Writers on Organizations

Long a best-seller, this eagerly awaited Sixth Edition offers an illuminating overview of the field of organization studies through the views of leading writers whose ideas are presently the subject of much interest and debate. Authors Derek S. Pugh and David J. Hickson do a masterful job of capturing the essence of each writer's contribution to the field-providing coverage of all the classic and cutting edge theories in management today.

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Though the title implies we might be reading about, for example, Joan Didion's ideas on organization (which would be fun), the new edition of this essay collection, in fact, gathers academic scholars' most current thoughts on the structures of organizations in contemporary society. Still, the 35 contributors represent the best in historical, philosophical, and sociological fields and detail the nature and structure of organizations, their environments, management, decision making, people, and potential for instruction. Paper edition (unseen), $21.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David J. Hickson is Emeritus Professor of International Management and Organization at Bradford School of Management, England. His prin­cipal research interests are how societal culture affects managerial decision making in different nations and what influences the success of major decisions. His previous research has included processes of mana­gerial decision making, power in organizations, and bureaucratization. He was founding Editor-in-Chief of the international research journal Organization Studies; a founder of the European research association in his field, the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS); and a founding member of the British Academy of Management. He has held appointments in university business schools and research institutes in Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands, has an Honorary Ph.D. from the University of Umea in Sweden, and has lectured widely around the world. He has published numerous research journal papers and book chapters and is author or editor of eight books, most recently Management in Western Europe (1993, DeGruyter) and Management Worldwide: Distinctive Styles Amid Globalization ( enhanced ed, 2001, Penguin Books, with Derek S. Pugh). Prior to becoming an academic, David Hickson worked in financial administration and qualified profes­sionally as a chartered secretary and in personnel management.