The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Decision Making

Gerard P. Hodgkinson & William H. Starbuck

Language: English

Published: Mar 23, 2012

Description:

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Decision-Making comprehensively surveys research on organizational decision-making, broadly conceived. It looks at analysis at the levels of individuals, groups, organization, and inter-organizations, emphasizing psychological perspectives while encompassing insights from economics, political science, and sociology. In-depth case studies illustrate the practical implications of this research.

Bringing together established experts to look at individual topics, the Handbook is an authoritative reference work for academics, researchers, and advanced students concerned with decision-making in the areas of Management, Psychology, and HRM.

Contributors: Eric Abrahamson, Julia Balogun, Michael Barnett, Philippe Baumard, Teri Jane Bryant, Prithviraj Chattopadhyay, Kevin Daniels, Jerker Dendrell, Giovanni Dosi, Roger Dunbar, Simon French, Mark Fuller, Elizabeth George, Paul Goodwin, Terri Griffith, Peter Grinyer, Gerard P. Hodgkinson, Michael Jacobides, Alfred Kieser, Ann Langley, John Maule, Peter McKiernan, Nigel Nicholson, Greg Northcraft, Annie Pye, Karlene Roberts, Jacques Rojot, Johan Roos, Isabelle Royer, Eugene Sadler-Smith, Zur Shapira, Carolyne Smart, Gerald Smith, Emma Soane, Paul Sparrow, Kathleen Sutcliffe, Michal Tamuz, Ilan Vertinsky, Jane Webster, Karl Weick, George Wright, and David Zweig.

About the Series
Oxford Handbooks in Business & Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public Management, International Business, and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas, the volumes, in hardback or paperback, serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike.

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About the Author

Gerard P. Hodgkinson is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Strategic Management at Leeds University Business School (LUBS). In 2001 he was elected a Fellow of both the British Psychological Society and the British Academy of Management, in recognition of his pioneering contribution to the psychology of strategic management as an emergent field of study. He is also a Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research, Editor-in-Chief of the British Jourla of Management , a consulting Editor of the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology , and an Editorial Board Member of the Academy of Management Review and Organization Science.

William H. Starbuck is Professor in residence at the Lundquist College of Business of the University of Oregon and Professor emeritus at New York University. Author of numerous articles on a wide-ranging set of issues relating to organizational behavior and strategy, he is also a former editor of Administrative Science Quarterly , co-editor of The Handbook of Organizational Design (with Paul Nystrom, OUP, 1981), and author of The Production of Knowledge: The Challenge of Social Science Research and Organizational Realities: Studies of Strategizing and Organizing (both OUP, 2006).