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The Management of Innovation [Paperback]

Tom Burns , G. M. Stalker
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13 Oct 1994 0198288786 978-0198288787 New Ed
First published in 1961, The Management of Innovation is one of the most influential books of organization theory and industrial sociology ever written. The central theme of the book is the relationship between an organization and its environment - particularly technological and market innovations.

Based on first-class scholarship and engagingly written, the book presents the authors' now famous and ubiquitous classicifications of "mechanistic" and "organic" systems. For this it has become justly famous, but the book is also a penetrating study of social systems within organizations and organizational dynamics.

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford; New Ed edition (13 Oct 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0198288786
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198288787
  • Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 2 x 21.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 536,912 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Few managers around the world have heard of Tom Burns, a former professor of sociology at Edinburgh University. Yet he created a string of concepts which have had an increasingly powerful international influence since he retired 13 years ago. They have improved western management practice immeasurably--and made millionaires of several famous American pundits who embroidered them....Written in refreshingly plain English, it is a riveting read and brims with insight after insight."--Christopher Lorenz, The Financial Times


"Tom Burns' book was a minor classic when it was first published; one of the most sensible and profound critiques of bureaucracy in print. It was way ahead of its time, perhaps "prematurely right." I congratulate Oxford University Press for this reissue, the third edition, with a new and extraordinary Preface to a book that is now a major classic."--Warren Bennis, University of Southern California, author of An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change


"A new edition of Burns and Stalker's scholarly text on organisation theory and industrial sociology is indeed welcome and should provide stimulating reflection for those who work in dynamic industries and professions...For over thirty years, this book has taken a leading role in encouraging creative behaviour in industry and commerce; its message remains relevant in today's harsh economic environment...Those who offer professional services - including market and social research - will find that this pioneering text inspires them to reflect imaginatively on their present activities as practitioners and managers."--Journal of the Market Research Society


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Tom Burns is Professor of Sociology, Retired, Edinburgh University.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Sound but a Chore 6 Jan 2013
By Meg103
Format:Paperback
Highly acclaimed academic book. Considered to be "prematurely right," as it was making predictions of the business world way before it was as we know it today.

However, like many pieces of academic literature, it certainly doesn't make for light, easy reading.
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