Haridimos Tsoukas

Haridimos ( " Hari " ) Tsoukas (* 1961) is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Warwick Business School in the UK, where he focuses on organizational behavior and change management.

Career

He earned his Bachelor of Science (1983 ) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He left Greece and studied for a master's degree in engineering in 1985 at Cranfield University. He earned his doctorate in 1989 at the University of Manchester.

From 1988 to 1990 Tsoukas taught at the University of Manchester Business School, 1990-95 in Warwick, 95 to 98 at the University of Cyprus, 98-2000 at the University of Essex and from 2000 to 2003 at the University of Strathclyde.

In addition to his research and teaching activities Tsoukas also works in various professional publications, among others, from 2003 to 2008 as the successor of David C. Wilson and predecessor of David Courpasson as chief editor of Organization Studies, the prestigious publication of the European Group for Organizational Studies ( EGOS ). Furthermore Tsoukas writes a column in a Greek newspaper.

Research

In his research, Tsoukas focused on change management and social reforms in connection with the design of social systems. In particular, caused by the information society changes in social systems analyzed and he criticized extensively, where he occupies a post- rational point of view. He deals with the routines of organizations, the change of routines and bringing about change, so the learning in terms of the learning organization and the associated knowledge view of organizations.

Selected Works

Tsoukas has over 60 published works in 130 publications that are managed in over 1800 libraries.

  • (2009) A dialogical approach to the creation of new knowledge in organizations, Organization Science, 2009, 20/ 6: 941-957
  • (2005) Complex Knowledge: Studies in Organizational Epistemology, Oxford University Press
  • (2003) The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory: Meta- theoretical Perspectives (Oxford Handbooks ); Oxford University Press
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