Decoding Organization - Bletchley Park, Codebreaking and Organization Studies

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Grey is a Professor at the Royal Holloway, University of London. He was previously a Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the University of Warwick, and before that, a Professor of Organizational Theory at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Wolfson College. Professor Grey has published numerous academic articles on the sociology and history of management and organizations, on management education and learning, on critical management studies and on professional services organizations. He is the author of the bestselling student primer, A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Studying Organizations, 2nd edition (2009). Klappentext A fascinating new work that challenges preconceptions of both Bletchley Park and organization studies. Zusammenfassung How was Bletchley Park made as an organization? What was Bletchley Park's culture and how was its work co-ordinated? Challenging many popular perceptions! this book examines the hitherto unexamined complexities of how 10!000 people were brought together in complete secrecy during World War II to work on ciphers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: organization studies, history and Bletchley Park; Part I. Decoding Structures: 1. The making of Bletchley Park; 2. The making of signals intelligence at Bletchley Park; Part II. Decoding Cultures: 3. Pillars of culture at Bletchley Park; 4. Splinters of culture at Bletchley Park; Part III. Decoding Work: 5. Making Bletchley Park work; 6. Understanding Bletchley Park's work; Conclusion: reviving organization studies.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Grey, Christopher (University of Warwick) Grey, Grey Christopher
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9781107676756
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67675-6
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, military history, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Organizational theory & behaviour, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Military administration, Military intelligence, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Organizational theory and behaviour