Contact Information

Ashok Som
Associate Dean
Professor
Management Area

ESSEC Business School, Paris
Avenue Bernard Hirsch,
B.P. 50105
95021 Cergy cedex FRANCE

Tel: +33 1 34 43 30 73
Fax: +33 1 34 43 36 90
Email: som@essec.fr

Resources

Books

  Strategy is Destiny: How Strategy Making Shapes a Company's Future Robert Burgelman, Free Press (2002)
  Aligning the Stars: How to Succeed When Professionals Drive Results Jay Lorsch & Thomas Tierney, Harvard Business School Press (2002)
 
  Path Dependence and Creation
Garud, R., Karnoe, P. Mahwah, NJ: LEA. (2001)
 
  Creative Destruction
Richard Foster & Sarah Kaplan, Doubleday (2001)
 
  From Global to Metanational
Yves Doz, Jose Santos, and Peter Williamson, Harvard Business School Press (2001)
 
  The Leadership Pipeline
Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel, Jossey-Bass (2001)
 
  Collaborative Advantage
Jeff Dyer, Oxford University Press (2000)
 
  Strategy Safari
Henry Mintzberg, Free Press (1998)
 
  Human Equations: building profits by putting people first.
Pfeffer, J. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. (1998)
 
  Alliance Advantage
Yves Doz and Gary Hamel, Harvard Business School Press (1998)
 
  Human Resource Champions: The next agenda for adding value and delivering results
Ulrich D., Boston, Harvard Business School Press. (1997)
 
  The Synergy Trap
Mark Siworer, Free Press (1997)
 
  The Differentiated Network
Nitin Nohria and Sumantra Ghoshal, Jossey- Bass (1997)
 
  The Leadership Engine
Noel Tichy, Harper Business Essentials (1997)
 
  Competitive Advantage through People: Unleashing the Power of the Work Force
Jeff Pfeffer, Harvard Business School Press (1996)
 
  Competitive advantage: Creating and sustaining superior performance.
Porter, M.E. New York: Free Press. (1995)
 
  Designing Organizations : an executive briefing on strategy, structure and process
Galbraith, J. San Francisco : Joss – Bass Publishers. (1995)
 
  Sensemaking in Organizations.
Weick, K.E. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (1995)
 
  Case Study Research: Design and Methods.
Yin, R. K California: Sage Publications. (1994)
 
  Collaborating to Compete
Joel Bleeke and David Ernst, Wiley & Sons (1993)
 
  Costing Human Resources : The financial impact of behaviour in organizations
Cascio W.F. Boston : PWS-Kent. (1991)
 
  Managing Acquisitions
Philippe Haspesplagh and David Jemison, Free Press (1991)
 
  The Competitive advantage of Nations.
Porter, M.E. New York : Free Press. (1990)
 
  The Fifth Discipline
Peter Senge, Doubleday (1990)
 
  The Borderless World.
Omahae, K. New York : HarperCollins (1990)
 
  Managing Across Borders
Chris Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal, Harvard Business School Press (1989)
 
  Images of Organizations
Morgan, G. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. (1986)
 
  Managing the Resource Allocation Process
Joseph Bower, Harvard Business School Press (1986)
 
  Organizations: A Quantum view
Miller, D., and Friesen, P. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. (1984)
 
  In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies
Peters, T., and Waterman, R. New York: HarperCollins, (1982)
 
  Handbook of Organizational Design
In P.C Nystrom and W.H. Starbuck (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press (1981)
 
  The external control of organizations: A resource dependence perspective
Pfeffer, J., & Salanick, G.R. New York: Harper and Row. (1978)
 
  Organization Strategy, Structure and Process.
Miles, R.E., and C.C. Snow. New York : McGraw-Hill. (1978)
 
  The Design of 0rganizations
Khandwalla, P. US : Hartcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. (1977)
 
  Organization Design
Galbraith, J. Reading, MA: Addison-Wessley. (1977)
 
  Designing Complex Organizations
Galbraith, J. Reading, MA: Addison-Wessley. (1973)
 
  A Behavioral Theory of the Firm
Cyert, R., & March, J. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. (1973)
 
  Organization and Environment
Lawrence, P & J. Lorsch. Harvard Business Press. Cambridge. MA. (1967)
 
  Strategy and Structure
Chandler, A. D. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (1962)
 
  Organizations
March, J. & Simon, H. New York: Wiley. (1958)