Evolutionary Dynamics of Organizations
Published on 16. June 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-19-508584-6 (ISBN)
Description
The book presents the latest research and theory about evolutionary change in organizations. It brings together the work of organizational theorists who have challenged the orthodox adaptation views that prevailed until the beginning of the 1980s. It emphasizes multiple levels of change - distinguishing change at the intraorganizational level, the organizational level, the population level, and the community level. The book is organized in a way that gives order and coherence to what has been a diverse and multidisciplinary field. (The book had its inception at a conference held at the Stern School of Business, New York University, January 1992.)
Reviews / Votes
Organizations rise and fall. In between, they change-sometimes negligibly, sometimes gradually, sometimes radically. For the scholar who is interested in understanding the latest thinking on organizational evolution and change, this book is critically important. It presents fresh, insightful pieces from many of the leading thinkers on the topic. We can expect to find the Baum and Singh volume on a lot of desks, and represented in many reference lists, through the rest of the 90's. Donald C. Hambrick, Columbia UniversityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
836 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-508584-6 (9780195085846)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Joel A. C. Baum | Jitendra V. Singh
Evolutionary Dynamics of Organizations
E-Book
03/1994
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€153.99
Available for download
Content
Contributors
1: Joel A. C. Baum and Jitendra Singh: Organizational Hierarchies and Evolutionary Processes: Some Reflections on a Theory of Organizational Evolution
Part I. Introductory Essays
2: Donald T. Campbell: How Individual and Face-to-Face-Group Selection Undermine Firm Selection in Organizational Evolution
3: James G. March: The Evolution of Evolution
Part II. Intraorganizational Evolution
4: Robert A. Burgelman and Brian S. Mittman: An Intraorganizational Ecological Perspective on Managerial Risk Behavior, Performance, and Survival: Individual, Organizational, and Environmental Effects
5: Anne S. Minor: Seeking Adaptive Advantage: Evolutionary Theory and Managerial Action
6: Sidney G. Winter: Organizing for Continuous Improvement: Evolutionary Theory Meets the Quality Revolution
Commentaries
Part III. Organizational Evolution
7: Ari Ginsberg and Joel A. C. Baum: Evolutionary Processes and Patterns of Core Business Change
8: Heather A. Haveman: The Ecological Dynamics of Organizational Change: Density and Mass Dependence in Rates of Entry into New Markets
9: Daniel A. Levinthal: Surviving Schumpeterian Environments: An Evolutionary Perspective
10: Stephen J. Mezias and Theresa K. Lant: Mimetic Learning and the Evolution of Organizational Populations
Commentaries
Part IV. Population Evolution
11: Howard E. Aldrich, Catherine R. Zimmer, Udo H. Staber, and John J. Beggs: Minimalism, Mutalism, and Maturity: The Evolution of the American Trade Association Population in the 20th Century
12: Terry L. Amburgey, Tina Dacin, and Dawn Kelly: Disruptive Selection and Population Segmentation: Interpopulation Competition as a Segregation Process
13: Jacques Delacroix and Hayagreeva Rao: Externalities and Ecological Theory: Unbundling Density Dependence
14: John Freeman and Alessandro Lomi: Resource Partitioning and Foundings of Banking Cooperatives in Italy
15: Lynne G. Zucker and Ita G. G. Kreft: The Evolution of Socially Contingent Rational Action: Effects of Labor Strikes on CHange in Union Founding in the 1880s
Part V. Community Evolution
16: William P. Barnett: The Liability of Collective Action: Growth and Change Among Early American Telephone Companies
17: ack W. Brittain: Density-Independent Selection and Community Evolution
18: Joel A. C. Baum and Jitendra V. Singh: Organization-Environment Coevolution
19: Lori Rosenkopf and Michael L. Tushman: The Coevolution of Technology and Organization
20: Andrew H. Van de Ven and Raghu Garud: The Coevolution of Technical and Institutional Events in the Development of an Innovation
Commentaries
References
Index
1: Joel A. C. Baum and Jitendra Singh: Organizational Hierarchies and Evolutionary Processes: Some Reflections on a Theory of Organizational Evolution
Part I. Introductory Essays
2: Donald T. Campbell: How Individual and Face-to-Face-Group Selection Undermine Firm Selection in Organizational Evolution
3: James G. March: The Evolution of Evolution
Part II. Intraorganizational Evolution
4: Robert A. Burgelman and Brian S. Mittman: An Intraorganizational Ecological Perspective on Managerial Risk Behavior, Performance, and Survival: Individual, Organizational, and Environmental Effects
5: Anne S. Minor: Seeking Adaptive Advantage: Evolutionary Theory and Managerial Action
6: Sidney G. Winter: Organizing for Continuous Improvement: Evolutionary Theory Meets the Quality Revolution
Commentaries
Part III. Organizational Evolution
7: Ari Ginsberg and Joel A. C. Baum: Evolutionary Processes and Patterns of Core Business Change
8: Heather A. Haveman: The Ecological Dynamics of Organizational Change: Density and Mass Dependence in Rates of Entry into New Markets
9: Daniel A. Levinthal: Surviving Schumpeterian Environments: An Evolutionary Perspective
10: Stephen J. Mezias and Theresa K. Lant: Mimetic Learning and the Evolution of Organizational Populations
Commentaries
Part IV. Population Evolution
11: Howard E. Aldrich, Catherine R. Zimmer, Udo H. Staber, and John J. Beggs: Minimalism, Mutalism, and Maturity: The Evolution of the American Trade Association Population in the 20th Century
12: Terry L. Amburgey, Tina Dacin, and Dawn Kelly: Disruptive Selection and Population Segmentation: Interpopulation Competition as a Segregation Process
13: Jacques Delacroix and Hayagreeva Rao: Externalities and Ecological Theory: Unbundling Density Dependence
14: John Freeman and Alessandro Lomi: Resource Partitioning and Foundings of Banking Cooperatives in Italy
15: Lynne G. Zucker and Ita G. G. Kreft: The Evolution of Socially Contingent Rational Action: Effects of Labor Strikes on CHange in Union Founding in the 1880s
Part V. Community Evolution
16: William P. Barnett: The Liability of Collective Action: Growth and Change Among Early American Telephone Companies
17: ack W. Brittain: Density-Independent Selection and Community Evolution
18: Joel A. C. Baum and Jitendra V. Singh: Organization-Environment Coevolution
19: Lori Rosenkopf and Michael L. Tushman: The Coevolution of Technology and Organization
20: Andrew H. Van de Ven and Raghu Garud: The Coevolution of Technical and Institutional Events in the Development of an Innovation
Commentaries
References
Index