Social and business enterprises : an introduction to organisational economics
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Social and business enterprises : an introduction to organisational economics
（Routledge library editions, . Organizations : theory & behaviour ; v. 3）
Routledge, 2013
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Reprint. Originally published: London : George Allen & Unwin, 1976
Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-210) and index
Set ISBN for sub ser. "Organizations": 9780415657938
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Description
Re-issuing volumes originally published between 1949 and 1995 this 31 volume set examines the theory and behaviour of organizations. Topics covered include:
the sociology of work
leadership and organizations
politics at work
theory and practice of company organization
patterns of business organization
company strategy and organizational design.
Table of Contents
Information Space: A Framework for Learning in Organizations, Institutions and Culture Max H. Boisot. Doing Research in Organizations Edited byAlan Bryman. Leadership and Organizations Alan Bryman. Power, Rule and Domination: A Critical and Empirical Understanding of Power in Sociological Theory and Organizational Life Stewart Clegg. The Theory of Power and Organization Stewart Clegg. Critical Issues in Organizations Stewart Clegg and David Dunkerley. Organization, Class and Control Stewart Clegg and David Dunkerley. The Foreman: Aspects of Task and Structure David Dunkerley. The Study of Organization David Dunkerley. The International Yearbook of Organization Studies Edited by David Dunkerley and Graeme Salaman. A Sociology of Organisations John E. T. Eldridge and A. D. Crombie. Managing Organizational Change: Human Factors and Automation Fred Fallik. Freedom and Co-ordination: Lectures in Business Organization Mary Parker Follett. The Sociology of Work: A Critical Annotated Bibliography Parvin Ghorayshi. Organizations Alike and Unlike Cornelis J. Lammers and David J. Hickson. Organizational Behaviour: Politics at Work Peter A. Lawrence and Robert A. Lee. Handbook of Organizations James G. March. Cases in Organisational Behaviour Roy McLennan. Business Organization John O'Shaughnessy. Patterns of Business Organization John O'Shaughnessy. Technology and Organization: Power, Meaning, and Design Harry Scarbrough and Martin J. Corbett. Social Psychology of the Work Organization Arnold S. Tannenbaum. The Sociology of the Workplace: An Interdisciplinary Approach Edited by Malcom T. Warner. Management, Organisation and Employment Strategy: New Directions in Theory and Practice Tony J. Watson. Organisation and Administration for Business Geoffrey Whitehead.
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: hardcover ISBN 9780415825702
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This book shows how economics can be used to clarify and stimulate thinking about organisations and their decision problems. It is mainly designed for university students of economics, management and business studies and of public and social administration. But its clear and lively exposition will have a wider appeal.
The author introduces economic controversies on organisational power, exchange and self-interest, generosity and public spirit. He outlines many practical uses of such concepts as marginalism, opportunity cost, time preference and risk, scale economies and diseconomies, market power, public goods and externalities. He applies economics to business planning and budgeting problems and also to the problems of social enterprises in obtaining resources through charges and grants and in allocating these resources 'efficiently' and 'fairly'.
A distinctive feature of the book is that it analyses problems in the wide context of business, public and voluntary organisations. Unlike many conventional texts it is not highly abstract, technical or descriptive. Drawing on his extensive experience, the author provides many real-life and typical case studies to highlight his central theme: the fruitful interaction between abiding economic ideas and contemporary organisational problems.
Table of Contents
List of Figures, tables. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Orienting Thoughts on Information. 2. The Structuring of Information. 3. The Sharing of Information. 4. Dynamic Behaviour: The Social Learning Cycle. 5. Institutions. 6. Culture as Economizing. 7. Case Study - Socialist Transformations. 8. Conclusions.
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