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The Blackwell Companion to Organizations

Beschreibung

Drawing on the research of more than 50 influential international scholars, this extensive interdisciplinary survey consolidates and evaluates what is known and not known about organizations, and critically examines how we learn about and study them. The contributions are grouped under ten headings, representing the most important contemporary perspectives on organizations, including networks, ecology and technology, each of which is covered at three levels of organization: intraorganizational, organizational, and interorganizational. For ease of use, each chapter is structured around five common elements: review and evaluation of the literature on that topic; contemporary issues and debates; central questions that remain unanswered; new and emerging directions for research; and connections across levels of organizations. For newcomers to organization studies, this up-to-date resource provides a foundation for navigating the field and an overview of its complexities. For more experienced students and scholars, it offers a rich source of inspiration and ideas, and clear guidance for designing and carrying out exemplary research.

Autor

Joel A. C. Baum is Canadian National Chair in Strategy and Organization at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. His research has been published in a wide range of prestigious management and social science journals. He is a member of the editorial boards of Administrative Science Quarterly and Academy of Management Journal, Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Strategic Management, and founding co-editor of Strategic Organization - SO!.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 992
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 167mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 1669g
• ISBN-13: 9780631216957
• ISBN-10: 0631216952
• Artikelnr.: 22253311

Rezensionen

"The book is absolutely outstanding! It is an intellectual tour deforce by a stellar cast of more than 50 superb scholars. Itachieves the impossible - both tremendous breadth and depth on themost important topics in organization theory today. No seriousstudent of organizations can possibly do without this book."Christine Oliver, York University

"The quality of the contributors and the intelligence of thecomprehensive editorial framework assure that we have, at last, aworthy successor to March's classic Handbook ofOrganizations (1965). The commitment to a common enterprise,the connections constructed across levels of analysis, and adevotion to cumulative knowledge are welcome attributes of thisvaluable collection." W. Richard Scott, StanfordUniversity

"Baum has brought together a diverse and wily asemblage ofauthors to write a coherent book of the state of the art oforganizations. The chapters show that organization studies has adefined frontier and research program." Bruce Kogut, Universityof Pennsylvania

"...the volume reaches beyond its espoused role as a "companion"and provides a bold statement that we believe will help guide thenext generation of organizational theory scholars and sparkdisquiet (and perhaps consternation) among organizationalresearchers who are at the margins of this movement."Administrative Science Quarterly