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Large contemporary organizations seem to be in an almost continual state of change. Whether in public or private organizations, managers are trying to implement new organizational forms, introduce new procedures or systems, or change the attitudes of employees. Such...
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OUP Oxford
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2009-07-30
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John W. Meyer's work broke new grounds in institutional thought in sociology and made him a central thinker for the emerging interdisciplinary field of neoinstitutionalism, while at the same time establishing institutional thought's comparative variant, world society...
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OUP Oxford
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2009-05-07
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Praise for Dynamic Strategy-Making "An astonishingly timely, hopeful, and important book that recasts and freshly imagines strategy-making and integrates theory with practice in the field of strategic management. A must-read for all those who want to learn more about...
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Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2009-04-13
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Organizations are a defining feature of the modern world, and the study of organizations (organization studies) has become well established in both sociology departments and professional schools, most notably business and management schools.
Organization studies has...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-03-27
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WINNER OF THE GEORGE R. TERRY ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT BOOK AWARD 2009 "This superb study of a Brazilian state company's transition to private ownership is marvellously comprehensive in its coverage of the firm's entire life span and the full spectrum of its interactions...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-17
Collection :
Organization and Strategy
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Robust organizational capacity is a company s potential to apply its skills and resources to accomplish goals and exceed stakeholders expectations. This book provides readers with the ability to diagnose both the drivers of change in their organization and the type of...
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Wiley
Parution :
2009-02-10
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This book brings together seminal articles by leading scholars of technological and organizational systems, exploring the impact of 'modularity'. Modularity refers to an ability to take apart and put together differenct products and networks, or to 'mix and match'...
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Wiley
Parution :
2009-02-09
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The book offers important insight relevant to Corporate, Government and Global organizations management in general.The internationally recognised authors tackle vital issues in decision making, how organizational risk is managed, how can technological and organizational...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-09
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This handbook invites readers who are interested in mediation, negotiation and conflict resolution to share the perspectives of experts in the field. Contributors include scholars, mediators, trainers and negotiators, all of whom are passionate about their work. ...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-09
Collection :
Blackwell Handbooks in Management
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This volume introduces readers to the central debates of organization studies through a series of 'point' and 'counterpoint' debates by major figures in the field. Introduces readers to the central tensions and debates of organization studies. Celebrates the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-04
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This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of practice-based organizational learning and knowing. Based on the author's detailed study of safety practices in different corporate settings. The author uses this study to empirically describe how...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-04
Collection :
Organization and Strategy
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`The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behaviour is a fine addition to past works of reference in the field, edited by two prominent scholars who are internationally known. Its approach is both critical and original in many incisive ways, aspiring to a cutting-edge...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2008-12-03
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The field of Personnel Psychology is broadly concerned with the study of individual differences and their consequences for the organization. As human resource costs continue, for most organizations, to be the single largest operating cost (50-80% of annual expenditure),...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-10-31
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In this engaging and handy book, Gatrell and Swan provide both an insightful introduction and much-needed resource to the understanding of gender and diversity in management.
Gender and Diversity in Management accessibly overviews the core issues of gender, race,...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2008-08-07
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Reason, and the need to Be Rational, are essential dimensions of society and the organizations we live and work in. Yet the 'rationalization' of working and administrative processes, or the 'rationality' studied in social sciences, is all too often, used, understood,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-07-24
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Motivation in Public Management: The Call of Public Service joins a long-standing debate about what drives the behavior of government employees and others who are engaged in the public's business. For many centuries, public service was considered a noble calling and,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-05-15
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The SAGE Course Companion on Organization Theory is an accessible introduction to a challenging subject area. This book helps readers to extend their understanding of theories and make the connection between them and organizational practice. It will enhance their...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2008-02-28
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Work-based learning is Joe Raelin’s unique way of incorporating a number of action strategies—such as action learning, action science, and communities of practice—into a comprehensive framework to help people learn collectively with others. In this thoroughly updated...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2008-02-13
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Bruce Kogut's writing has sketched a theory of human motivation that sees managers as social, often altruistic, sometimes as selfish, who care about their colleagues and their status among them. For the first time this book collects together key pieces that show how...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2008-01-03
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Twenty-first century capitalism has been marked by an increasing international economic independence, and considerable differences between dominant economic systems of coordination and control. In this context, national competition and coordination within industries has...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2007-11-22
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