<b><a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/wiki/Gib_Akin">Gib Akin</a></b> is a writer on business and management, and professor emeritus at the McIntyre School of Business of the University of Virginia. Topics he has addressed in his writings include organizational change, group dynamics, and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/about-the-authors-7Ca8hPbDkK">Journal of Management Inquiry "the meaning of work in the postmodern condition."</a> Akin holds a BA from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a> (where he enrolled through the school's unique program of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/earlyentrantprogram.cfm">early entrance to college</a>), and a Ph.D. from UCLA.