Organizational Behavior 3: Historical Origins, Theoretical Foundations, and the Future

ISBN-13: 9780765615282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 336 str.

John B. Miner

Opis

This is the first comprehensive overview of the development of the field of Organizational Behavior. It belongs on the shelf of every scholar and student in the discipline.

Part I covers the foundations of the scientific method, theory development, and the accrual of scientific knowledge in the field. Part II introduces the ideas of pioneers whose work pre-dates the emergence of Organizational Behavior. Part III considers the actual emergence of OB as we know it today, with an analysis of the environmental forces that impinged upon it (such as the recruiting of social scientists into business schools). Part IV presents an assessment of the current state of the art in OB research, with an original assessment of the importance, validity, and practical usefulness of 73 core theories in OB. Finally, Part V sets forth a vision for the future identity and growth of Organizational Behavior research, theory, and practice.

Recenzje

"The state of the art of organizational behaviour theories" Academy of Management Review

Spis treści

I: Theory, Research, and Knowledge of Organizational Behavior; 1: Science and its Theory; 2: Theory Building and Kinds of Theories; 3: Measurement of Variables and design of Research; 4: Knowledge of Organizational Behavior; 5: The Context of Theory as organizational Behavior Emerged; II: Multidisciplinary Origins of Organizational Behavior; 6: Elton Mayo And Hawthorne; 7: Chester Barnard's Views On Management; 8: Kurt Lewin—Personality Theory Andsocial Psychology Arrive; 9: Mary Parker Follett—Socialphilosopher And Prophetof Management; 10: Max Weber And Histheory Of Bureaucracy; 11: Classical Management Theorists: The Antiheroes—Henri Fayol Andfrederick Taylor; III: Establishing the Groundagainst which Organizational behavior became Figure; 12: The Foundations, Their Reports, and the Aftermath; 13: The Management Laureates; 14: Psychologists in Business Schools; 15: The Uncertainty Factor; 16: A Personal and Theoretical Odyssey; IV: The Importance, Validity, Practical Usefulness, and Institutionalization of Organizational Behavior Theories; 17: Methodology of the Importance, Validity, and Usefulness Analyses; 18: Findings From the Importance, Validity, and Usefulness Analyses; 19: Background and Hypotheses for the Institutionalization Analyses; 20: Methodology of the Institutionalization Analyses; 21: Findings From the Institutionalization Analyses; V: From Generation to Generation; 22: The Historical Core and Inherent Identity of Organizational Behavior; 23: A Vision for Ensuing Generations

O autorze

Jack Miner has written more than 50 books and over 140 articles in leading journals. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Academy of Management and also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.