Professor Frank Blackler
BA Bristol, MPhil London
Emeritus Professor
Department
Organisation Work and Technology
Current Teaching
Undergraduate:
OWT.320 Organisational Studies and the Management of Change: Key Approaches.
OWT.321 Organisational Studies and the Management of Change: Contemporary Theory and Key Practical Issues.
Postgraduate:
MA in Human Resource & Knowledge Management: (Knowledge Management 2)
Lancaster MBA: Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources Management
Research Interests
Organisational change. Theories of practice.
Current Research
Dialogue and learning
Publications
- Blackler F H M, 2009, 'Cultural-historical activity theory and organization studies', in Learning and Expanding with Activity Theory, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
View details - Blackler F H M and Regan S, 2009, 'Intentionality, agency, change: practice theory and management', Management Learning, vol 40, no. 2, pp. 161-177.
View details - Blackler F H M and Regan S, 2006, 'Institutional reform and the reorganisation of family support services', Organization Studies, vol 27, no. 12, pp. 1843-1861.
View details - Blackler F H M, 2006, 'Chief executives and the modernisation of the English National Health Service', Leadership, vol 2, no. 1, pp. 5-30.
View details - Engeström Y and Blackler F H M, 2005, 'On the life of the object', Organization, vol 12, no. 3, pp. 307-330.
View details - Blackler F H M and Kennedy A, 2004, 'The design and evaluation of a leadership programme for experienced chief executives from the public sector', Management Learning, vol 35, no. 2, pp. 181-203.
View details - Blackler F H M, 2003, 'Knowledge, knowledge work and organizations: an overview and interpretation (reprinted)', in How Organizations Learn: Managing the Search for Knowledge, Thomson Learning, London, pp. 339-362, ISBN: 1861527462
View details - Blackler F H M and Crump N, 2003, 'Organizing processes in complex activity networks (reprinted)', in Knowing in Organizations: A Practice Based Approach, unknown, N/A, pp. 126-150, ISBN: 076560910X
View details - Blackler F H M, 2002, 'Knowledge, knowledge work and organizations: an overview and interpretation (reprinted)', in The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital and Organizational Knowledge, Oxford University Press Inc, USA, pp. 47-64, ISBN: 019513866X
View details - Blackler F H M and McDonald S, 2000, 'Power, mastery and organizational learning', Journal of Management Studies, vol 37, no. 6, pp. 833-851.
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