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Ways Ahead for Organisations: Disappointing Guidebooks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Dave Buchanan
Dave Buchanan
Affiliation:
School of Business, De Montfort University, Leicester, England
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Abstract

Cary L. Cooper and Denise M. Rousseau (eds), Trends in Organisational Behaviour, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, paper £18.99, viii+179pp.

Roderick M. Kramer and Margaret A. Neale (eds), Power and Influence in Organisations, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1998, paper £19.99, x+392pp.

Gill Robinson Hickman (ed.), Leading Organisations: Perspectives for a New Era, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1998, paper £19.99, xv+613pp.

The State of the Art?

The three volumes under review in this essay all appear to offer ‘state of the art’ treatments of their subject matter, of value both to academic researchers and to practising managers. How well do they achieve this aim?

Type
EXTENDED REVIEW
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Work, Employment and Society , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , June 1999 , pp. 399 - 402
Copyright
1999 BSA Publications Ltd

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