ISBN Great Minds in Management ( The Process of Theory Development ) book English Hardcover 624 pages

In Great Minds In Management Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt have brought together some of the most influential and original thinkers in management. Their contributions to this volume not only outline their landmark contributions to management theory but also reflect on the process of theory development presenting their own personal accounts of the gestation of these theories. The result is not only an ambitious and original panorama of the key ideas in management theory presented by their originators but also a unique collection of reflections on the process of theory development an area which to date little has been written about by those who have actually had experience of building theory. In their concluding chapter Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt draw together some common themes about the development of management theory over the last half a century and suggest some of the conclusions to be drawn about how theory comes into being. Contributors: Chris Argyris Albert Bandura Jay B. Barney Lee R. Beach Kim Cameron Michael R. Darby Robert Folger R. Edward Freeman Michael Frese J. Richard Hackman Donald C. Hambrick Michael A. Hitt Anne S. Huff Gary P. Latham Edwin A. Locke Henry Mintzberg Terrence R. Mitchell Richard T. Mowday Ikujiro Nonaka Greg R. Oldham Jeffrey Pfeffer Lyman W. Porter Denise M. Rousseau W. Richard Scott Ken G. Smith Barry M. Staw Richard M. Steers Victor H. Vroom Karl E. Weick Oliver E. Williamson Sidney G. Winter and Lynn Zucker