William Anthony, Ph.D. SPHR

Dr. Anthony is the founder and former director of the Carl DeSantis Center for Executive Management Education and is a winner of the 1991 President's Continuing Education Award at Florida State University. He conducts seminars and workshops throughout the United States on a variety of management topics for managers in business, government and not-for-profit organizations. Among his clients are Rayonier, Motorola, State Farm Insurance, U.S. Department of Energy, Berg Pipe Corporation, various State of Florida agencies, and numerous not-for-profit organizations. He speaks on Strategic Planning and Management, Strategic Decision Making, Managing Diversity and other management topics.

Dr. Anthony has published twenty books and book revisions. His book with Pam Perrewe and Micki Kacmar called Strategic Human Resource Management, 5th ed., is widely used at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada. His Participative Management has been reprinted twelve times and is in four languages. His Organization Theory: A Strategic Approach is in its sixth edition. He has also published over 80 articles and papers in a variety of journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Journal, Human Relations, The Academy of Management Executive, and Long Range Planning. His articles have dealt with envisionary management, managing stress, strategic planning, management decision making, politics, and a variety of other management topics.

Dr. Anthony is an active member in both the Southern Management Association and the Academy of Management as a paper reviewer and session chair at national meetings. He also regularly presents at their annual meetings. Other professional associations include Society of Human Resource Management and Beta Gamma Sigma.

Dr. Anthony received his Ph.D. in Management and MBA from Ohio State University and his BBA in Business from Ohio University. Prior to his current position, Dr. Anthony served as Chairman of the Management Department for eleven years, and was an Assistant Dean with the College of Business at Florida State University.