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Founders and Organizational Development: The Etiology and Theory of Founder's Syndrome (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society) - Hardcover

Block, Stephen; Miller-Stevens, Katrina

 
9780367479831: Founders and Organizational Development: The Etiology and Theory of Founder's Syndrome (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367479834 ISBN 13: 9780367479831
Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

Founders and Organizational Development: The Etiology and Theory of Founder’s Syndrome is designed to help today’s researchers, faculty, students and practitioners become familiar with the etiology and dynamics of Founder’s Syndrome as an organizational condition challenging nonprofit/nongovernmental, social enterprise, and for-profit and publicly traded organizations. The book uses applied social and psychological theories and concepts to peel away the layers of an organizational enigma, revealing three causes of Founder’s Syndrome and insight into the power and privileges assumed by founders who engage in undesirable and self-destructive behaviors leading to their termination; going from hero status to antihero.

Researchers, instructors, students, and practitioners will find thought-provoking case studies from the real world of organization development practice. Segments from interviews during interventions reveal the type of emotional turmoil experienced in organizations where founder’s syndrome is present. Insight is provided into accounts of well-known founders who were terminated or forced to resign. The unique features of this book include: integrating theory into practice, describing a new theory about the psychological reaction of founder’s syndrome victims, prevention ideas when designing new organizations, strategies for intervention, using content based on research and organization development consultation experiences, and, integrating feedback from students who have launched organizations.

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About the Author

Stephen R. Block was Research Professor and Director of the Nonprofit Concentration at the University of Colorado-Denver’s School of Public Affairs, USA.

Katrina Miller-Stevens is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Business at Colorado College, USA.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367479834
ISBN 13 
9780367479831
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
220