Todd Bridgman
@toddbridgman.bsky.social
Strange fascination with textbook representations of management theories; Professor, Victoria University of Wellington; Emeritus Editor, Management Learning.
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First-year business management students @newcastleuni.bsky.social business school learn about managing identity and culture in the third lecture of my module. Amongst other things, last year they read @toddbridgman.bsky.social’s exceptionally good @sagepub.com case study on NZ rugby
It is critical to firms’ success. Here’s what managers should do about it
How to build the right corporate culture
It is critical to firms’ success. Here’s what managers should do about it
econ.st
August 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
First-year business management students @newcastleuni.bsky.social business school learn about managing identity and culture in the third lecture of my module. Amongst other things, last year they read @toddbridgman.bsky.social’s exceptionally good @sagepub.com case study on NZ rugby
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Next was "A New History of Management" by Stephen Cummings, @toddbridgman.bsky.social, John Hassard, and Michael Rowlinson, who subvert the standard management history by going back to source material and the historical context. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/4)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/4)
A New History of Management
Cambridge Core - Economic Thought, Philosophy and Methodology - A New History of Management
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August 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Next was "A New History of Management" by Stephen Cummings, @toddbridgman.bsky.social, John Hassard, and Michael Rowlinson, who subvert the standard management history by going back to source material and the historical context. Highly recommend
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/4)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/4)
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He escrito un articulito en linkedin, basándome en una investigación publicada por @toddbridgman.bsky.social y sus colegas.
#liderazgo
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#liderazgo
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La verdad sobre el liderazgo transformacional
El liderazgo transformacional de Burns perdió su esencia democrática al adaptarse en la gestión moderna, y eso impacta en cómo dirigimos las organizaciones.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
He escrito un articulito en linkedin, basándome en una investigación publicada por @toddbridgman.bsky.social y sus colegas.
#liderazgo
www.linkedin.com/pulse/la-ver...
#liderazgo
www.linkedin.com/pulse/la-ver...
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If you haven't read it, you may like this article by @toddbridgman.bsky.social and colleagues:
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
Who built maslow’s pyramid? A history of the creation of management studies’ most famous symbol and its implications for management education
© Academy of Management Learning & Education. Abraham Maslow’s theory of motivation, the idea that human needs exist in a hierarchy that people strive to satisfy progressively, is regarded as a fund...
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
January 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
If you haven't read it, you may like this article by @toddbridgman.bsky.social and colleagues:
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/jou...
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A must read for those of you interested in the history of this thing we call “leadership”.
And yes, other theories are not exactly how we were told. For example, Bridgman has a great paper on "transformational leadership" highlighting the original democratic values of this leadership style as proposed by Burns.
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January 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A must read for those of you interested in the history of this thing we call “leadership”.