William Brock

Dr. William Brock is an Associate Professor and Director of the Accounting Program in the School of Business and Technology at Colorado Christian University's College of Adult and Graduate Studies. With a Ph.D. in Organizational Development and an MBA from Emory University, he brings extensive executive experience from roles as CFO and COO in major consumer brands like First Alert and Coleman.

His research focuses on transformative finance and accounting as catalysts for organizational change, particularly through diagnostic-dialogic models that integrate financial metrics with human-centered change strategies. Key areas include systems thinking, organizational turnaround, mergers and acquisitions, and leadership in complex global enterprises.

The publications reflect a strong trend in merging organizational development with accounting frameworks, emphasizing dialogue, diagnostics, and systemic integration. His work often explores how financial data can be leveraged not just for reporting, but as a collaborative force in driving sustainable change.

• Ramkrishnan (Ram) V. Tenkasi: Expanding and Bridging the Boundaries of Theory, Practice, and Method (2017)
• A Case for Diagnostic-Dialogic Synthesis (2016)
• A comparative study of organizational change: Dialogical, Diagnostic, and Diagnostic-Dialogical (2015)
• A Diagnostic-Dialogic Change Model: Synthesizing Organizational Change with Accounting Metrics (2013)
• Synthesizing a systems perspective and organizational change: principles of a whole-systems metrics model (2012)

Dr. Brock has advised several research collaborations, particularly with scholar Ramkrishna V. Tenkasi, though no formal student advisees are listed. There is no public mention of grant funding or sponsored research projects. His industry-to-academia transition enriches his teaching and research with real-world executive insight.

He is actively engaged in academic discourse on organizational change and has contributed to prominent publications such as the Academy of Management Proceedings and the Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers. No labs, research centers, or formal teams are mentioned in the provided text.