Derek Salman Pugh (31 August 1930 – 29 January 2015) was a British psychologist, business theorist and Emeritus Professor of International Management at the Open University, known for his work in the field of organisational development (OD),[1][2] and particularly the Pugh Matrix, a tool within OD.
[5] After his graduation in 1953, Pugh started his academic career as research assistant at the Social Sciences Research Centre of the University of Edinburgh, and became assistant lecturer in public health and social medicine in 1956.
[5] Pugh had been visiting professor in France, Germany, Israel and Italy.
[6] Pugh was elected Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in 1959; of the British Psychological Society in 1971; of the Italian Academy of Business Administration in 1981; and of the International Academy of Management in 1987; and honorary fellow of the University of Northampton in 2001.
In 1995, the Open University Business School initiated in his honour the Professor Derek Pugh Prize, an annual award for the best student on Professional Certificate in Management course of the Open University Business School.