Table of contents
ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT AND COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT: ACTION RESEARCH AS AN INTERPRETIVE FRAMEWORK
A.B. (Rami) Shani, M. Tom BasurayAction Research (AR) is presented as an interpretive conceptual framework through which an understanding of management systems can be achieved. The proposed interpretive framework…
ENTREPRENEURS AND ORGANISATIONAL GROWTH: SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM AND STRATEGIES FOR HELPING
Luke Novelli, William L. TullarThe difficulties entrepreneurs encounter as their organisations move from the rapid growth to the maturity stage are attributed to a personality/ organisation misfit. Personality…
META LEADERSHIP IN ORGANISATIONS: APPLYING BURNS' POLITICAL CONCEPT IN TRANSFORMING LEADERSHIP
John NichollsA distinction was drawn by Burns, the political scientist, between transforming and transactional leadership. The notion of transforming leadership struck a chord with behavioural…
LINGUISTIC HOMOGENEITY IN CORPORATE MANAGEMENT GROUPS
Carol BerreyA corporate organisation, because it exists in a climate characterised by uncertainty, ambiguity and a need for accurate communication, tends to choose a new organisation member…
IN DEFENCE OF PROCESS CONSULTATION
David CoghlanProcess consultation is an approach to organisational intervention created by Edgar Schein. It describes a philosophy of helping that is based on the collaborative working of…
ISSN:
0143-7739Online date, start – end:
1980Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Professor Martin McCracken
- Prof Paul Humphreys