Skip to Content
Management and Organization Theory: A Jossey-Bass Reader
book

Management and Organization Theory: A Jossey-Bass Reader

by Jeffrey A. Miles
February 2012
Beginner
480 pages
11h 16m
English
Jossey-Bass
Content preview from Management and Organization Theory: A Jossey-Bass Reader

13

Field Theory

Field theory was characterized as early as the 1920s in the physical sciences (Maxwell, 1921). The view proposed that it was not the charges or the particles in physical matter but the field in the space between them that was essential for describing physical phenomena (Einstein & Infeld, 1938). According to Einstein, space is a definitely distributed system of forces (gravitational and electromagnetic) that determine what an object with certain properties will do.

The field of physics frequently makes use of a representation of a multitude of factors that influence an event. For example, properties such as temperature, pressure, time, and position in space must be considered. This type of representation is called a “phase space” ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Organizational Behavior, 11th edition

Organizational Behavior, 11th edition

Richard N. Osborn, James G. Hunt, Mary Uhl-Bien, John R. Schermerhorn Jr
Strategic Management

Strategic Management

Dr.Jacob Thomas
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Leadership, Change and Organizational Development

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Leadership, Change and Organizational Development

H. Skipton Leonard, Rachel Lewis, Arthur M. Freedman, Jonathan Passmore

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781118008959