Organising and managing work : organisational, managerial, and strategic behaviour in theory and practice
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Bibliographic Information
Organising and managing work : organisational, managerial, and strategic behaviour in theory and practice
Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-519) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Organising and Managing Work is relevant to both undergraduates and MBA students on business and management studies programmes. It can be used equally effectively as a core textbook or as a secondary reading resource within modules in organisational behaviour, management, strategic analysis or human resource management. In addition, the book is ideal for the independent learner or reflective practitioner wishing to get an overview of the latest thinking in this field. This text focuses on the experiences and activities of people practically involved in work organisations, whilst using and contributing to the latest academic thinking on work and management behaviour and adopting a stance of critical reflection and ethical awareness. It is written to relate to the experiences and interests of its readers, providing fascinating and stimulating stories and conversations taken from the author's research and work organisation experience. Together, these elements bring alive for the reader issues that are central both to academic debate and organisational and managerial practice.
Table of Contents
1. Organising and Managing Work: Study and Practice 2. Organisations and Management: The Systems-Control Orthodoxy 3. Organising and Managing: A Process-Relational Perspective 4. People, Identity and Culture 5. Experience and Work: Orientation, Emotion and Managing to Manage 6. Organising and Strategy-Making 7. Structure, Culture and The Struggle for Management Control 8. Choice and Constraint in the Shaping Of Structure and Culture 9. Shaping Tasks and Winning Co-operation 10. Power, Decision-Making and Organisational Mischief 11. Organising, Managing and Human Resourcing 12. Managing in a Changing World: Capability, Learning, Trust and Morality Concept Guide
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