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The end of bureaucracy has been anticipated many times throughout the history of management science, as well as in modern social and political theory. This book sets out to show why bureaucracy persists and what values it embodies and upholds. Thus the book seeks to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-03-17
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The end of bureaucracy has been anticipated many times throughout the history of management science, as well as in modern social and political theory. This book sets out to show why bureaucracy persists and what values it embodies and upholds. Thus the book seeks to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-03-17
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Sponsored by the International Association of Facilitators, The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation offers the need-to-know basics in the field brought together by fifty leading practitioners and scholars. This indispensable resource includes successful strategies and...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2005-02-08
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J-B International Association of Facilitators
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In a world of organizations that are in constant change scholars have long sought to understand and explain how they change. This book introduces research methods that are specifically designed to support the development and evaluation of organizational process...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-08-26
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What is the purpose of social science and management research? Do scholars/researchers have a responsibility to generate insights and knowledge that are of practical (implementable) value and validity?
We are told we live in turbulent and changing times, should this...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-03-25
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Each chapter of this book takes as its starting point a myth, a legend, a story or a fable, and explores its contemporary relevance for a world of globalization, organizations and, consumerism.Each contributor is inspired by a relatively short but rich text which is...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-01-29
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Are current concepts of leadership appropriate for today's organizations? What will tomorrow's leadership need to be like? Is there a best approach to leadership?
With a huge range of definitions and theories of leadership available, the field has become confusing for...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2004-01-13
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Despite questions over whether we are `past postmodernism', much debate continues over the potential of postmodern philosophy for organizational theory. Hitherto, there has been no single source which reviews in a thorough and scholarly fashion the work of the major...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2003-11-25
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In the wake of continuing corporate scandals there have been few, if any, CEOs that have stepped forward as models of "doing things right"—except the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, Bill George. George has become the unofficial spokesperson for responsible...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2003-10-27
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This book presents novel theoretical ideas and empirical findings where the fields of strategizing and organizing meet. At this boundary lie many of the most crucial theoretical and practical issues for management and managing.
Innovative Forms of Organizing, the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2003-07-17
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`Most folks in organizations dichotomize reason and emotion, often treating emotion as an uncommon or marginal occurrence. Written in a clear and lively style, Steve Fineman's book, Understanding Emotion at Work, dispels this notion as he demonstrates how emotions...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2003-05-01
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The 'o-FISH!-al' follow-up to the phenomenal bestselling Fish! and Fish! Tales, Fish! Sticks is a stand-alone business parable that shows you how to come up with a vision for your business and how to keep it alive, vital, and renewed through tough times, such as...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2003-02-01
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Understanding Organizational Change:
- offers an overview of change management
- brings new case studies to help students understand organizational change
- provides a concise overview of the developments in change management with new critical case study material for...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2002-12-04
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Why don't best practices spread within firms?
What exactly is sticky knowledge?
Having recognized that knowledge assets are rapidly becoming their most precious source of competitive advantage, a large number of organizations are now attempting to transfer best...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2002-12-03
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This volume analyses some of the major current trends and policy challenges in the 'new economy' from the point of view of technical innovation and competence building. It brings together the leading European expertise on different topics in this field.
Together the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-10-03
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`This exceptionally interesting study provides an up-to-date and integrated perspective on organizations, violence, gender and sexuality. It pays particular attention to the power wielded by hierarchies of heterosexual men, and the ways in which this produces violence...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2001-07-05
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Work, Postmodernism and Organization provides a wide-ranging and very accessible introduction to postmodern theory and its relevance for the cultural world of the work organization. The book provides a critical review of the debates that have shaped organization theory...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2001-01-22
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`[Challenges] mainstream accounts of organizational behaviour and management which treat gender as an optional extra. This book demonstrates that gender can be an essential organizational principle' - Equal Opportunities Review
`Most books on Organizational Behaviour...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2000-12-14
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`The contributors have collectively put forward new theories of change and management which have been informed by various programmes of research. A notable resource for both researchers and practitioners as they continue to understand the cross-disciplinary nature of...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2000-06-29
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`This is an insightful book... offers an in-depth understanding of the dynamics at work within organizations, but also offers ways forward for new researchers. [A]n original contribution to the area of occupational psychology. The book is appropriate for people who...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2000-06-27
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