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Subject(s)

• Organizational sociology [Browse]
• Organizational behavior [Browse]
• Management [Browse]

Author

• Austin, Eric K. [Browse]

Summary note

Organization Theory and Governance for the 21st Century is a core text for the organization theory course that provides students with both theoretical grounding and practical application. The objective of the text is to expose students to post-traditional theory as well as to "operationalize" theory, showing clearly how it's been applied and with what impact. The book first covers the classical foundations of organization theory, beginning with rationalist approaches and the behavioral revolution, and then delving into the diversity of network theory, chaos and complexity, structural-functionalism, and transaction cost economics. The authors then demonstrate how these theories are operationalized; id est how they can be applied to various management and administrative functions, including managing individual behavior, affecting organizational change, understanding and shaping group dynamics, and managing ...

Notes

Includes index.

Source of description

Description based on MARC record for print version.

Contents

• Part I. Theories of organization
• Part II. Issues, strategies, and tactics
• Part III. Toward post-positivist organizations.

Other title(s)

SAGE Knowledge

ISBN

9781483395562 (ebook) :

LCCN

2014011482

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