Writers on organizations
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Writers on organizations
Sage Publications, c2007
6th ed
- : pbk
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Long a best-seller, this eagerly awaited sixth edition offers an illuminating overview of the field of organizations studies trough the views of leading writers whose ideas are presently the subject of much interest and debate. Derek S. Pugh and David J. Hickson do a masterful job of capturing the essence of each writer's contribution to the field--providing coverage of all the cutting-edge theories in management today. The clear explanation of complex ideas and the breadth of coverage makes this book a valuable resource to a wide audience. The book is completely updated and, including the discussion of approximately eleven new writers. Key Features: useful for both students and professionals in management, organization studies, industrial psychology, public administration, social psychology, sociology, political science, and communicationprovides brief summaries of major contributions to the field helps the reader understand and classify different types of organizations serves as a resource giving a general overview of the field
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Sixth Edition 1 The Structure of Organizations Max Weber Derek Pugh and the Aston Group, including John Child and David Hickson Lex Donaldson Alfred D. Chandler Oliver E. Williamson Henry Mintzberg Charles Handy Stewart Clegg Christopher Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal 2 The Organization in its Environment Tom Burns Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch Jeffrey Pfeffer and Gerald R. Salancik Raymond E. Miles and Charles C. Snow Michael T. Hannan and John Freeman Geert Hofstede Richard Whitley 3 Management and Decision-making in Organizations Henri Fayol Frederick W. Taylor Peter F. Drucker Michel Foucault Herbert A. Simon James G. March Karl E. Weick 4 People in Organizations Elton Mayo and the Hawthorne Investigations Rensis Likert and Douglas McGregor Edgar H. Schein Frederick Herzberg Eric Trist and the Work of the Tavistock Institute Rosabeth Moss Kanter 5 Organizational Change and Learning Paul J. DiMaggio and Walter W. Powell Andrew Pettigrew Chris Argyris Peter Senge Kathleen Eisenhardt Gareth Morgan About the Authors
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