ABSTRACT

This edited collection, first published in 1989, stems from the second annual meeting of the British Academy of Management, held at Cardiff Business School in 1988. With the focus on important areas of change affecting management practice and theory – in markets, technology and organizational structure - this volume contains a selection of material presented at the conference by leading scholars in the field. Their contributions provide multi-disciplinary views of organizational strategy, across a wide spectrum of business and industry, which will be of significant interest to any students of business structure and management.

chapter 1|75 pages

Understanding Management

chapter 3|29 pages

Longitudinal methods to study change

Theory and practice

chapter 4|14 pages

The case study

A vital yet misunderstood research method for management

chapter 5|11 pages

Experimentation in reflective practice

A conceptional framework for managers in highly professionalized organizations

chapter 2|84 pages

Technology and Innovation

chapter 7|13 pages

Technology, marketing, and culture

The politics of new product development

chapter 8|18 pages

Technological change and strategic management

Technological transilience and the British automotive components sector

chapter 10|21 pages

Interfirm collaboration and innovation

Strategic alliances or reluctant partnerships?

chapter 3|117 pages

Strategy and Organization

chapter 15|14 pages

The roles of accounting in organizational maintenance and change

Insights from a case-study 1

chapter 16|15 pages

Two modes of organization

chapter 17|16 pages

Corporate birth, crisis and rebirth

The emergence of four small UK service firms