Joan Woodward (September 27, 1916 – 1971) was a British professor in organization sociology
Joan Woodward undertook her research at South East Essex College of Technology. She joined Imperial College in 1957 as a part-time lecturer in Industrial Sociology and was appointed to a Senior Lectureship in the Production Engineering Section in 1962. Woodward was a leading academic and researchers in the field of Organization Theory. Woodward was a pioneer for empirical research in organizational structures and author of analytical frameworks that establish the link between technology and production systems and their role in shaping effective organizational structures. She classified the technology into Unit based or (Small scale), Mass based or (large scale) and Continuous process organizations. In 1969, she was appointed as Professor of Industrial Sociology and Director of the Industrial Sociology Unit.
Her work received international recognition, leading to an invitation to join a group of the top seven organization theorists that was called the Magnificent Seven. In 1970, Prof. Woodward published a book "Industrial Organization: Behaviour and Control". This text contains description of the complete work of her research group since 1962.
Woodward died in 1971, aged 54 due to breast cancer. She was the second woman to receive a chair at Imperial College and she is a role model for women in science, engineering and technology.I
The bi-annual Joan Woodward Memorial Lecture takes place at Imperial College Business School. The Joan Woodward Prize is bestowed annually on an undergraduate or post-graduate undertaking a thesis in a topic that matches the research interests of Joan Woodward.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Woodward
ndustrial Organization
Theory and Practice
Second Edition
Joan Woodward
Introduction by Dorothy Wedderburn and Sandra Dawson
288 pages | text-figures, tables | 216x138mm
978-0-19-874122-0 | Paperback | 18 December 1980
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Joan Woodward undertook her research at South East Essex College of Technology. She joined Imperial College in 1957 as a part-time lecturer in Industrial Sociology and was appointed to a Senior Lectureship in the Production Engineering Section in 1962. Woodward was a leading academic and researchers in the field of Organization Theory. Woodward was a pioneer for empirical research in organizational structures and author of analytical frameworks that establish the link between technology and production systems and their role in shaping effective organizational structures. She classified the technology into Unit based or (Small scale), Mass based or (large scale) and Continuous process organizations. In 1969, she was appointed as Professor of Industrial Sociology and Director of the Industrial Sociology Unit.
Her work received international recognition, leading to an invitation to join a group of the top seven organization theorists that was called the Magnificent Seven. In 1970, Prof. Woodward published a book "Industrial Organization: Behaviour and Control". This text contains description of the complete work of her research group since 1962.
Woodward died in 1971, aged 54 due to breast cancer. She was the second woman to receive a chair at Imperial College and she is a role model for women in science, engineering and technology.I
The bi-annual Joan Woodward Memorial Lecture takes place at Imperial College Business School. The Joan Woodward Prize is bestowed annually on an undergraduate or post-graduate undertaking a thesis in a topic that matches the research interests of Joan Woodward.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Woodward
ndustrial Organization
Theory and Practice
Second Edition
Joan Woodward
Introduction by Dorothy Wedderburn and Sandra Dawson
288 pages | text-figures, tables | 216x138mm
978-0-19-874122-0 | Paperback | 18 December 1980
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198741220.do
http://www.provenmodels.com/39/technology-typology/joan-woodward
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