Usdiken B. History in Management and Organization Studies...2021 torrent

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There has, in recent times, been an increasing interest in history, broadly defined, among management scholars. But what specifically a historical approach or perspective can contribute to research on organizational fields, organizations, strategy etc. and how exactly such historical research should be carried out remain questions that have been answered only partially, if at all.
Building on the Behlül Üsdiken and Matthias Kipping’s prior and ongoing work, History in Management and Organization Studies: From Margins to Mainstream is unique in presenting a comprehensive and integrated view of how history has informed management research with a focus on organization theory and strategy. More specifically, the volume provides an overview of how the relationship been history and management scholarship has evolved from the 19th century until today, focusing mainly on the post-World War II period; and systematically surveys the kind of research programs within organization theory and strategy that have used historical data and/or history as a theoretical construct, while also identifying the remaining "blind spots". As a whole, it offers a kind of roadmap for management scholars and historians to situate their research and, hopefully, find new roads for others to travel.
The book is intended for anybody conducting or planning to conduct historical research within management and organization studies, and aims, in particular, at becoming a standard feature of research methods courses in business schools and departments of management.
Objective: Finding History in Management Research
PART I
Origins: History and Management Becoming “Sciences”
Aspirations: Bringing History and Management Studies (Back) Together
Evidence: Identifying History in Top Management Journals
PART II
Beginnings: Early Writings on Management History
Orthodoxy: Establishing and Defending Classic Management History
Alternatives: Emergence and Expansion of Critical Views
PART III
History to Theory: Institutional Theories and Process Studies
History to Theory: Organizational Ecology, Economics, Resource Dependence
History in Theory: Imprinting and Path Dependence
History in Theory: Ecology, Strategy, Co-evolution
Not a Conclusion: Multiple Ways Forward
Index