About Dee Hock
Lived 1929 – 2022 (aged 93). Dee Hock was a businessperson, manager and CEO.
Career After graduation, Hock began working various jobs in the financial services industry. He served as the manager of two Pacific Finance branches, an assistant manager of public relations and advertising for Pacific Finance, a general manager of Columbia Investment Company, and then as a supervisor at CIT Financial. In 1966, he was hired by National Bank of Commerce, a local bank in Seattle, Washington. In 1967, he began managing the bank's credit card brand, BankAmericard, which was being licensed from Bank of America.
In May 1984, Hock resigned his management role with Visa,
Impact on organization development In addition to his career in the financial industry, Hock has been active in developing new models of social and business organization. He has been particularly interested in forms of organization that are neither rigidly controlled nor anarchic, a hybrid form he terms chaordic.
Hock has authored a book on the subject, Birth of the Chaordic Age (1999) with an edition named One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization (2005) which includes two new chapters.
Personal life Hock married his high school girlfriend, Ferol Delors Cragun, when he was 20. She died in 2018. Hock died on July 16, 2022, at the age of 93. At the time of his death, he was survived by two children, seven grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
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Who was Dee Hock?
American businessman
When was Dee Hock born?
Dee Hock was born on 21 March 1929 in North Ogden.
When did Dee Hock die?
Dee Hock died on 16 July 2022 in Olympia.
What was Dee Hock's occupation?
Dee Hock was a businessperson, manager and CEO.
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