor of Business of Strategy and Sustainability at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. Professor Lenox has been teaching and studying strategy for over 15 years.
Besides teaching both Master of Business Administration and executive Master of Business Administration from Fuqua School of Business and from Darden School of Business, Lenox is one of the faculty pioneers to teach business strategy in a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course).
His most popular course, Foundations of, explores the theory and frameworks that provide the foundations of a successful business strategy. He gave this course in different platforms such as Udemy and Coursera.
As of May 2014, he had more than 200.000 students in his online courses. The book"s main goal is to provide a conceptual framework and tools to analyze the strategy of an organization, with the intent to teach the strategist"s work.