Handbook of Historical Methods for Management

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Handbook of Historical Methods for Management

9781800883734 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Stephanie Decker, Professor of Strategy, University of Birmingham Business School, UK, and Professor of African Business History, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, William M. Foster, Professor of Management, University of Alberta, Canada and Elena Giovannoni, Professor of Accounting, Royal Holloway University London, UK, and University of Siena, Italy
Publication Date: July 2023 ISBN: 978 1 80088 373 4 Extent: c 464 pp
The Handbook of Historical Methods for Management offers an invaluable compendium for researchers seeking to expand their methodological toolkit. It showcases a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of management, provides both practical guidance and conceptual insights and offers a wide-ranging picture of historical techniques for management.

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The Handbook of Historical Methods for Management is invaluable for researchers seeking to expand their methodological toolkit. Not only does it showcase a variety of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of management, the Handbook also provides both practical guidance and conceptual insights that present an inclusive overview of historical techniques for management.

Authored by leading experts in the field, this timely Handbook provides practical examples that explain the different processes involved in historical methods of enquiry. It introduces a wide variety of topics such as archival research, organizational memory, materiality, and ANTi-history, offering insights into the complexity of this broad field. Ultimately, the chapters revitalise historical methods in management and organizational studies through careful, interdisciplinary methodological guidance.

This comprehensive Handbook is essential for business, economics and management scholars seeking to clarify their studies. It will additionally be valuable for those in management positions striving to learn more about historical perspectives used to study the field.
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‘This Handbook is a great addition to the wealth of studies showing the importance of historical approaches to management and organization studies. The editors and authors of this volume make it clear that studying organizations means history. They mark a turning point in understanding how organization and historical studies are interlocked. The volume offers a few keys to open a beautiful Pandora’s box.’
– Paolo Quattrone, Alliance Manchester Business School, UK
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Contributors include: Amon Barros, François Bastien, Todd Bridgman, Emily Buchnea, Garry D Carnegie, Diego M. Coraiola, Nelarine Cornelius, Stephen Cummings, Stephanie Decker, Gabrielle Durepos, William M. Foster, Valeria Giacomin, Elena Giovannoni, Alex Gillett, Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani, Charles Harvey, John Hassard, Jean Helms Mills, Trevor Israelsen, David A. Kirsch, Arun Kumar, Santhilata Kuppili Venkata, Kai Lamertz, Christina Lubinski, Mairi Maclean, Karen M McBride, Jeanne Mengis, Sébastien Mena, J Robert Mitchell, Albert J. Mills, Alistair Mutch, Christopher J Napier, Adam Nix, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Fabio James Petani, Eric Pezet, Robert Phillips, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Hannah Platts, Jukka Rintamäki, Michael Rowlinson, Pasquale Ruggiero, Claudia Scholz, Judith Schrempf-Stirling, Andrew Smith, Christian Stutz, Kevin Tennent, Dan Wadhwani, Mike Zundel
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