ISBN:
9781483395562
Language:
English
Pages:
333 pages
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
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DDC:
302.3/5
Keywords:
Organizational sociology
;
Organizational behavior
;
Management
Abstract:
Organization Theory and Governance for the 21st Century is a core text for the organization theory course that provides students with both theoretical grounding and practical application. The objective of the text is to expose students to post-traditional theory as well as to "operationalize" theory, showing clearly how it's been applied and with what impact. The book first covers the classical foundations of organization theory, beginning with rationalist approaches and the behavioral revolution, and then delving into the diversity of network theory, chaos and complexity, structural-functionalism, and transaction cost economics. The authors then demonstrate how these theories are operationalized; i.e. how they can be applied to various management and administrative functions, including managing individual behavior, affecting organizational change, understanding and shaping group dynamics, and managing ..
Description / Table of Contents:
Part I. Theories of organization -- Part II. Issues, strategies, and tactics -- Part III. Toward post-positivist organizations
Note:
Includes index
URL:
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