Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations, Rev. Ed.

Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations, Rev. Ed.
Author: Amitai Etzioni
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 612
Release: 1975-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0029096200

This important book “classifies organizations on the basis of organizational properties and systemically examines variations amount different types of organization” (American Sociological Review). Bringing light to a neglected field, A Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations presents models for the analysis of various organizational types and examines how they are constructed. Primarily discussing the relationship between compliance and each variable it introduces, this book works as a cornerstone for the comparative analysis of organizations.

Studying Differences Between Organizations

Studying Differences Between Organizations
Author: Brayden King
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2009-06-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1848556462

Presents a comparative analysis as a means to explain and describe organizational heterogeneity, at varying levels and contexts. This title consists of two sections: an introductory essay section and a section that focuses on specific theoretical, methodological and empirical topics.

Great Writers on Organizations

Great Writers on Organizations
Author: Derek S. Pugh
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2016-04-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317124812

Great Writers on Organizations presents succinctly each of the contributions made by 80 of the most prominent management thinkers to the understanding of organizational behaviour and managerial thinking. Among those included are early theorists such as Henri Fayol, Frederick W. Taylor and Max Weber, classical writers such as Alfred D. Chandler, Peter Drucker and Frederick Herzberg, through to modern thinkers such as Oliver Williamson, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Charles Handy. New writers included in the Third Omnibus Edition are: Lex Donaldson, Stewart Clegg, Richard Whitley, Michel Foucault and Kathleen Eisenhardt. The volume is an indispensable resource for academics, students and managers on what the great writers have to say about the key managerial tasks of how to organize and motivate.

Models of Management

Models of Management
Author: Mauro F. Guillén
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 1994-10-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226310361

This work explores differing historical patterns in the adoption of the three major models of organizational management: scientific management; human relations; and structural analysis. The author takes a fresh look at how managers have used these models in four countries during the 20th century.

My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper
Author: Amitai Etzioni
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780742521582

In this engaging volume, Dr. Etzioni reflects on his communitarian vision of a society whose members care profoundly about one another, assume responsiblitiles and do not just demand rights, and attend not merely to themsleves but also to the common good.