George Albert Smith Jr.

George Albert Smith Jr. (1905–1969) was a professor at Harvard Business School who wrote several books on management practice and other issues.

At the time of George Albert Smith Jr.'s birth his father was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

He served as student body president of the Harvard Business School Association from 1933 to 1934.

During the 1950s, he was one of the main proponents of sizing a business's competitive strategy in light of the general trends in its specific market.

Smith wrote three books: Policy Formulation and Administration (1951), Managing Geographically Decentralized Companies (1958), and Business, Society, and the Individual (1962).