Organization Theories In The Making
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Author | : Ann L Cunliffe |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2012-08-16 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1446290026 |
From agency theory to power and politics, this indispensable guide to the key concepts of organization theory is your compass as you navigate through the often complex and abstract theories about the design and functioning of organizations. Designed to complement and elucidate your textbook or reading list, as well as introduce you to concepts that some courses neglect, this historical and interdisciplinary account of the field: - Helps you understand the basics of organization theory - Allows you to check your understanding of specific concepts - Fills in any gaps left by your course reading, and - Is a powerful revision tool Each entry is consistently structured, providing a definition of the concept and why it′s important to theory and practice, followed by a summary of current debates and a list of further reading. This companion will provide you with the nuts and bolts of an understanding that will serve you not just in your organization studies course, but throughout your degree and beyond. Key concepts include: agency theory; business strategy; corporate governance; decision making; environmental uncertainty; globalization; industrial democracy; organizational change; stakeholder theory; storytelling and narrative research; technology and organization structure.
Author | : Tuomo Peltonen |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2016-03-23 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1785609459 |
Understanding of the history and development of organization theory has recently made advances through work emerging on the history of management thought as well as through the institutionalization of critical approaches to organizations and organizational knowledge. This book provides a new reading of the historical development of organization.
Author | : Tom Christensen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2007-10-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134080263 |
Public sector organizations are fundamentally different to their private sector counterparts. They are multi-functional, follow a political leadership, and the majority do not operate in an external market. In an era of rapid reform, reorganization and modernization of the public sector, this book offers a timely and illuminating introduction to the public sector organization that recognizes its unique values, interests, knowledge and power-base. Drawing on both instrumental and institutional perspectives within organization theory, as well as democratic theory and empirical studies of decision-making, this text addresses five central aspects of the public sector organization: goals and values leadership and steering reform and change effects and implications understanding and design. This volume challenges conventional economic analysis of the public sector, arguing instead for a democratic-political approach and a new, prescriptive organization theory. A rich resource of both theory and practice, Organization Theory for the Public Sector: Instrument, Culture and Myth is essential reading for anybody studying the public sector.
Author | : Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2011-03-24 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0199569304 |
This new text takes a unique practice-based approach, identifying questions, problems and issues that are perceived as pertinent by practitioners, and using these as the starting point to identify the relevant theories.
Author | : Jesper Blomberg |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2020-07-25 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1529730260 |
In Organization Theory: Management and Leadership Analysis, Jesper Blomberg explores the fields of organization theory and management, making sense of complex theories and encouraging critical thinking. The book analyses organizations through four theoretical frameworks, offering students a clear structure they can use to understand complex organizational issues: · the structural framework · the Human Resources framework · the power framework · the symbolic framework Each framework is explored by a chapter covering the basics, followed by a more advanced chapter so that students can deepen their understanding. A case study at the end of the book draws together theory and practice, giving students the opportunity to apply what they have learnt to a real management situation. This book is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Organization Theory and Management. The book is complemented by a range of online resources including PowerPoint slides, an Instructor’s Manual and Testbank.
Author | : Mary Jo Hatch |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0199640378 |
Organization Theory offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the study of organizations and organizing processes. It encourages an even-handed appreciation of the main perspectives defining our knowledge of organizations and challenges readers to broaden their intellectual reach. Organization Theory is presented in three parts: Part I introduces the reader to theorizing using the multi-perspective approach. Part II presents different core concepts useful for analysing and understanding organizations - as entities within an environment, as social structures, technologies, cultures and physical structures, and as the products of power and political processes. Part III explores applications of organization theory to the practical matters of organizational design and change, and introduces the latest ideas, including organizational identity theory, process and practice theories, and aesthetics. An Online Resource Centre accompanies this text and includes: For students: Multiple Choice Questions For registered adopters: Lecturer's guide PowerPoint slides Figures and tables from the book
Author | : Linda Rouleau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Organizational sociology |
ISBN | : 9780192509840 |
This title shows how, over the last 25 years, the field of organisation theories (OTs) has been providing stimulating, thoughtful, and innovative perspectives. It also invites graduate students and early career researchers to learn how recent theories view and portray the organisation.
Author | : Mary Zey |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780803951365 |
Rational Choice Theory and Organizational Theory is written in response to the neo-classical economic rational choice theories and organizational economic theories which have emerged in the past decade and gained center stage in current organizational analysis.
Author | : Jonathan R. Tompkins |
Publisher | : Waveland Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2023-08-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1478651776 |
Organization Theory and Public Management is written for current and future public managers. Understanding organization theory helps managers at all levels define program objectives, overcome constraints, and accomplish mandated purposes. Armed with theoretical and conceptual knowledge, managers can better identify the factors that affect organizational performance, determine how these factors interrelate, and decide how best to resolve problems and attain goals. Familiarity with organization theory can facilitate fresh ways to view organizational challenges and discover new paths for pursuing change. Organization theory, supported by intuition and common sense, can be a powerful guide to action. The book approaches each organization theory school of thought on its own terms, drawing out its implications for public management as objectively as possible. Chapter 1 introduces organization theory as a field of study, chapter 2 establishes the unique context of public management, and chapter 3 presents three analytical frameworks for assessing the theories of organization covered in the twelve chapters that follow.
Author | : Jay M. Shafritz |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P |
Total Pages | : 658 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Offering more than 40 works on organizational behaviour, this text provides the framework for understanding the articles' place in the history of the field and the impact that particular articles have had on the field of organizational behaviour.