Anthony George Hopwood was a British accounting academic at Oxford University.
12 Facts About Anthony Hopwood
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Anthony Hopwood was the founding editor-in-chief of Accounting, Organizations and Society and Dean of the Said Business School.
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Anthony Hopwood grew up in nearby Burslem and attended Hanley High School.
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Anthony Hopwood then studied accountancy at the London School of Economics.
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Anthony Hopwood was a lecturer at the Manchester Business School from 1970 to 1973.
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Anthony Hopwood then taught at the London Business School before moving to the London School of Economics.
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Anthony Hopwood founded the journal Accounting, Organizations and Society in 1976, serving as its editor-in-chief until his retirement in 2009.
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Anthony Hopwood's research showed that apparently technical processes, such as the setting of budgets, were complex behavioral phenomenon.
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Anthony Hopwood argued that accounting is not a neutral technical phenomenon, but an intensely social process that impacts society in many ways.
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Anthony Hopwood insisted that accounting should be studied in its social and organizational contexts.
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Anthony Hopwood's research established the basic principles and methods for research into the behavioral, organizational and social aspects of accounting.
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Professor Anthony Hopwood provided a short review on Organizational Participation: Myth and Reality, which is by Frank Heller and et al.