... be contacted at: m.rowlinson@qmul.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Business history Publications Narratives If an “historic turn” (Clark and Rowlinson, 2004) is conceptualized as a reorientation of organization studies, rather than merely a supplement (Üsdiken and Kieser...

..., and the nicknames as “Huricane Gilbert” and “the Bison”. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Change management Business history Leadership styles Organizational change On October 25th 1990 the president of Philips Jan Timmer announced a reorganisation operation, called Centurion, which...

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... history affects organizational adaptation and change. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Business history Organizational change Forecasting The future is not our biggest concern. It is the past we worry about (Hungarian folk commentary on the Communists’ treatment of history). How do people...