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  • 1.  Two classics

    Posted 01-11-2016 16:51
    On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action. I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.

    I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    Sent from my iPhone

    Denise M. Rousseau
    H J Heinz University Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University


  • 2.  Two classics

    Posted 01-11-2016 17:55
    I concur!

    Sadly when I left Tasmania I gave away my library of “classics” which included both March and Simon, and Thompson. I found Thompson to be a requisite treasure in keeping me committed to my doctoral studies!

    I look forward to see other desert island choices.

    Chris Poulson
    Emeritus Professor
    California Polytechnic University Pomona

    > On Jan 11, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Denise Rousseau <denise@CMU.EDU> wrote:
    >
    > On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action. I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.
    >
    > I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    > Sent from my iPhone
    >
    > Denise M. Rousseau
    > H J Heinz University Professor
    > Carnegie Mellon University


  • 3.  Two classics

    Posted 01-11-2016 19:20
    Yes, and I’ve always been partial to Katz and Kahn, The Social Psychology of Organizations. I read all three of these books (Thompson, March and Simon, Katz and Kahn) as an undergraduate.


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    On 1/11/16, 3:54 PM, "Organizational Behavior Division Listserv on behalf of Chris Poulson" <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU on behalf of cfpoulson@ME.COM> wrote:

    >I concur!
    >
    >Sadly when I left Tasmania I gave away my library of “classics” which included both March and Simon, and Thompson. I found Thompson to be a requisite treasure in keeping me committed to my doctoral studies!
    >
    >I look forward to see other desert island choices.
    >
    >Chris Poulson
    >Emeritus Professor
    >California Polytechnic University Pomona
    >
    >> On Jan 11, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Denise Rousseau <denise@CMU.EDU> wrote:
    >>
    >> On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action. I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.
    >>
    >> I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    >> Sent from my iPhone
    >>
    >> Denise M. Rousseau
    >> H J Heinz University Professor
    >> Carnegie Mellon University


  • 4.  Two classics

    Posted 01-13-2016 10:54
    Chris Argyris,Personality and Organization

    Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch, Organization and Environment

    Martin G. Evans
    Professor Emeritus, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

    48 Griswold Street
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    MA 02138

    617-876-3980

    URL: www.rotman.utoronto.ca/~evans

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    ... had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
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    On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Cindi Fukami <cfukami@du.edu> wrote:
    Yes, and I've always been partial to Katz and Kahn, The Social Psychology of Organizations.  I read all three of these books (Thompson, March and Simon, Katz and Kahn) as an undergraduate.


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    Professor of Management
    Daniels College of Business | University of Denver
    2101 S University Blvd.
    Denver, CO  80208
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    On 1/11/16, 3:54 PM, "Organizational Behavior Division Listserv on behalf of Chris Poulson" <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU on behalf of cfpoulson@ME.COM> wrote:

    >I concur!
    >
    >Sadly when I left Tasmania I gave away my library of "classics" which included both March and Simon, and Thompson. I found Thompson to be a requisite treasure in keeping me committed to my doctoral studies!
    >
    >I look forward to see other desert island choices.
    >
    >Chris Poulson
    >Emeritus Professor
    >California Polytechnic University Pomona
    >
    >> On Jan 11, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Denise Rousseau <denise@CMU.EDU> wrote:
    >>
    >> On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action.  I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.
    >>
    >> I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    >> Sent from my iPhone
    >>
    >> Denise M. Rousseau
    >> H J Heinz University Professor
    >> Carnegie Mellon University



  • 5.  Two classics

    Posted 01-11-2016 19:20
    Denise, if email had a "like" button, I would have "liked" your post about March and Simon, and Thompson. I did my Ph.D. dissertation under Lou Pondy, who was a student of both March and Simon at Carnegie, and who knew Thompson, and the books you mention were required reading. I had the pleasure of being Simon's escort for a few days when he came for a talk at the University of Kansas, and will never forget our conversation on the way back to the airport. I was a new Assistant Professor and asked him if he could go back and do it all over, what would he do differently. He told me he had always been intimidated by bright people early in his career and that, if he could go back, he would reach out more, ask more questions, especially of bright people. As I left the airport after dropping him off, I realized he had just told me to do what I had just done - to reach out to bright people and ask questions. Throughout my career as I encountered bright people - like Karl Weick, Lyman Porter, Warren Bennis, and Chris Argyris - I reached out to them and asked questions, and I'm glad I did. 

    Larry

    On Monday, January 11, 2016, Chris Poulson <cfpoulson@me.com> wrote:
    I concur!

    Sadly when I left Tasmania I gave away my library of "classics" which included both March and Simon, and Thompson. I found Thompson to be a requisite treasure in keeping me committed to my doctoral studies!

    I look forward to see other desert island choices.

    Chris Poulson
    Emeritus Professor
    California Polytechnic University Pomona

    > On Jan 11, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Denise Rousseau <denise@CMU.EDU> wrote:
    >
    > On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action.  I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.
    >
    > I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    > Sent from my iPhone
    >
    > Denise M. Rousseau
    > H J Heinz University Professor
    > Carnegie Mellon University


  • 6.  Two classics

    Posted 01-11-2016 19:49
    I agree with those two classic pieces mentioned, March and Simon, and Thompson. I would add a piece a little older than this two! Chester Barnard's 1938 The Function of the Executive!

    Thanks,
    Ivan


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    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] on behalf of Chris Poulson [cfpoulson@ME.COM]
    Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 4:54 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
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    I concur!

    Sadly when I left Tasmania I gave away my library of “classics” which included both March and Simon, and Thompson. I found Thompson to be a requisite treasure in keeping me committed to my doctoral studies!

    I look forward to see other desert island choices.

    Chris Poulson
    Emeritus Professor
    California Polytechnic University Pomona

    > On Jan 11, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Denise Rousseau <denise@CMU.EDU> wrote:
    >
    > On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action. I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.
    >
    > I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    > Sent from my iPhone
    >
    > Denise M. Rousseau
    > H J Heinz University Professor
    > Carnegie Mellon University


  • 7.  Two classics

    Posted 01-11-2016 20:33
    I wouldn't bring it on a desert island with me, but an excellent book is:

    Great Minds in Management

    The Process of Theory Development

    Edited by Ken G. Smith and Michael A. Hitt


    Cheers,
    Celeste Brotheridge, Professeure titulaire
    ESG-UQAM, Montreal, Canada



    From: Chris Poulson <cfpoulson@ME.COM>
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 4:54 PM
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] Two classics

    I concur!

    Sadly when I left Tasmania I gave away my library of "classics" which included both March and Simon, and Thompson. I found Thompson to be a requisite treasure in keeping me committed to my doctoral studies!

    I look forward to see other desert island choices.

    Chris Poulson
    Emeritus Professor
    California Polytechnic University Pomona

    > On Jan 11, 2016, at 1:50 PM, Denise Rousseau <denise@CMU.EDU> wrote:
    >
    > On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action.  I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.
    >
    > I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    > Sent from my iPhone
    >
    > Denise M. Rousseau
    > H J Heinz University Professor
    > Carnegie Mellon University




  • 8.  Two classics

    Posted 01-12-2016 10:21
    I would take the following two books:

    F. Taylor - Principles of Scientific Management
    D. McGregor - Human Side of Enterprise.

    As far as I’m concerned, we at OB are still wresting with these two major ideas.

    Ken


    > On Jan 11, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Denise Rousseau <denise@CMU.EDU> wrote:
    >
    > On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action. I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.
    >
    > I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    > Sent from my iPhone
    >
    > Denise M. Rousseau
    > H J Heinz University Professor
    > Carnegie Mellon University


  • 9.  Two classics

    Posted 01-12-2016 11:42
    Since someone brought up deserted islands, I would bring with me Berger and Luckmann's Social Construction of Reality, which explores how social organization emerges from individual and collective action. The deserted island and Robinson Crusoe are the starting points for the theory.

    On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Kenneth Rhee <RHEE@nku.edu> wrote:
    I would take the following two books:

    F. Taylor - Principles of Scientific Management
    D. McGregor - Human Side of Enterprise.

    As far as I'm concerned, we at OB are still wresting with these two major ideas.

    Ken


    > On Jan 11, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Denise Rousseau <denise@CMU.EDU> wrote:
    >
    > On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action.  I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.
    >
    > I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    > Sent from my iPhone
    >
    > Denise M. Rousseau
    > H J Heinz University Professor
    > Carnegie Mellon University




  • 10.  Two classics

    Posted 01-13-2016 11:56
    Dear all,
    my classics are:
    Deming, W. E. (2000). The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education –2nd Edition Paperback, August 11, 2000, Cambridge; Massachussetts: The MIT Press.

    Joiner, B. L. (1994). Fourth Generation Management: The New Business Consciousness. New York: McGraw-Hill.

    Best regards
    Gerhard Fink

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    Since someone brought up deserted islands, I would bring with me Berger and Luckmann's Social Construction of Reality, which explores how social organization emerges from individual and collective action. The deserted island and Robinson Crusoe are the starting points for the theory.

    On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Kenneth Rhee <RHEE@nku.edu> wrote:
    I would take the following two books:

    F. Taylor - Principles of Scientific Management
    D. McGregor - Human Side of Enterprise.

    As far as I'm concerned, we at OB are still wresting with these two major ideas.

    Ken


    > On Jan 11, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Denise Rousseau <denise@CMU.EDU> wrote:
    >
    > On a desert island I would like to have March and Simon's Organizations and Thompson's Organizations in Action.  I think of them as must-have's for an organizational scholar.
    >
    > I named my daughters Jessica Deborah for James D Thompson and Heather Angelina for Herbert A Simon just so you know I'm serious!
    > Sent from my iPhone
    >
    > Denise M. Rousseau
    > H J Heinz University Professor
    > Carnegie Mellon University



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