School of Management

Professor Gibson Burrell AcSS

Professor of Organization Theory
MSc Management Programme Leader (DL)

Telephone: +44 (0) 116 223 1250
Fax: +44 (0) 116 252 5515
Email: g.burrell@le.ac.uk

Office: Room 513, Ken Edwards Building

Brief Biography

Gibson has taught at the Universities of Lancaster, Warwick and Essex. Educated for 5 years as an undergraduate and then postgraduate in Sociology at the University of Leicester, he rejoined the University at Easter 2003. He was Head of the School of Management from 2003-7 and made a Academician of the Social Sciences in 2005.

Research Interests

Having become interested in the issues of architecture and space and how these relate to organisation, Gibson published a book with Karen Dale entitled 'The Spaces of Organisation and the Organisation of Space' with Palgrave in November 2007. His interests lie in social theory and how this connects to organisation theory. Currently, he is working with a colleague at the University of Lancaster on the structure and composition of University Councils in British higher education.

Selected Publications

Burrell G (2009) 'Critical Management Studies: Progress and Prospects' in Alvesson, M, Willmott, H and Bridgeman T, The Handbook of Critical Management Studies, Oxford University Press.

Dale K and Burrell G (2007) 'The Spaces of Organisation and the Organisation of Space', Palgrave.

Burrell G (2006) 'Foucault and Postmodern Approaches to Work' in 'Social Theory and Work' edited by Korczynski M, Hodson,G. and Edwards P., Oxford University Press.

Burrell G (2003) '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 350-360.

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? Architecture and Critical Management Studies' in M Alvesson and H Willmott (eds.) Studying Management Critically, Sage, 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.

WOBS (eds) (2001) Critical Perspectives on Organizational Studies in 4 volumes Routledge.

Burrell G (1997) Pandemonium, Sage.

Easton G et al (1993) Managers and Competition, Blackwell.

Hearn J et al (1988) (eds) The Sexuality of Organizations, Sage.

Burrell G and G Morgan (1979) Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis, Ashgate.

Activities

Gibson was Founding Editor of the journal Organization and is now on its Senior Editorial Board. He is also Editor of the Palgrave Series Management Work and Organizations. He has been a Visiting Fellow/Visiting Professor at Universities in Australia, Poland, Sweden and the USA.