Todd Bridgman
@toddbridgman.bsky.social
Strange fascination with textbook representations of management theories; Professor, Victoria University of Wellington; Emeritus Editor, Management Learning.
Very interesting, thanks @koenfucius.bsky.social. You might be interested in my new paper exploring the evolution of the Kubler-Ross change curve.
www.emerald.com/jocm/article...
www.emerald.com/jocm/article...
From coping with dying to coping with organizational change: the bricolage of the change curve’s evolution
Purpose. We construct an intellectual history of the change curve, a well-known model for understanding how employees respond to change, from the accepted origin point of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ five s...
www.emerald.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Very interesting, thanks @koenfucius.bsky.social. You might be interested in my new paper exploring the evolution of the Kubler-Ross change curve.
www.emerald.com/jocm/article...
www.emerald.com/jocm/article...
Thanks for sharing Ben, I'm pleased you found it interesting.
August 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thanks for sharing Ben, I'm pleased you found it interesting.
Reposted by Todd Bridgman
Next was "A New History of Management" by Stephen Cummings, @toddbridgman.bsky.social, John Hassard, and Michael Rowlinson, who subvert the standard management history by going back to source material and the historical context. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/4)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/4)
A New History of Management
Cambridge Core - Economic Thought, Philosophy and Methodology - A New History of Management
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August 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Next was "A New History of Management" by Stephen Cummings, @toddbridgman.bsky.social, John Hassard, and Michael Rowlinson, who subvert the standard management history by going back to source material and the historical context. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/4)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/4)
Reposted by Todd Bridgman
If you haven't read it, you may like this article by @toddbridgman.bsky.social and colleagues:
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
Who built maslow’s pyramid? A history of the creation of management studies’ most famous symbol and its implications for management education
© Academy of Management Learning & Education. Abraham Maslow’s theory of motivation, the idea that human needs exist in a hierarchy that people strive to satisfy progressively, is regarded as a fund...
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
January 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
If you haven't read it, you may like this article by @toddbridgman.bsky.social and colleagues:
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
And you. It has been a while!
January 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
And you. It has been a while!
Thanks for sharing Eva.
January 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thanks for sharing Eva.
I am honoured Fiona!
January 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I am honoured Fiona!