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Understanding organizations
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- 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
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781849207409
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Sage, (15 March 2013)
- Number of Pages
- 280
- Weight
- 660 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 232 x 186 mm
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