Organization (eBook)

Contemporary Principles and Practice

John Child (Autor)

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2015 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-77990-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The definitive organization management text for executives and aspiring business leaders

Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practices, Second Edition is the completely updated and revised landmark guide to 'macro' organization theory and design, fully grounded in current international practice. International management expert John Child explores the conditions facilitating the development of new organizational forms and provides up-to-date coverage of the key developments driving new organization structure and practice. This revised Second Edition includes a new introductory section on Organization Theory as well as a complete Instructor Manual updated with new material on the basic principles of organizational design.

With detailed case studies and examples from throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and North America, Organization provides a truly international overview for advanced students and business executives who want to be at the forefront of the evolution in Organization Theory. 21^st Century organizations will be faced with entirely new challenges and opportunities than those faced by previous generations, and emerging business leaders must understand the new 'macro' realities in order to succeed. Organization will help readers:

• Understand the 'macro' organization, which is distinct from organizational behaviour
• Explore the way organizations fit into the international business environment and global economy
• Analyze the way organizational structure and design affect management performance
• Apply advanced organization theory and principles to day to day management activities

Written by one of the foremost scholars, the fully updated Second Edition of this successful text provides executives and advanced business students with a wide-ranging and trustworthy guide to organizations as the conditions for their survival in our global business environment change.

JOHN CHILD is an internationally acknowledged expert on organization and international business. He is particularly known for his grounded approach to the practice of management. Among Child's 23 books, Corporate Co-evolution, co-authored with Suzana Rodrigues, won the 2009 Terry Book Award of the Academy of Management.

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The definitive organization management text for executives and aspiring business leaders Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practices, Second Edition is the completely updated and revised landmark guide to "e;macro"e; organization theory and design, fully grounded in current international practice. International management expert John Child explores the conditions facilitating the development of new organizational forms and provides up-to-date coverage of the key developments driving new organization structure and practice. This revised Second Edition includes a new introductory section on Organization Theory as well as a complete Instructor Manual updated with new material on the basic principles of organizational design. With detailed case studies and examples from throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and North America, Organization provides a truly international overview for advanced students and business executives who want to be at the forefront of the evolution in Organization Theory. 21st Century organizations will be faced with entirely new challenges and opportunities than those faced by previous generations, and emerging business leaders must understand the new "e;macro"e; realities in order to succeed. Organization will help readers: Understand the "e;macro"e; organization, which is distinct from organizational behaviour Explore the way organizations fit into the international business environment and global economy Analyze the way organizational structure and design affect management performance Apply advanced organization theory and principles to day to day management activities Written by one of the foremost scholars, the fully updated Second Edition of this successful text provides executives and advanced business students with a wide-ranging and trustworthy guide to organizations as the conditions for their survival in our global business environment change.

Inhalt

Preface to Second Edition viii

Preface from the First Edition ix

Part I The Broad Picture 1

Chapter 1 Organization and Its Importance 3

Chapter 2 Perspectives on Organizational Design until Recent Times 27

Chapter 3 New Conditions, New Organization 53

Part II New Internal Forms 85

Chapter 4 Simpler Structures - Reducing Hierarchy 87

Chapter 5 Achieving Integration 109

Chapter 6 Control 143

Chapter 7 Questions of Reward 171

Chapter 8 Payment Systems 191

Part III New Network Forms 215

Chapter 9 Outsourcing and Offshoring 217

Chapter 10 Virtual Organization 241

Chapter 11 Strategic Alliances 269

Chapter 12 Organizing Across Borders 291

Part IV Achieving Effective Organizations 331

Chapter 13 Managing Organizational Change 333

Chapter 14 Organizing for Learning 371

Chapter 15 Generating and Utilizing Trust 405

Chapter 16 Corporate Governance in New Organizational Forms 427

Part V Designing Organizations for the 21st Century 451

Chapter 17 Meeting Strategic Business Needs 453

Chapter 18 Meeting Strategic Social Needs 477

Author Index 497

Subject Index 507

Rezensionen

"John Child excels once again at connecting the past,
present and future of organizational thought and managerial
practice. By deepening its theoretical foundations and expanding
its discussion of 21st-century topics, this second edition is an
exciting and insightful journey for faculty and students
alike."

--Guido Möllering, Professor of
Organization and Management, Jacobs University Bremen

"This is an outstanding contribution to literature from a
world class academic. His contribution to the field of
organizational studies is without parallel and this work is a
monumental contribution to the global literature on organizational
behavior."

--Sir Cary Cooper, Lancaster University Management
School

"John Child has done it again. This accessible and
scholarly book brings the analysis of organizational forms where it
belongs at the very centre of the fields of organization and
strategy."

--Andrew Pettigrew, Saïd Business School, Oxford
University

"Conventional, sluggish bureaucracies are being introduced
to a new structural vocabulary as they attempt to respond to the
challenge of globalization. John Child provides a lucid and
engaging guide to this changing world of
organizations."

--W. Richard Scott, Department of Sociology, Stanford
University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.2.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • graduate business text • Internationales Management • International Management • international organizational structures and designs • John Child • macro organization theory • Management • MBA Textbook • Organisation • Organisation (Betriebswirtsch.) • Organisations- u. Managementtheorie • organizational management practices • organizational processes • Organization & Management Theory • Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practices, Second Edition • organization management textbook • organization principles study guide • Organization studies • Organization Theory • Wirtschaft • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-118-77990-8 / 1118779908
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-77990-3 / 9781118779903