Great minds in management : the process of theory development / edited by Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt.

By:

Smith, Ken G, [editor]

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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: xiii, 600 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:

0199276811 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Management

DDC classification:

658.001 22

Contents:

Process of developing management theory / M.A. Hitt and K.G. Smith -- Individuals and their environment: Evolution of social cognitive theory / A. Banura; Image theory / L.R. beach and T.R. Mitchell; Road to fairness and beyond / R. Folger; Grand theories and mid-range theories, cultural effects on theorizing and the attempt to understand active approaches to work / M. Frese -- Behavior of organizations: Double-loop learning in organizations, a theory of action perspective / C. Argyris; Where does inequality come from? the personal and intellectual roots of resource-based theory / J.B. Barney; Organizational effectiveness, its demise and re- emergence through positive organizational scholarship / K. Cameron; Managerial and organizational scholarship, islands of coherence / A.S. Huff -- Environmental contingencies and organizations: Development of stakeholder theory, an idiosyncratic approach / R.E. Freeman; Developing resource dependence theory, how theory is affected by its environment / J. Pfeffer; Institutional theory, contributing to a theoretical research program / W.R. Scott; Transaction cost economics, the process of theory development / O.E. Williamson -- Learning to develop theory from the masters / K.G. Smith and M.A. Hitt.

Summary: In [this book, the authors] have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory, but also reflect on the process of theory development, presenting their own personal accounts of the gestation of these theories. The result is not only an ambitious and original panorama of the key ideas in management theory presented by their originators, but also a unique collection of reflections on the process of theory development, an area which to date little has been written about by those who have actually had experience of building theory. In [the] concluding chapter, [they] draw together some common themes about the development of management theory over the last half a century, and suggest some of the conclusions to be drawn about how theory comes into being

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In [this book, the authors] have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory, but also reflect on the process of theory development, presenting their own personal accounts of the gestation of these theories. The result is not only an ambitious and original panorama of the key ideas in management theory presented by their originators, but also a unique collection of reflections on the process of theory development, an area which to date little has been written about by those who have actually had experience of building theory. In [the] concluding chapter, [they] draw together some common themes about the development of management theory over the last half a century, and suggest some of the conclusions to be drawn about how theory comes into being