Professor of Organisation Theory

Contact Details

• Tel: +44 (0) 116 223 1250
• Email: g.burrell@le.ac.uk
• Office: Room 529B, Level 5, Ken Edwards Building
• Office Hours: By appointment 

Biography

Gibson Burrell is Professor of Organisation Theory at Leicester and was Head of the School of Management from 2002-7. He was elected an Academician for the Social Sciences (AcSS) in 2005. Previously at the Universities of Essex, Warwick and Lancaster, in each of which he undertook a number of administrative roles, he now teaches critical management perspectives at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has been a Visiting Fellow or Visiting Professor at Universities in Australia, Poland, Sweden, the UK and the USA and is currently working on a book called 'Styles of Organising'.

Research Interests

Architecture, space and organisation

PhD supervision/interest

Social theory and organisation theory

Teaching

'Critical Perspectives on Management' at undergraduate and postgraduate levels

Administrative responsibilities

DL programme administration

Recent Publications

Books  
Burrell G  2011/12  ‘Styles of Organising’

Refereed journal articles

Dale K and Burrell G forthcoming 2011 ‘Disturbing Structure, Reading the Ruins’ in Culture and Organization.

Burrell G 2010  ‘In Praise of Warfarin’: A response to Parker’ Critical Policy Studies 4:4 pp 418-421.

Burrell G 2011 Review of ‘Bits of Organization’ ed by A Pullen and C Rhodes, Copenhagen Business School Press 2009 to appear in Ephemera 2011.

Chapters in Books

Dale K and Burrell G, 2010 ‘All together, altogether better: the ideal of community’ in Yanow D and Marrewijk A, (eds) Space, Meaning and Organization, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar  pp 78-126.

Burrell G 2009 ‘Handbooks, Swarms and Living Dangerously’ in Alvesson M, BridgmanT, and Willmott H (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Full list of publications 

Books

K Dale and G Burrell 2007 The Spaces of Organization and the Organisation of Space: Power, Identity and Materiality at Work, Palgrave Macmillan, 328pp +xiv.

Burrell G 1997 Pandemonium, Sage, pp 244 + x.

Easton G, G Burrell, R Rothschild and C Shearman 1993 Managers and Competition, Blackwell, pp 310.

Burrell G and G Morgan 1979 Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis, Heinemann, pp 432 + xii

Edited Books

Warwick Organizational Behaviour Staff (WOBS), 2001 Organizational Studies: Critical Perspectives, in 4 Volumes, Routledge, pp 2075
Vol.1. Modes Of Management
Vol.2. Objectivity And Its Other
Vol.3. Subjects And Selves
Vol.4. Evil Empires?

Hearn J, D Sheppard, P Tancred-Sheriff and G Burrell (eds.) 1989 The Sexuality of Organization, Sage, pp 250

Articles In Refereed Journals

Dale K and Burrell G forthcoming 2011 ‘Disturbing Structure, Reading the Ruins’ in Culture and Organization.

Burrell G 2004, ‘Twentieth Century Quadrilles: Professionals, Managers, Owners, and the Aristocracy’, International Studies Of Management and Organization, Vol 32, 2, pp 25-50.

Burrell G et al, 2003, Why Neo-Disciplinary? Why Now? Organization 10.3 pp 403-420.

Dale K and Burrell G 2002, ‘Aesthetics and Anaesthetics’, Tamara: Journal of Critical Postmodern Organizational Science, August, 2, 1, pp77-90.

Burrell G, 1994 ‘Modernism, Postmodernism And Organizational Analysis: The Contribution of Jurgen Habermas’, Organization Studies, 15, 1: 1-19.

Burrell G, M Calas, M Reed, L Smircich and A Whitaker, 1994 ‘Why Organization? Why Now?, Organization 1, 1.

Burrell G and C. Shearman 1989 ‘Response to Oakey and Rothwell’, New Technology, Work And Employment, 4, 2. 

Burrell G, 1989 ‘The Absent Centre’, Human Systems Management 8, 4.

Burrell G, 1989 ‘Modernism, Postmodernism and Organizational Analysis: The Contribution of Michel Foucault’, Organization Studies, 9, 2: 221-235.

Cooper R and G Burrell, 1988 ‘Modernism, Postmodernism and Organizational Analysis: An Introduction’, Organization Studies, 9, 1: 91-112.

Ackroyd S, G Burrell, M Hughes and A Whitaker 1988 ‘The Japanization of British Industry? ’Industrial Relations Journal, 19, 1: 11-23.

C Shearman and G Burrell, 1988 ‘The Structures of Industrial Development’, Journal of Management Studies, 24, 4: 325-345.

Burrell G and C Shearman, 1988 ‘New Technology Based Firms and Industrial Development’, New Technology, Work and Employment, 3, 2. 

Burrell G, 1987 ‘No Accounting For Sexuality’, Accounting, Organizations and Society 12, 1: 89-101.

Burrell G, 1984 ‘Sex and Organizational Analysis’, Organization Studies, 5, 2: 97-118.

Burrell G, 1983 ‘Systems Thinking, Systems Practice: A Review’, Journal Of Systems Thinking 10: 121-4.

Articles In Books

Dale K and Burrell G, 2010 ‘All together, altogether better: the ideal of community’ in Yanow D and Marrewijk A, (eds) Space, Meaning and Organization, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.

Burrell G 2009 ‘Handbooks, Swarms and Living Dangerously’ in Alvesson M, BridgmanT, and Willmott H (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Burrell G 2006 ‘Foucault and Postmodern Approaches to Work’ in ‘Social Theory and Work’ edited by Korczynski M, Hodson, and Edwards P., Oxford, Oxford University Press pp. 155-181.

Dale K and Burrell G 2003, ‘Aesthetics and Anaesthetics’ in Carr A and Hancock P (eds.) Art and Aesthetics in Organisation Studies, Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp 155-173.

Burrell G and K Dale, 2003 ‘Building Better Worlds?’ in M Alvesson and H Willmott (eds.) Studying Management Critically, Sage, pp 177-196.

Burrell G  2003, ‘The Future of Organization Theory’ in C Knudsen and H Tsoukas (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Organization Theory, Oxford University Press, pp 525-535.

Burrell G and K Dale, 2002, ‘Utopiary: Gardens, Space and Architecture” in Parker M (ed.) Utopia and Organization, Sociological Review Monograph Series, Blackwell, 106-127.

Burrell G, 2001 ‘General Introduction’ in WOBS (eds.) Organizational Studies: Critical Perspectives Vol 1, Routledge, xxvii-xli.

K Dale and Burrell G, 2000 ‘What Shape Are We In? Organization Theory and the Organized Body’ in J Hassard, R Holliday and H Willmott (eds.) Body And Organization, Sage, 15-30.

Burrell G, 1998 ‘Linearity, Control and Death’ in C Grant, T Keenoy and C Oswick (eds.) Discourse And Organization, Sage, 134 -151.

Burrell G, 1996 ‘Hard Times For The Salariat’ in H Scarbrough (ed.) The Management Of Expertise, Macmillan.

Burrell G, 1996 ‘Organization Paradigms’ in M Warner et al (eds.) International Encyclopaedia Of Management, Thompson Business Press.

Burrell G, 1996 ‘Normal Science, Paradigms, Metaphors, Discourses And Genealogical Analysis’, in S Clegg, C Hardy and W Nord (eds.) Handbook Of Organization Studies, Sage.

H Scarbrough and Burrell G, 1996 ‘The Axeman Cometh’ in S Clegg and G Palmer (eds.) The Politics Of Management Knowledge, Sage.

Burrell G, 1992 ‘Eco and the Bunnymen’ in J Hassard and M Parker (eds.) Postmodernism And Organizational Analysis, Sage.

Burrell G, 1991 ‘The Organization Of Pleasure’ in H Willmott and M Alvesson (eds.) Critical Management Studies, Sage.

Burrell G, 1991 ‘Back To The Future’ in M Reed and M Hughes (eds.) Redirections In Organization Theory, Sage.

Burrell G, 1990 ‘Fragmented Labours’ in H Willmott and D Knights (eds.) Labour Process Theory, Macmillan.

Burrell G, 1989 ‘Social Approaches To The Competitive Process’  (With Others) In A Francis and P Tharakan (eds.) The Competitiveness Of European Industry, Routledge.

Burrell G, 1989 ‘The Sexuality Of Organization: A Postscript’ (With Others) in J Hearn, D Sheppard, P Tancred-Sheriff and G Burrell (eds.) The Sexuality Of Organization, Sage.

Burrell G and J Hearn, 1989 ‘The Sexuality Of Organization’ in J Hearn, D Sheppard, P Tancred-Sheriff and G Burrell (eds.) The Sexuality Of Organization, Sage.

Burrell G, 1989 ‘Postmodernism; Threat Or Opportunity?’ in M Jackson et al (eds.) Operational Research And The Social Sciences, Plenum.

Burrell G, 1982 ‘Corporatism In Comparative Context’ in V V Murray (ed.) Theories of Cross Cultural Comparison, Trans-Canada Press.

Burrell G, 1979 ‘Radical Organization Theory’ in G Salaman & D Dunkerley (eds.) The International Yearbook of Organization Studies, Routledge.

Other Contributions to Books

Burrell G, 1999 ‘Marketing Philosophy: A Commentary’ in D Brownlie, M Saren, R Wensley and R Whittington (eds.) Rethinking Marketing, Sage pp 58-61.

Burrell G, 1995 ‘Foreword’ in Fiona Wilson Organizational Behaviour And Gender, McGraw-Hill.

Burrell G, 1994 ‘Three props and the Pit’ in H Tsoukas (ed.) New Directions in Organizational Behaviour, Butterworth Heinemann.

Reprints and Translations of Papers

Burrell G, ‘The Organization of Pleasure’ re-printed in Spanish in CJF Rodriquez (Ed) 2007,  Vigilar Y Organizar  Siglo, Madrid pp 69-102.

Burrell G, ‘Organization Paradigms’ reprinted in A. Sorge (ed.) 2002 Organization, Thompson Business Press pp 25-42.

Burrell G, ‘Organization Paradigms’ re-printed in A Sorge and M Warner (eds.) 2001 The Handbook Of Organizational Behaviour, Second Edition, Thompson Business Press.

Burrell G, ‘The Organization of Pleasure’ re-printed in Portugese in E Davel and S C Vergara (eds.) 2001 Gestão com Pessoas e Subjetividade, Atlas, Brazil, 191-216.

Burrell G and G. Morgan ‘Two Dimensions, Four Paradigms’ re-printed in P Frost, A Lewin and R Daft (eds.) 2000, ‘Talking About Organization Science’, Sage Inc, 107-122.

Burrell G, ‘Normal Science, Metaphors, Discourses and Genealogies of Analysis’ re-printed in S Clegg and C Hardy (eds.), 1999, Studying Organization: Theory And Method, Sage.

Burrell G, ‘Organization Paradigms’ re-printed in A Sorge and M Warner (eds.) 1997 The Handbook Of Organizational Behaviour, Thompson Business Press.

Burrell G, ‘Modernism, Postmodernism and Organizational Analysis: The Contribution of Michel Foucault’ re-printed in A Mckinlay and K Starkey (eds.) 1997 Foucault, Management and Organizations, Sage.

Burrell G, ‘Sex and Organizational Analysis’ re-printed in A Mills and P Shepherd (eds.) 1993 Gendering Organizational Analysis, Sage.

Cooper R and Burrell G, ‘Moderisme, Postmodernisme En Organisatieanalyse’, in Mens En Onderneming, 1988, 5: 283-306.

Burrell G and G Morgan, Sociological Paradigms And Organizational Analysis was published in a Japanese version in 1982 by Chigoru Slogo.

Single Authored Editorials in Organization

‘Plays on Words’ 2002, 9, 2
‘Time and Talk’   2000, 7, 3
‘Dualities’            1997, 4, 1
‘Ethics and Morality Side by Side’ 1995, 2, 2

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