Management Revue

New Directions in Organizational Behaviour?**

Organizational behaviour research possesses some endemic problems which constrict its progress. This introduction to Management Revue's special issue on organizational behaviour debates six deficiencies in the current research: an unclear conception of how to understand the "organizational" in organizational behaviour; the lack of studies which connect micro- and macro-behaviour; a sterile concentration on the study of relationships instead of mechanisms; a superficial understanding of the pr...

Lost in Transition? Complexity in Organisational Behaviour - the Contributions of Systems Theories**

This paper tries to contribute to potential development areas in Organisational Behaviour (OB) in terms of theoretical foundations and research methods by pursuing 3 goals: 1. The paper presents the basic concepts of a theory family holding promises to remedy some of the deficiencies in OB diagnosed. 2. It describes some methods used within the scope of these theoretical concepts. 3. It demonstrates the potential usefulness of these theoretical concepts and methods by applying them to empiric...

Models of Bounded Rationality: The Approach of Fast and Frugal Heuristics**

In a complex and uncertain world, humans draw inferences and make decisions under the constraints of limited knowledge, resources, and time. Herbert Simon, with his call for models of bounded rationality, can be seen as one of the fathers of the recently initiated research program on "simple heuristics that make us smart" (Gigerenzer/Todd/the ABC Research Group, 1999). These heuristics perform well because they are ecologically rational: they explore the structure of environmental information...

The Blackwell Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior

The Blackwell Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior, edited by Edwin A. Locke, is reviewed.

The Future (and Past) of Work Psychology and Organizational Behaviour: A Personal View**

This paper offers a personal and perhaps "side-ways" view on the past and future of two closely related semi-disciplines: work psychology and organisational behaviour. The paper first addresses the terminological confusion in the area and discusses 10 terms often used inter-changably. It then considers whether work psychology has been, or can ever be, neutral or disinterested in the way it is researched and applied. Some time is spent on the issue of definitions at the heart of which is the i...

Strategy Implementation Tactics As Response to Organizational, Strategic, and Environmental Imperatives**

Based on previous literature in the fields of strategy implementation and leadership research tactics for strategy implementation are identified. Three categories proved empirically valid in this study: autocratic tactics, participative tactics and tactics which rely on the given culture of the organization. The paper is based on the assumption that implementation in general is dependent on environmental, strategic and organizational variables. Based on a discussion of associations of impleme...

Book Reviews

Beyond the Market: The Social Foundations of Economic Efficiency

Beyond the Market: The Social Foundations of Economic Efficiency, by Jens Beckert, is reviewed.

Mitbestimmung Und Gerechtigkeit. Zur Moralischen Grundstruktur Betrieblicher Verhandlungen

Mitbestimmung und Gerechtigkeit. Zur moralischen Grundstruktur betrieblicher Verhandlungen, by Holger Lengfeld, is reviewed.

Handbook of Organizational Culture &Amp; Climate

Handbook of Organizational Culture & Climate, edited by Neal M. Ashkanasy, Celeste P. Wilderom, and Mark F. Peterson, is reviewed.

Theories of Macro Organizational Behavior. A Handbook of Ideas and Explanations

Theories of Macro Organizational Behavior. A Handbook of Ideas and Explanations, by Conor Vibert, is reviewed.

Techniques of Event History Modeling. New Approaches to Causal Analysis, 2nd Edition

Techniques of Event History Modeling. New Approaches to Causal Analysis, 2nd Edition, by Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Gotz Rohwer, is reviewed.

Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Grundlage Einer Neuen Wirtschaftsethik

Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Grundlage einer neuen Wirtschaftsethik, edited by Daniel Dietzfelbinger and Ralph Thurm, is reviewed.