ISBN:
1412910463
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1412910471
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9781412910460
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9781412910477
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 330 p)
,
ill
Ausgabe:
2nd ed
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version Organizations Evolving
DDC:
302.35
Schlagwort(e):
Organizational behavior
;
Associations, institutions, etc
;
Comparative organization
;
Organizational change
Kurzfassung:
`Howard Aldrich and Martin Ruef s tour de force shows us how the evolutionary approach can explain change not only in organizational populations, but within sectors and within organizations. Aldrich and Ruef display an astonishing command of the management literature, using vivid illustrations from cutting edge research to show how the processes of variation, selection, retention, and struggle operate within organizations and across them. A lucid and engaging book that should appeal both to the newcomer to organization theory and to the old pro' - Frank Dobbin, Harvard University. A keenly ant
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover ; Copyright ; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1 - Introduction and Themes; 2 - The Evolutionary Approach; 3 - How the Evolutionary Approach Relates to Other Approaches; 4 - Entrepreneurs and the Emergence of New Organizations; 5 - Organizational Boundaries; 6 - Organizational Forms; 7 - Organizational Transformation; 8 - Organizations and Social Change; 9 - Emergence of New Populationsof Organizations; 10 - Reproducing Populations: Foundings and Disbandings; APPENDIX: Research Designand Evolutionary Analysis; References
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Author IndexSubject Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Previous ed.: 1999
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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