{"product_id":"great-minds-in-management-the-process-of-theory-development-9780199276820","title":"Great Minds in Management: The Process of Theory Development","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ken G. Smith | Michael A. Hitt\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: OUP UK\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: OUP UK\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Management Science\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGreat Minds In Management\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include: 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.","brand":"OUP UK","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47585707360407,"sku":"9780199276820","price":6715.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199276820.webp?v=1774961377","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/great-minds-in-management-the-process-of-theory-development-9780199276820","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}