David J. Hickson

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David John Hickson ( April 20, 1931 - June 22, 2016 ) was a British economist and professor emeritus at the University of Bradford Management School in Bradford .

Career

Hickson worked in human resource management at the Bristol Stock Exchange, switched to an academic career on the advice of Reginald Revans , where he remained until his retirement. His research dealt with the influence of general culture on decisions in organizations in different countries and the influences on decisions. In addition, he dealt with power and bureaucracy research.

Hickson was a co-founder of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS ; 1975, Bréau-sans-Nappe near Paris) and first editor-in-chief (1980–1990) of the newly founded journal Organization Studies , which he made the leading organ of organizational research in Europe. In 1998, Hickson was honored as the first honorary member of EGOS.

His professional activities also include work at Birmingham College of Advanced Technology , later renamed Aston University , where he became the Aston Group's senior executive alongside Derek S. Pugh . In the course of his career, Hickson was involved in universities and research institutes in various countries, including a two-year research stay at the University of Alberta Quasi as a by-product of his activities in the Aston Group, a contingency theory of power ( strategic contingencies theory of interaorganizational power ). According to this model, organizations must necessarily work in a division of labor. This creates functional interdependencies, with three strategic conditions determining the power or powerlessness of the unit:

  • Managing Uncertainty - The department best able to cope with environmental insecurity is gaining power.
  • Non-substitutability - the department's service must be impossible or difficult to replace.
  • Centrality - the department must be sufficiently with the other departments coupled be.

This research was rewarded with his appointment as professor at the University of Bradford. In the course of these activities, Hickson was heavily involved in the research on decision theory.

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  • The Cultural Context of Organizational Control: An International Comparison ; 1976 "International Studies of Management and Organization"
  • Planned or Prioritized? Two Options in Managing the Implementation of Strategic Decisions ; 2003; Journal of Management Studies
  • Beyond Planning :: Strategies for Successfully Implementing Strategic Decisions ; 2004; Long range planning
  • Sporadic, fluid and constricted processes: Three types of strategic decision-making in organizations ; 2007; Journal of Management Studies
  • From Strategy to Action: Involvement and Influence in Top Level Decisions ; 2008; Long range planning
  • The Limits of Trade Union Power in Organizational Decision Making ; 2009; in British Journal of Industrial Relations

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  1. ↑ Bob Hinings ; Trailblazer in field of organization and management theory leaves impressive legacy , University of Bradford press release with obituary for David J. Hickson; accessed on February 26, 2017
  2. ↑ Portrait of the author Sage Publications, accessed on May 24, 2012
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Bob Hinings , laudation on the acceptance of David J. Hickson as an honorary member of EGOS, accessed on May 24, 2012
  4. ↑ Derek S. Pugh and David J. Hickson (Eds.) (1976) Organizational Structure in Its Context. Westmead; cited in Karl Sandner (1990) Processes of Power - On the emergence, stabilization and change of the power of actors in companies. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg; ISBN 3-7908-0647-1
  5. ↑ Derek S. Pugh and CR Hinings (Eds.) (1976) Organizational Structure. Extensions and Replications. Westmead; cited in Karl Sandner (1990) Processes of Power - On the emergence, stabilization and change of the power of actors in companies. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg; ISBN 3-7908-0647-1
  6. ^ Derek S. Pugh and RL Payne (Eds.) (1977) Organizational Behavior in Its Context. Westmead 1977; cited in Karl Sandner (1990) Processes of Power - On the emergence, stabilization and change of the power of actors in companies. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg; ISBN 3-7908-0647-1
  7. ^ Karl Sandner (1990) Processes of Power - On the emergence, stabilization and change of the power of actors in companies. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg; ISBN 3-7908-0647-1
  8. ↑ David J. Hickson, CR Hinings; CA Lee, RE Schneck; JM Pennings (1971) A Strategic Contingencies' Theory of Intraorganizational Power. in: Administrative Science Quarterly, 16th year 1971; 2; Pp. 151-196; cited in Karl Sandner (1990) Processes of Power - On the emergence, stabilization and change of the power of actors in companies. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg; ISBN 3-7908-0647-1
  9. ↑ CR Hinings, David J. Hickson, JM Pennings, RE Schneck (1974) Structural Conditions of Intraorganizational Power. in: Administrative Science Quarterly, Volume 19, 1974; 1, pp. 22-44; cited in Karl Sandner (1990) Processes of Power - On the emergence, stabilization and change of the power of actors in companies. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg; ISBN 3-7908-0647-1
personal data
SURNAME Hickson, David J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hickson, David John; Hickson, DJ; Hickson, David J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British economist
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1931
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 2016