Curriculum Vitae

Born 31 August 1930, London.

Degrees obtained:
MA (1953), MSc (1956), University of Edinburgh; DSc (1973), University of Aston.

Employment history:
Research Assistant, Social Sciences Research Centre, Univ. of Edinburgh, 1953-56;
Assistant Lecturer in Public Health and Social Medicine, Univ. of Edinburgh, 1956-57;
Lecturer in Human Relations, Birmingham College of Technology, 1957-60;
Senior Research Fellow, Industrial Administration Research Unit, Birmingham College of Advanced Technology (later the Univ. of Aston), 1960-67;
Reader in Industrial Administration, Univ. of Aston in Birmingham, 1967-68;
Director of Research and Reader in Organizational Behaviour, London Business School, 1968-69;
Professor of Organizational Behaviour, London Business School, 1970-82;
Professor of Systems and Head of Systems Discipline, Faculty of Technology, Open University, 1983-88;
Professor of International Management and Director of Research, Open University Business School, 1988-1995;
Visiting Research Professor of International Management, Open University Business School, 1995-2000;
Emeritus Professor of International Management, Open University, 2000-

Offices held:
Chairman, Association of Teachers of Management, 1970-73; Honorary Vice-President, Association of Teachers of Management, 1980-85;
Director and Trustee of Diapason Ltd. (a musical education charity), 1970-84.

Editorial duties:
Editor, Newsletter of Association of Teachers of Management, 1961-66;
General Editor, Library of Modern Management, Penguin Education Books, 1966-1986;
Editorial adviser on Psychology, Batsford Books, 1967-1973.
Editor, Newsletter of British Academy of Management, 1989-91;
General Editor, History of Management Thought series, Ashgate Dartmouth Publishing, 1992-2002;
General Editor Classic Research in Management series, Ashgate Dartmouth Publishing, 1997-2002.

Honours:
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and holder of the Certificate, 1959;
Fellow of British Psychological Society, 1971;
Fellow of Italian Academy of Business Administration, 1981;
Fellow of International Academy of Management, 1987;
The Professor Derek Pugh Prize is awarded annually to the best student on Professional Certificate in Management course of the Open University Business School, 1995- ;
Recipient of Festschrift: T. Clark (ed.) Advancement in Organizational Behaviour: Essays in Honour of Derek S. Pugh, Ashgate, 1997;
Academician of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences, 2000;
Honorary Fellow, University College, Northampton, 2001.
Honorary Doctorate (DLitt), Aston University, 2009.

Professional activities:
Correspondence Tutor in Industrial Psychology, Ruskin College,
Oxford. 1958-1964.
British Tutor at the First European Summer School for Social
Psychology. 1965.
Secretary, Management Education Study Group. 1958-1960.
Founder member, Association of Teachers of Management. 1961.
Editor of ATM Bulletin, 1961-1966. Chairman of the Association, 1970-1973. Immediate Past Chairman (ex-officio member of the committee) 1973-1976.

Consultant to METDC project on 'Resources for Management Education' conducted at the London School of Economics, 1969-1972.
Member of Formation Committee, Central London Regional Management Centre (based at the Polytechnic of Central London), 1973-1975.
Member of the CBI/BIM Advisory Panel on Management Education Working Party on Industry-Business School Relationships, 1973-1977.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management, Brussels, 1972-1976.
Co-designer and Principal Teacher of FORDOM: a management training course sponsored by a consortium of Italian firms (Fiat, Montedison, Olivetti, IRI, Bank of Rome, Bank of Naples, etc.) for managers who are about to become management teachers; Turin-Milan 1973-1974.
Teacher on FORDOM-SUD: a management training course sponsored by the Italian Government for managers in the South of Italy who are about to become management teachers, Rome 1975.

Member of the Editorial Board of:
Administrative Science Quarterly, 1968-1971.
British Journal of Social Psychology, 1967-1975.
European Journal of Social Psychology, 1969-1977.
Human Relations, 1989 - 1995
Member, Flying Personnel Research Committee (Psychological sub-committee), Ministry of Defence, 1976-1980.
Member of CNAA Business and Management Studies Postgraduate Board 1978-1983 Member of CNAA Research Sub-Committee 1979-1983
Member Final Selection Board, Civil Service Department, 1980-1987
External member, Research Degrees Committee, Thames Polytechnic, 1985-1989 .
Executive committee member, British Academy of Management, 1988 - 1993: Editor BAM Newsletter 1989- 1991

Member of Higher Degrees Committee, University College, Northampton (later the University of Northampton) 2002-2006.

Private practice as consultant and lecturer in organizational development, international management and management development.

Private practice as consultant and lecturer in doctoral education for students and supervisors.

PUBLICATIONS

1954

A note on the Vorhaus Rorschach-Configurations of Reading Disability. Journal of Projective Techniques, 18, 478-480.

1957

With R. M. KcKenzie. Human Aspects of Inspection in Industry.  Journal of Institution of Production Engineering, 36, 378-387.

1959

With C. Gordon & A. R. Emerson. The Age Distribution of an Industrial Group (Scottish Railwaymen). Population Studies, 12, 223- 239.

With C. Gordon & A. R. Emerson. Patterns of Sickness Absence in a Railway Population. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, l6, 230-243.

With C. Gordon and K. Levy. Sickness Absence among Railway Clerical Staff. British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 16, 269-273.

With J. Munro Fraser. Wastage in a Workshop Supervision Course, Technology.

1960

From Business Game to Management Exercise, British Association for Commercial and Industrial Education Journal, 14, 140-143.

1961

Effective Staff Selection Procedures. Journal of the Institute of Office Managers. 15,197-198.

1962

The Industrial Administration Research Unit. Management Thinking, l, 10-14. (I.A. Department, Birmingham College of Technology)

Management Studies without Research? Bulletin of the Association of Teachers of Management, 6,15-18.

1963

With D. J. Hickson, C. R. Hinings, K. MacDonald, C.Turner &T. Lupton. A Conceptual Scheme for Organizational Analysis. Administrative Science Quarterly, 8, 289-3l5.

1964

With C. R. Hinings. Developments in the Empirical Study of Bureaucracy. Paper presented to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, Southampton.

The Structure of Industrial Enterprise in Industrial Society -a comment. Sociological Review Monograph. 8, 63-64.

1965

With D. J. Hickson The Facts about "Bureaucracy". The Manager.

Games and Exercises: a comment on terminology. In A.E.Life & D.S.Pugh (eds) Business Exercises: some developments. Association of Teachers of Management Occasional Paper No. l. Oxford: Basil Blackwell

The Profession of Management. Association of Teachers of Management Bulletin, 16, 2-4.

T-Group Training from the Point of View of Organization Theory. In G. Whittaker (ed) Group Dynamics for Management Education Association of Teachers of Management Occasional Paper, No.2. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

Aims and Methods of Modern Management Education. Scientific Business, 3.258-266.

1966

The Social Science Approach to Management. Scientific Business, 4, .23-31.
The First European Summer School in Social Psychology: some impressions'. Bulletin of the British Psychological Society, l9, 35-87.

Modern Organization Theory: a psychological and sociological study. Psychological Bulletin, 66, 235-25l.

The Profession of Management. In D. Pugh (ed) The Academic Teaching of Management, Association of Teachers of Management Occasional Paper No. 4. Oxford: Basil Blackwell

Role Activation Conflict: a study of industrial inspection. American Sociological Review, 3l, 836-842.

Organizational Problems of Inspection. Journal of Management Studies, 3 256-269

The Teaching of Management Theory. In D. Pugh (ed) The Academic Teaching of Management, Association of Teachers of Management Occasional Paper, No. 4, Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

1967

With C.R. Hinings, D. J. Hickson, & C. Turner. An Approach to the Study of Bureaucracy. Sociology, l, 6l-72.

With R. L. Payne & J.H.K. Inkson. Extending the Occupational Environment: the measurement of organizations. Occupational Psychology, 41, 33-47

(with R. L. Payne, D. J. Hickson, and J.H.K. Inkson) "Social Behaviour in Organizations", paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Social Psychological Section of the British Psychological Society, Oxford.

1968

(with D. J. Hickson) "The Comparative Study of Organizations" in D. Pym (ed) Industrial Society: The Social Sciences in Management, London: Penguin books. (Reprinted in French in Synopsis Journal of the Belgian Productivity Association.)

(with D. J. Hickson)
"A Dimensional Analysis of Bureaucratic Structures", in R. Mayntz (ed) Burokratische Organization, Berlin: Kiepenheuer and Witsch (in German).

(et al)
*"Dimensions of Organization Structure", Administrative Science Quarterly, 1968, 13, 65-105.

(with J. H. K. Inkson and D. J. Hickson)
'Administrative Reduction of Variance in Organizational Behaviour', British Psychological Society Conference Paper 1968. (reprinted in Pugh & Payne, 1977)

(with Diana C. Pheysey)
"Some Developments in the Study of Organizations", Management International Review, 1968, 8, 97-107.

1969

(with P. Levy)
'Scaling and Multivariate Analysis in the Study of Organizational Variables', Sociology, 1969, 3, 193-213.

(et al)
*"the Context of Organization Structures", Administrative Science Quarterly, 1969, 14, 47-6l.

* Later designated a "citation classic" by the Institute of Scientific Information.

(et al)
An Empirical Taxonomy of Structures of Work Organizations', Administrative Science Quarterly, 1969, 14, 115-126.

"Organizational Behaviour: an Approach from Psychology', Human Relations, 22, 345-354.

*(with D. J. Hickson and D. C. Pheysey)
"Operations Technology and Organization Structure: an Empirical Reappraisal", Administration Science Quarterly, 1969, 14, 378-397.

(with D. C.Pheysey)
"A Comparative Administration Model", in A. Neghandi (ed) Comparative Administration Research, Ohio Kent State University Bureau of Business Administration.

"Organization Theory", in T. Kempner (ed) A Student's Guide to Management Studies, A.T.M. Occasional Paper, No.6. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
"Management Education in Britain", in E. Blishen (ed) Encyclopaedia of Education. London: Blond.

1970

(with D. C. Pheysey and D. J. Hickson)
'Organization: is Technology the Key?', Personnel Management, February, 21-26.

(with J. Child) How to measure Organization', Management Today, February.

"The Organization of the Marketing Specialisms in their Contexts" British Journal of Marketing, Vol. 4, 98-105.

(with J. H. K. Inkson and D. J. Hickson)
"Organization Context and Structure: an Abbreviated Replication", Administrative Science Quarterly, 1970, 15, 318-329

1971

(with R. L. Payne)
"Organizations as Psychological Environments" in P. Warr (ed) Psychology at Work, Penguin Books.

(with D. C. Pheysey and R. L. Payne)
'Influence of Structure at Organizational and Group Levels", Administrative Science Quarterly, 1971, 16, 61-73.

(with D. C. Pheysey and R. L. Payne)
"Organization Structure, Organizational Climate and Group Structure: An Exploratory Study of the Relationships in Two British Manufacturing Companies', Occupational Psychology, 45, 45-51.

"Organizational Behaviour in its Context", S.S.R.C. Bulletin, 12, 8-9

1972

(with D. J. Hickson)
"Causal Inference and the Aston Studies", Administrative Science Quarterly, 1972, 17, 273-276.

"Developments in Organization Theory", in R. Piret (ed) Proceedings of XVIIth International Congress of Applied Psychology, Brussels: Editest 1972, 833-836.

1973

"Measurement of Organization Structures", Organizational Dynamics, 1973, 1(4), 19-34.

"Colonel Urwick and Organization", Omega, 1973, 1(3), 347-352.

1975

"Organizing for People", New Behaviour, 22 May, 205-207.

1976

(with R. L. Payne)
"Organizational Structure and Climate" in M. Dunnette (ed) Handbook of Organizational Psychology, Rand McNally.

"The "Aston" Approach to the Study of Organizations" in Geert Hofstede and M. Sami Kassem (eds) European Contributions to Organization Theory, Van Gorcum, Amsterdam.

"Going Longitudinal" in Colin Brown et al., (eds) The Access Casebook, THS, Stockholm.

"Motive Power", Accountancy Age, Vol.7, No.31, 6 August.

(with L. Donaldson and P. Silver)
"A Comparative Study of Processes of Organizational Decision-Making: a Preliminary Report", paper given to Conference on Current Studies on Work Organizations, Berlin, October.

1977

"Communication Breakdown", Accountancy Age, Vol. 8, No. 2, 14 January.

1978

"Understanding and Managing Organizational Change", London Business School Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.29-34

1979

"Effective Co-ordination in Organizations', S.A.M Advanced Management Journal, winter, pp 28-35

1981

"The Aston Programme: Retrospect and Prospect' in A. Van der Ven (ed) Perspectives on Organization_ Design and Behaviour, Wiley.

1983

"Studying Organizational Structure and Process' in G. Morgan (ed) Beyond Method: A study of social research strategies, Sage Publications.

1985

"Management Classics" in P. Braithwaite and B. Taylor (eds) The Good Book Guide for Business, Penguin Books (U.K)/Harper and Row (U.S.A.)

"International Perspectives" Unit 16 of Open University Course T244 'Managing Organizations'.

1986

(with G. Redding) "The Formal and the Informal: Japanese and Chinese Organization Structures" in S. Clegg (ed) The Enterprise and Management in East Asia, Hong Kong University Press.

"What is Research?" in A. Chapman (ed) Management Research and Management Practice, Occasional Paper: Association of Teachers of Management

1987

"Organizational Development" Block 4 of Open University course P679 'Planning and Managing Change'.

1988

"The Aston Research Programme" in A. Bryman (ed) Doing Research in Organizations, Routledge and Kegan Paul.

1989

"Systems or Organizations! in R E Flood (ed) Systems Prospects: The Next Ten Years of Systems Research, Plenum Publishing Corporation.

1990

[Editor] Organization Theory: Selected Readings. 3rd ed. London: Penguin Books.

The Convergence of International Organizational Behaviour? Open University Business School Working Paper no. 2/90. [Reprinted in T.Weinshall [ed.] Culture and Management. Berlin: de Gruyter Publishers, 1993.]

1991

Foreword to Organizational Behaviour, 2nd ed. by A. Huczynski and D. Buchanan. London: Prentice-Hall.

1993

With D.J. Hickson. Great Writers on Organizations: The Omnibus Edition. Aldershot: Dartmouth Publishing.

Organizational Behaviour, in W.Outhwaite & T.B. Bottomore [eds] Dictionary of Twentieth Century Social Thought. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

1994

With E.M. Phillips. How to get a PhD, 2nd ed. Buckingham: Open University Press.

1995

Culture. Block 5 Open University Course International Enterprise (B890) Milton Keynes: The Open University

With C. Mabey. Strategies for Managing Complex Change. Unit 10 Open University Course Managing Development and Change (B751). Milton Keynes: The Open University.

With D.J. Hickson. Management Worldwide: the Impact of Societal Culture on Organizations around the Globe. London: Penguin Books

International Management In N. Nicholson [ed] Encyclopedic Dictionary of Organizational Behaviour Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

Organizational Design & Organizational Development. In P. Forrest (ed.) Croner's A - Z Guide for HRM Professionals. London: Croner Publications.

With T. Clark & G. Mallory. Struktur und strukturelle Änderungen in europäischen Unternehmen des Produzierenden Gerwerbes: Eine vergleichende Studie. In C. Scholz & J. Zentes (eds) Strategisches Euro-management. Stuttgart: Schäffer- Poeschel Verlag (in German).

With T. Clark & G. Mallory. Organization Structure and Structural Change in European Manufacturing Organizations. in P.J.D.Drenth, P.L. Koopman & B. Wilpert (eds.) Organizational decision-making under different economic and political conditions. Amsterdam:. North Holland Press.

With D.J. Hickson. Top of the pops among the gurus, Competitiveness Review, 5, 75-78.

With D.J. Hickson. Organizational Convergence in M. Warner (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Business and Management. London: Routledge.

1996

With D. Ebster-Grosz. Anglo-German Business Collaboration: Pitfalls and Potentials. Basingstoke: Macmillan/Palgrave.

With D.J. Hickson. Organizational Convergence in M. Warner (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Business and Management. London: International Thomson Business Press.

With D. J. Hickson. Writers on Organizations 5th ed. London: Penguin Books & Newbury Park CA.: Sage.

A Taste for Innovation in A.G. Bedeian (ed.) Management Laureates: A Collection of Autobiographical Essays, volume 4, New York: JAI Press.

1997

[Editor] Organization Theory: Selected Readings. 4th ed. London: Penguin Books.

With T. Clark & G. Mallory. The Process of Internationalization in the Operating Firm, International Business Review, 8(6), 605-623. (reprinted in P.J.Buckley and P.N.Ghauri eds. The Internationalization of the Firm: A Reader 2nd edn, 1999, International Thomson Business Press).

1998

Tom Burns in M. Warner (ed) The IEBM Handbook of Management Thinking, London: International Thomson Business Press.

[Editor and contributor] The Aston Programme of Research, Vols 1,2,3 in Classic Research in Management series, Aldershot: Ashgate Dartmouth Publishing.

2000

With E.M. Phillips. How to get a PhD 3rd ed. Buckingham: Open University Press.

With D.J. Hickson. Great Writers on Organizations: The Second Omnibus Edition. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing.

With T. Clark. Similarities and Differences in European Conceptions of Human Resource Management: Towards a Polycentric Study, International Studies of Management and Organization, 29 (4) (Winter 1999-2000), 84-100.

2001

With T. Clark. 'Foreign Country Priorities in the Internationalization Process: a Measure and an Exploratory Test on British Firms' International Business Review, 2001,10.

With D.J. Hickson. Management Worldwide: Distinctive Styles Amid Globalization, 2nd edn. 2001. London: Penguin Books.

2002

With D.J.Hickson 'Organizational convergence' in M. Warner (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Business and Management. 2nd edn, London: Thomson Learning, 2002.

2003

With A. Plath (ed. and contributor): International Business and Management, vols 1-4, London: Sage UK.

2005

With E.M. Phillips. How to get a PhD 4th ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw-Hill Education.

2007

With D. J. Hickson. Writers on Organizations 6th ed. London: Penguin Books & Newbury Park CA.: Sage.

[Editor] Organization Theory: Selected Classic Readings. 5th ed. London: Penguin Books.

With D.J. Hickson. Great Writers on Organizations: The Third Omnibus Edition. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing

2009

With David Mayle (ed. and contributor) Change Management, vols 1-4, London: Sage UK