Organizational complexity: a new perspective.: An article from: Industrial Management

by George Elliott

11 pages, ebook

Published July 1, 2002

About the author

George Matthew Elliott was born July 4, 1923 in London, Ontario. He attended University Of Toronto, where he edited the student newspaper, "The Varsity". When the Second World War broke out, his poor eyesight prevented military service and he became editor of "Strathroy Age-Dispatch", while acting as a Strathroy correspondent for the "London Free Press". He later became a reporter and city editor with the "Timmins Daily Press". His career in journalism preceded an even more successful career as an advertising executive.

In 1962, he published his first work of fiction, "The Kissing Man". He uses the southwestern Ontario world of his childhood as the setting of eleven conneted short stories that examine the continuing communal traditions among three generations of characters. Other works are: "God's Big Acre: Life In 401 Country", 1986, "The Bittersweet Man", 1994, and "Crazy Water Boys", 1995.

Goderich-born Thomas Rose Elliott ('T.R. Elliott') is George's father. He was an editor at ”The London Free Press” in 1919. George was born when the family lived on Bruce Street. By 1926, Thomas was a city editor at the old ”London Advertiser”. His career took him to General Motors and the Oshawa area. He was a fiction author of note too. He retired in Île d'Orléans, Québec and passed away there May 18, 1996.