Organization Theory & Design
An International Perspective
Paperback Engels 2020 4e druk 9781473765900Samenvatting
The fourth edition of Organization Theory & Design provides students with an understanding of the different approaches to designing and managing an organization. Illustrated with many enlightening global examples drawn, this book combines classic ideas and contemporary theories to reflect the challenges faced by managers. Developed for students in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, it provides an up-to-date, international perspective to Richard L. Daft’s landmark text.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
1 What are organizations?
2 Perspectives on organizations
Part 2 Organizational Purpose and Structural Design
3 Strategy, organization design and effectiveness
4 Fundamentals of organization structure
Part 3 Open System Design Elements
5 The external environment
6 Interorganizational relationships
7 Designing organizations for the international environment
Part 4 Internal Design Elements
8 Manufacturing and Service technologies
9 Information technology and control
10 Organization size, life cycle and decline
Part 5 Managing Dynamic Processes
11 Organizational culture and ethical values
12 Innovation and change
13 Decision-making processes
14 Conflict, power and politics
Integrative Cases
1.0 Luxurious Goat Milk Products: Working with Local Culture – RojaAHP
2.0 ‘Box-ticking’ in Organizations: Lessons of the Nimrod Disaster
3.0 Onward to the Customer of One; from Debt Collectors to Customer Service Agents at New Zealand’s Inland Revenue
4.0 Changing the Culture at Trans-Gen PLC: What’s Wrong with Senior Management?
5.0 Blood on the Gatepost: Family Conflicts in the New Zealand Farming Industry
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan