Writers on Organizations ^{4th Ed.}

Even though all organizations are different, it is useful to study their differences and the ways in which they work.

Writers on Organizations describes the contributions that many prominent management thinkers have made to the study of organizations and how they are managed. D. S. Pugh and D. J. Dickinson have focused their attention on five aspects of organizations — the structure or organizations, the organization in its environment, the management of organizations, decision-making in organizations and people in organizations. Each section discusses a selection of the major writings on these topics.

Originally commisioned by the Administrative Staff College at Henley-on-Thames, Writers on Organizations has now been extensively updated and revised for this fourth edition, with a number of distinguished new contributors, including Thomas J. Peters and Robert Waterman, William Ouchi, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harry Braveman, Edgar Schein and James D. Thompson

• Introduction to the Fourth Edition

1. The Structure of Organizations
• Max Weber
• Derek Pugh and the Aston Group
• Joan Woodward
• Elliott Jaques and the Glacier Investigations
• Alfred D. Chandler
• Henry Mintzberg
2. The Organization in its Environment
• Tom Burns
• Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch
• James D. Thompson
• Jeffrey Pfeffer and Gerald R. Salancik
• Raymond E. Miles and Charles C. Snow
• Michael T. Hannan and John Freeman
• Oliver E. Williamson
• Geert Hofstede
3. The Management of Organizations
• Henri Fayol
• Frederick W. Taylor
• Harry Braveman and the 'Labour Process' Debate
• Peter F. Drucker
• Thomas J. Peters and Ronert H. Waterman
• William Ouchi
• Rosabeth Moss Kanter
4. Decision-making in Organizations
• Herbert A. Simon
• James G. March
• Charles E. Lindblom
• Victor H. Vroom
• Michel Crozier
• Arnold S. Tannenbaum
5. People in Organizations
• Elton Mayo and the Hawthorne Investigations
• Rensis Likert and Douglas McGregor
• Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton
• Chris Argyris
• Edgar H. Schein
• Frederick Herzberg
• Fred E. Fielder
• Eric Trist and the work of the Tavistock Institute
• David Silverman

During my MBA-studies, I was forced to read this extremely boring book.

After concluding my studies, I find the book riveting and a good overview of the great management thinkers (admittedly a small selection, but worthwhile).

Worthless as a text book, but interesting reading for anyone interested in the subject and some small knowledge about beforehand.