The reality of organizations : a guide for managers
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The reality of organizations : a guide for managers
Macmillan Press, 1993
3rd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780333595503
Description
Aiming to help the practising manager in any kind of organization, this book discusses and illustrates: the main decisions to be made in establishing or modifying an organization; the most common organizational problems; what can be done to prevent or correct them; and the nature and implications of the changes affecting organizations. This third edition has been revised to take account of how organizations are changing, and to illustrate these changes over time by specific examples. Rosemary Stewart is the author of "The Reality of Management", "Leading in the NHS: A Practical Guide", "Managing Today and Tomorrow", "Choices for the Manager", "Contrasts in Management" and "Managers and Their Jobs".
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Theory: ways of looking at organizations. Part 2 Tasks of organization: what kind of jobs?
- how to group activities
- co-ordination - problems and remedies. Part 3 Some common organizational problems: superior-subordinate relationships
- the manager and the specialist
- managerial relations
- how much decentralization?
- order versus flexibility
- the changing organization
- changing the organization
- providing managers for changing organizations
- conclusions - what can go wrong?
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780333595510
Description
Aiming to help the practising manager in any kind of organization, this book discusses and illustrates: the main decisions to be made in establishing or modifying an organization; the most common organizational problems; and what can be done to prevent or correct them.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Theory: ways of looking at organizations. Part 2 Tasks of organization: what kind of jobs?
- how to group activities
- co-ordination - problems and remedies. Part 3 Some common organizational problems: superior-subordinate relationships
- the manager and the specialist
- managerial relations
- how much decentralization?
- order versus flexibility
- the changing organization
- changing the organization
- providing managers for changing organizations
- conclusions - what can go wrong?
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