Dear Colleagues,
Royston Greenwood and I are very pleased to announce the first volume of our new Elements Series is available. Starting Points: Intellectual and Institutional Foundations of Organization Theory by Bob Hinings and Renate Meyer reviews the first 120 years of organization theory, examining its development from the sociology of organizations and management theory. It is initially organized around two streams of thought. The first is found in political economy and the sociology of organizations, with an emphasis on understanding the new organizations that arose in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The second derives from practitioner–scholars, whose aim was to provide theories and approaches to managing these new organizations. The Element then shows how each of the streams of understanding and managing came together to produce organization theory. In doing this, it also describes how the institutional frameworks in academic associations, academic centres and journals came out of these approaches and how they strengthened the development of organization theory. This book is perfect to refresh your memory on the roots of OT or for your PhD and master's students.
Starting Points is the first element of the Cambridge Elements in Organization Theory series. Elements are small digital books that review key streams of literature and are available online or by print on demand. The purpose of the Cambridge Elements on Organization Theory is to systematize and contribute to our understanding of organizations. We envisage two types of Elements. One will present and discuss core and emerging theoretical perspectives and approaches. A second will apply those perspectives to issues and outcomes, including those of long standing concern (such as achieving organizational change, managing innovation, the comparison of different types of organizations, etc.); and, more recent concerns (such as social, ethnic and gender inequality, corruption and wrongdoing, corporate social responsibility). The idea of this latter set of contributions is to show how organization theory speaks to these issues and thus highlights its application and relevance.
You can find more information on the series here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/elements/organization-theory-elements. More importantly, you can find more information on Bob and Renate's book here including a link to download it for free for a limited time: https://www.cambridge.org/core/series/elements-in-organization-theory/9ABDF8B93C7F67B7B2D9F8D5EC32720C.
Happy reading and please feel free to get in touch if you would like to know more about the series or have suggestions for additional elements.
Nelson
Nelson Phillips
Abu Dhabi Chamber Chair in Strategy and Innovation
Imperial College Business School
London SW7 2AZ
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