Understanding Organizations: Theories and Images
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Understanding Organizations: Theories and Images

Understanding Organizations: Theories and Images

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Udo Staber (Author)  

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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.
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
  • Contributor: Udo Staber
  • Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd
  • ISBN13: 9781849207409
  • Number of Pages: 280
  • Packaged Dimensions: 186x232mm
  • Packaged Weight: 660
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
  • Release Date: 2013-03-15
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: 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

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