Gibson Burrell is Professor of Organization Theory at the University of Leicester, UK. Martin Parker is Professor of Organization and Culture at the University of Leicester School of Management, UK.
This is a timely publication, which brings together the sophisticated writing of one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of organization to date. The collection establishes Cooper as a classic in organizational thought, whose work will no doubt stand the test of time. -Torkild Thanem, Stockholm University Bob Cooper is widely considered to have both revolutionized and deconstructed management and organization studies. His work was an inspiration to a generation of academics and will inspire many future generations. If you haven't read Cooper before, you can start here with a collection that brings together all his essays in one volume. Reading them is likely to change your sense of what is possible in business and management studies offering a much needed antidote to the cynicism and/or irrelevance of so much of the output coming out of business schools around the world today. -Damian O'Doherty, University of Manchester