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Informationen zum Autor Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and an Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney. Cynthia Hardy is a Professor in the Faculty of Management, McGill University. Her publications include Strategies for Retrenchment and Turnaround: The Politics of Survival (De Gruyter, 1990) and Managing Organizational Closure (Gower, 1985). Management professor Walt Nord studies organization theory and behavior and is currently researching the topic in a political/economic context. The author of numerous books, textbooks, and scholarly articles, his newest book will offer a new philosophical framework for organization studies, seeking to overcome current polarizing debates by developing an improved philosophical perspective for organization studies.As an author, Nord received the George Terry Award in 1997 for co-editing the Handbook of Organization Studies, an annual award from the Academy of Management that is bestowed to a book judged to have made the most outstanding contribution to the field. The same academy named Nord a Distinguished University Professor in 2002 (USF named him Distinguished University Professor in 2003); these honors recognize significant contributions to the science and practice of management.Nord earned a BA in economics from Williams College, an MS in organizational behavior from Cornell University, and a PhD in social psychology from Washington University. Before joining USF in 1989, he taught at Tulane University, Northwestern University, Vanderbilt University, the University of British Columbia, and Washington University. He is an editor or reviewer for numerous academic journals. Klappentext Providing a retrospective and prospective overview of organization studies, the Handbook continues to challenge and inspire readers with its synthesis of knowledge and literature. Zusammenfassung Providing a retrospective and prospective overview of organization studies! the Handbook continues to challenge and inspire readers with its synthesis of knowledge and literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: THEORIZING THE FIELD Organizational Theorizing - Michael Reed A Historically Contested Terrain Ecological Approaches to Organizations - Joel A C Baum and Andrew V Shipilov Organizational Economics - Jay B Barney and William Hesterly Understanding the Relationship between Organizations and Economic Analysis Meso Organizational Behavior - D Brent Smith, Benjamin Schneider and Marcus W Dickson Comments on the Third Paradigm Complexity Science and Organization Studies - Steve Maguire, Bill McKelvey, Laurent Mirabeau and Nail Oztas Institutions and Institutional Work - Thomas B Lawrence and Roy Suddaby Critical Theory and Postmodernism Approaches to Organizational Studies - Mats Alvesson and Stanley Deetz From the `Woman¿s¿ Point of View¿ Ten Years Later - Marta B Calás and Linda Smircich Towards a Feminist Organization Studies Data in Organization Studies - Ralph Stablein Making Organization Research Matter - Bent Flyvbjerg Power, Values, and Phronesis Researching Organizations Using Action Research - Colin Eden and Chris Huxham The Philosophy of the Social Sciences in Organizational Studies - Stephen P Turner Representation and Reflexivity - Stewart Clegg and Cynthia Hardy PART TWO: EXPLORING THE ISSUES Leadership in Organizations - Ken W Parry and Alan Bryman Perspectives on Organizational Decision-Making - Susan J Miller and David C Wilson A Decision Perspective on Organizations - Margaret A Neale, Ann E Tenbrunsel, Tiffany Galvin and Max H Bazerman Social Cognition, Behavioral Decision Theory and the Psychological Links to Micro and Macro Organizational Behaviour Diverse Ide...
