Organization theory : a strategic approach
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Organization theory : a strategic approach
Prentice Hall, c1996
5th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Created for undergraduate and graduate courses in Organizational Theory, Organizations, and Management of Organizations.
This book takes a strategic systems approach - an approach that focuses on how managers structure and operate organizations so that they are efficient and effective.
The focus of the revision is (1) a simplified writing style, one that presents theories in an easily understood manner, and then applies them, and (2) a significant updating of content.
Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION: FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIZATIONS.
1. Organization Theory and the Manager.
2. Structure and Design-Basic Organizational Building Blocks.
II. THE CONTEXT OF ORGANIZATIONS.
3. Organizational Goals and Effectiveness.
4. The Global Environment for Organizations.
5. Managing the Environment.
6. Organizational Technology.
7. Organizational Size, Growth, and Life Cycles.
III. MANAGING THE ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT.
8. Patterns of Strategic Organizational Design.
9. Organizational Governance and Control.
IV. ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS.
10. Organizational Culture.
11. Information and Organizational Decision Making.
12. Power and Politics: Organizations as Political Entities.
13. Innovation, Strategic Change and Organizational Learning.
V. INTEGRATIVE CASES.
Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"