Einar Thorsrud was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 psychologist

Psychologist

Psychologist is a professional or academic title used by individuals who are either:* Clinical professionals who work with patients in a variety of therapeutic contexts .* Scientists conducting psychological research or teaching psychology in a college...

, researcher and professor at the
Norwegian Institute of Technology

Norwegian Institute of Technology

The Norwegian Institute of Technology, known by its Norwegian abbrevation NTH was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 85 years, after which it was merged into the University of Trondheim as an independent...

 in Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

 and University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

, who is known for his work in the field of organizational development (OD), particularly in the development of theory around participative work design

Work design

In organizational development , work design is the application of Socio-Technical Systems principles and techniques to the humanization of work....

 structures.
Much of his work was done in collaboration with Eric Trist

Eric Trist

Eric Trist was a British scientist and leading figure in the field of Organizational development . He was one of the founders of the Tavistock Institute for Social Research in London.-Biography:...

 and/or Fred Emery

Fred Emery

Frederick Edmund Emery, nick Fred, was an Australian psychologist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of Organizational development , particularly in the development of theory around participative work design structures such as self-managing teams. He was widely regarded as one of the finest...

. Thorsrud has been Research Director of the Norwegian Work Research Institute

Norwegian Work Research Institute

The Work Research Institute is a social science research institute based in Oslo, Norway. It is state owned, but independent in its research. Its purpose is to "produce systematic knowledge on working life". The institute was founded in 1964....

 in Oslo, Norway.

Work

Einar Thorsud has been closely connected with the use of social science in non-governmental areas and the associated impact over policy-making in these areas.

Publications

Einar Thorsrud wrote several books:

• 1964, Industrielt demokrati : Representasjon på styreplan i bedriftene? Noen norske og utenlandske erfaringer, with Fred Emery
  Fred Emery
  Frederick Edmund Emery, nick Fred, was an Australian psychologist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of Organizational development , particularly in the development of theory around participative work design structures such as self-managing teams. He was widely regarded as one of the finest...
  
   and Eric Trist
  Eric Trist
  Eric Trist was a British scientist and leading figure in the field of Organizational development . He was one of the founders of the Tavistock Institute for Social Research in London.-Biography:...
  
  . Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
• 1969, Form and content in industrial democracy., with Fred Emery
  Fred Emery
  Frederick Edmund Emery, nick Fred, was an Australian psychologist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of Organizational development , particularly in the development of theory around participative work design structures such as self-managing teams. He was widely regarded as one of the finest...
  
  . London: Tavistock. (English version of:)
• 1969/1970, Mot en ny bedriftsorganisasjon, with Fred Emery
  Fred Emery
  Frederick Edmund Emery, nick Fred, was an Australian psychologist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of Organizational development , particularly in the development of theory around participative work design structures such as self-managing teams. He was widely regarded as one of the finest...
  
  . Oslo: Johan Grundt Tanum forlag.
• 1974, Et skip i utvikling - Høegh Mistral-prosjektet, with Jaques Roggema. ISBN 8251802202 Oslo: Johan Grundt Tanum forlag.
• 1976, Democracy at Work, with Fred Emery
  Fred Emery
  Frederick Edmund Emery, nick Fred, was an Australian psychologist. He was one of the pioneers in the field of Organizational development , particularly in the development of theory around participative work design structures such as self-managing teams. He was widely regarded as one of the finest...
  
  . Leiden: Martinus Nijoff.
• 1983, Teori I Praksis: Festskrift til Einar Thorsrud. with Thoralf Ulrik Qvale and Jon Frode Blichfeldt. ISBN 8251818362 (in Norwegian) Oslo: Tanu-Norli
• 2003, Form and Content in Industrial Democracy: Some Experiences from Norway, with F. E. Emery, Routledge,

ISBN 0415264383.