Zur Shapira

William Berkley Professor of Management

Organizational Cognition (2000)

• "This book provides a fascinating story of the emergence of theoretical constructs, metaphors, and paradigms in a topical area of organizational research. Admirable diversity is brought to this task. The span of research apparently inspired by the concept of organizational cognition is impressive."
  
  - Personnel Psychology, Vol. 56, No. 2, Summer 2003.

Technological Innovation: Oversights and Foresights (1997)

• "This book is about technological innovations.  It is set against a background of contemporary technological turbulence and numerous attempts to describe the genesis of various changes in technology that have been observed.  It represents an attempt to make sense of technological dynamism that appears to be endemic to the times and to provide some plausible suggestions for managing it. 
  
  This book can be read with profit by anyone interested in how such innovation can be understood and shaped.  From a rich base of empirical cases and theoretical frames, the authors produce a portrait of modern technology and its development in a (predominately) democratic political system and a (predominately) market economy.  But the book is simultaneously a book about history, particularly about the ways conscious actions, intentions, luck, and knowledge affect the course of history.  Many of the ideas could as easily be used to talk about the development of religious movements, political institutions, or scientific paradigms." 
  - James G. March 

Organizational Decision Making (1996)

• "For any scholars who are interested in the process of decision making within organizations, Organizational Decision Making is required reading, for it covers the breadth of the field extremely well.
  
  I found this book to be an excellent reflection of the field, containing many novel and compelling insights.  Shapira's collection was useful to me in better understanding organizational decision making.  I encourage all scholars of decision making to read this book and to engage in the debate about the nature and future of the field." 
  - Contemporary Psychology, V61.43 No.2 Feb. 1998 

• "I began by calling this a terrific book, and it is.  It contains the seeds for numerous dissertations - questions begging to be examined more closely.  Whether you simply want to understand current thought about organizational decision making or are looking for promising research opportunities, this book is the place to look." 
  - American Journal of Psychology, Vol III No.1 Spr 1998
  
  
• "Shapira's edited volume provides a critical integration of the contemporary area of organizational decision making, with a clear focus on whether organizational decision making differ from individual decision making as studied in the behavioral decision research area.  Organizational Decision Making is required reading for any scholar interested in how decisions are made in organizations.  The book covers the breadth of the field extremely well.  In addition, behavioral decision researchers are well advised to read this book to place the study of individual decision making in perspective.
  - Administrative Science Quarterly, March 1999

Risk Taking: A Managerial Perspective (1995)

• "This is a scholarly masterpiece - combining the best classic and current research and theory on risk taking and applying it to real problems in the complex world of the modern manager.  Shapira offers a novel approach to thinking about risk from the manager's point of view." 
  
  - Aministrative Science Quarterly
  
  
  
• "Shapira did something too rare in work on risk and decision making: He collected real data from real decision makers." 
  
  - Academy of Management Review
  
  
  
• "[A]n original perspective to the study of managerial decision making...  A new and valued contribution to the literature.  All serious scholars of risk should read this book." 
  
  - Contemporary Psychology
  
  
  
• "Shapira's book gives very good insights into the decision making process of managers...  Students of decision theory and managers will find this book informative and worthwhile read." 
  
  - Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
  
  
  
• "This excellent book is recommended to students and professors of decision making, to physicians and lawers who deal with uncertainty, and in particular to managers and those who aspire to be senior executives."
  
  - Haaretz