ISBN:
9781446205303
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (287 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.35
Keywords:
Management
;
Organization
;
Management
;
Organization
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
In Managing Organizations Stewart Clegg, Cynthia Hardy and Walter Nord explore the major issues and debates in management and organization. The textbook addresses key topics such as leadership, decision-making and innovation in organizations alongside such themes as diversity, globalization and ecology. Students and teachers of management will find this a comprehensive and wide-ranging resource on the core issues for contemporary managers and organizations.
Abstract:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Organizational Issues -- 1 - Creative Deconstruction: Strategy and Organizations -- 2 - Leadership in Organizations -- 3 - Decision-Making in Organizations -- 4 - Cognitions in Organizations -- 5 - Diverse Identities in Organizations -- 6 - Putting Group Information Technology in its Place: Communication and Good Work Group Performance -- 7 - Metaphors of Communication and Organization -- 8 - Organizations, Technology and Structuring -- 9 - Organizing for Innovation -- 10 - Organizational Learning: Affirming an Oxymoron -- 11 - Organizations and the Biosphere: Ecologies and Environments -- 12 - Evolution and Revolution: From International Business to Globalization -- Epilogue: Now T hat It Has Been Said - What Do We Think? -- Index.
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