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All of our careers are dependent on others. When I look back at my career, I see an entire group of people who encouraged me and propelled me forward. He’s held key faculty positions including interim dean and associate dean at U-M SSW; head of the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science; chair of the Michigan Society of Fellows; acting director of the Institute of Gerontology; and chair of advisory committees to the vice president for academic affairs, the vice president for state relations and the Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty. we call “wicked problems.” There are no solutions to wicked problems, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t work on them and be impactful.” Tropman has indeed been impactful. In 1982, he helped create the groundbreaking 16-month MSW program to position new graduates in the job market months ahead of the competition.
“We created the LCBO program to provide a richer, more inclusive experience that teaches skills and imparts the confidence needed to lead an organization and innovate ways to improve and make an impact in the community,” Tropman said. Currently the Henry J. Meyer Collegiate Professor of Social Work, he offers courses on executive leadership and policy development. As adjunct professor of management and organizations, Michigan Ross, Tropman has offered numerous
In January 2015 he launched the Leadership in Community Benefit Organizations (LCBO) program within the SSW. As director, Tropman oversees an immersive, leading-edge management and leadership program, which offers organized course content, workshops, career advising, networking and a nationally recognized certificate program of the network for Social Work Management.
John has been an inspiring and influential teacher to generations of students and professionals with his insights in organizational leadership, meeting management and non-profit strategies. His principles of meeting management have transformed my own ability to make meetings relevant, meaningful and engaging. Robert Winfield, Chief Health Officer and Executive Director, University Health Service, University of Michigan
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