Advancement in organizational behaviour : essays in honour of Derek S. Pugh

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Advancement in organizational behaviour : essays in honour of Derek S. Pugh

edited by Timothy Clark

Ashgate, c1997

  • : hardcover
  • : pbk

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"Publications of Derek S. Pugh": p. 355-360

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hardcover ISBN 9781855217966

Description

Organization behaviour (OB) is a relatively recent and still growing area of academic enquiry having only emerged since the 1950s. This book is a collection of essays to mark the retirement of Derek Pugh - one of the most influential scholars in the field. Derek Pugh's career has spanned 40 years and through his research established OB as a distinctive field of study. The chapters in this volume cover the central theme of "advancement in organizational behaviour", as Derek Pugh's contribution to the advancement of OB has been considerable.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Aston legacy. Part 2 The changing nature of organizations. Part 3 Organization and management worldwide. Part 4 The future of management research.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781855218017

Description

A collection of essays written to celebrate the distinguished career of Derek Pugh. The papers have been written by eminent former colleagues and collaborators and either re-visit or re-examine past research conducted with Derek Pugh, or, reports on research in which they are currently actively employed.

Table of Contents

  • Contents: Derek Pugh: His Contribution to the Advancement of Organizational Behaviour. The Aston Legacy: The ivory tower in a basement: reminiscences of Aston
  • Derek Pugh: scientific revolutionary in organization studies
  • From the Aston Programme to strategic choice: a journey from concepts to theory
  • The Aston studies and design causality
  • Never mind structure: what about climate?. The Changing Nature of Organizations: Structural change and the role of taxonomies
  • The 'Why?' and 'How?' of organization design
  • The co-evolution of contexts and structures: the N-form
  • Organization structure and the transformation of careers
  • Re-thinking organizations. Organization and Management Worldwide: Linking structure to culture
  • Bureaucracy in socialist economic organization and management: the East German experience
  • Children of the system: management in Russia
  • The emergence of ethnic Chinese business groups in Pacific Asia. The Future of Management Research: The double hurdles for management research
  • The time dimension in organization research
  • Distrust in dependence: the ancient challenge of superior-subordinate relations
  • From a universalist to a polycentric approach in organizational research.

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