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Understanding Organizations

Theories and Images
  • ISBN-13: 9781849207416
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
  • By Udo Staber
  • Price: AUD $148.00
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 15/03/2013
  • Format: Paperback (232.00mm X 186.00mm) 280 pages Weight: 530g
  • Categories: Organizational theory & behaviour [KJU]
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Understanding Organizations: Theories and Images introduces students to the key principles of understanding, designing, and managing organizations in an accessible and practical way. The book provides a conceptual toolkit containing the essential models, theories and concepts needed for working in, managing and evaluating organizations. Key Features: Insightful anecdotes discuss how for- and not-for profit organizations fit within our current society from a social and economic perspective. Theoretical framework and multi-perspective approach focuses on economics, institutionalism and evolution theory highlighting the relationship between organizations, employees and the broader society. Research-focused approach analyses organizational phenomena in light of recent studies. This textbook is ideal for undergraduates and postgraduates studying general management, organizational theory, organizational design, and organizational sociology.
Before retiring, Udo Staber was a Professor of Organizational Studies at University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He is now an independent scholar, living in New York and Rome
Introduction: Organizations Matter Theorizing Organizations Contexts and Environments Space and Spatiality Time and Temporality Structure and Structuring Knowledge and Understanding Conclusion: Private Problems and Public Issues
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