David John

economist university professor business manager

April 20, 1931

Hickson obtained his Master of Arts at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, after he had started working. There he was spotted by the academic professor Regional Revans, who recognized his potential as researcher In the 1950s Hickson had started his career in financial administration, and had become Assistant Secretary of the Bristol Stock Exchange. After graduation in the late 1950s he became research assistant at the then Birmingham College of Advanced Technology, later the Aston University. in the 1960s he joined the Aston Group, a group of organizational researchers under the leadership of Derek South. Pugh. In corporation with Canadian scientists they developed the contingency approach. He became Professor of International Management and Organization at Bradford School of Management, England. He was Visiting professor on Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands. And he was founding Editor-in-Chief of Organization Studies, an international research journal.

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economist university professor business manager

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Later in his career he received an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Umea in Sweden.

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Hickson obtained his Master of Arts at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, after he had started working. There he was spotted by the academic professor Regional Revans, who recognized his potential as researcher In the 1950s Hickson had started his career in financial administration, and had become Assistant Secretary of the Bristol Stock Exchange.

After graduation in the late 1950s he became research assistant at the then Birmingham College of Advanced Technology, later the Aston University. in the 1960s he joined the Aston Group, a group of organizational researchers under the leadership of Derek South. Pugh.

In corporation with Canadian scientists they developed the contingency approach. He became Professor of International Management and Organization at Bradford School of Management, England.

He was Visiting professor on Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands. And he was founding Editor-in-Chief of Organization Studies, an international research journal.

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In the 1970s Hickson was co-founder of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS).

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European Group for Organizational Studies.

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