AGSM academics lauded as top researchers
20th October 2003
The published research of three Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) academics has been rated as among the most important contributions to management theory, according to a recent study.
AGSM is a joint school of the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney.
The study* found that the work of AGSM professors Philip Yetton, Lex Donaldson and Robert Wood was among the top 73 theories that have had the greatest influence on management science.
The AGSM trio are the only Australian academics to make the list of significant researchers in the fields of organisational behaviour and strategic management, further establishing AGSM’s credentials as Australia’s leading research school for business management.
A worldwide panel of 95 academics ranked the importance of the 73 theories on a seven-point scale judging extent of recognition, usefulness and validity.
Professor Philip Yetton, a founding academic at the AGSM since 1977, was cited for his research with Victor Vroom on a model of leadership decision-making (Normative Decision Process), which is widely regarded as pioneering work in the area.
Professor Lex Donaldson made the ranking for his work on organisational structure. His Structural Contingency theory looks at the ways the structure of an organisation needs to fit factors such as strategy, size and innovation for the organisation to be effective.
Professor Robert Wood was cited for his research with Terence Mitchell and Steve Green on an Attributional Model of Leadership. Their work explains how leaders diagnose and respond to followers’ work behaviour and the impacts that diagnoses and leadership behaviours have on followers and their performance.
The AGSM academics are listed among such luminaries as Elton Mayo (conductor of the groundbreaking Hawthorne studies in the 1930s); Frederick Taylor (instigator of Scientific Management or “Taylorism”); and Abraham Maslow (author of the Hierarchy of Needs theory in the 1950s).
Among business schools represented in the list of top theories, Stanford Business School has four active researchers, followed by AGSM with three, two from Harvard, and one each from Yale and the University of Michigan.
*Source: The rated importance, scientific validity, and practical usefulness of organizational behavior theories: A quantitative review. John B. Miner, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Vol. 2, No. 3, September 2003, pp. 250-268.
Media Contact: Alan Valvasori, Manager, Media and Communications, AGSM (02) 9931 9240 or mob 0410 458 487
AGSM is a joint school of the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney.
The study* found that the work of AGSM professors Philip Yetton, Lex Donaldson and Robert Wood was among the top 73 theories that have had the greatest influence on management science.
The AGSM trio are the only Australian academics to make the list of significant researchers in the fields of organisational behaviour and strategic management, further establishing AGSM’s credentials as Australia’s leading research school for business management.
A worldwide panel of 95 academics ranked the importance of the 73 theories on a seven-point scale judging extent of recognition, usefulness and validity.
Professor Philip Yetton, a founding academic at the AGSM since 1977, was cited for his research with Victor Vroom on a model of leadership decision-making (Normative Decision Process), which is widely regarded as pioneering work in the area.
Professor Lex Donaldson made the ranking for his work on organisational structure. His Structural Contingency theory looks at the ways the structure of an organisation needs to fit factors such as strategy, size and innovation for the organisation to be effective.
Professor Robert Wood was cited for his research with Terence Mitchell and Steve Green on an Attributional Model of Leadership. Their work explains how leaders diagnose and respond to followers’ work behaviour and the impacts that diagnoses and leadership behaviours have on followers and their performance.
The AGSM academics are listed among such luminaries as Elton Mayo (conductor of the groundbreaking Hawthorne studies in the 1930s); Frederick Taylor (instigator of Scientific Management or “Taylorism”); and Abraham Maslow (author of the Hierarchy of Needs theory in the 1950s).
Among business schools represented in the list of top theories, Stanford Business School has four active researchers, followed by AGSM with three, two from Harvard, and one each from Yale and the University of Michigan.
*Source: The rated importance, scientific validity, and practical usefulness of organizational behavior theories: A quantitative review. John B. Miner, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Vol. 2, No. 3, September 2003, pp. 250-268.
Media Contact: Alan Valvasori, Manager, Media and Communications, AGSM (02) 9931 9240 or mob 0410 458 487
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