Books by E. Peck

The book presents a novel theory of how networks of organizations work, what varieties are possible and how their strengths and weaknesses differ. The book will be of major interest to scholars and students of business and management, public management, public policy, organizational sociology and to practising managers.

Beyond Delivery sets out a critique of the mechanical ways in which some policy makers seek to exercise governance over the implementation of their policies. It offers a timely critique of the current British government's approach.

A rigorous analysis of the implications of leadership being seen literally or metaphorically as a performance. The book introduces a framework which examines the performance of leadership through the dimensions of enactment, narrative and audience, focusing throughout on the ways in which managers can apply these ideas in their own leadership.

The book presents a novel theory of how networks of organizations work, what varieties are possible and how their strengths and weaknesses differ. The book will be of major interest to scholars and students of business and management, public management, public policy, organizational sociology and to practising managers.