Organizational Theory: Tension and Change
1st Edition
0077122755
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9780077122751
© 2000 | Published: August 16, 2000
Organization Theory: Tension and Change provides the most current and concise analysis of the development and evolution of organizational theories, forms, and practices, from the rise of the factory system to the emergence of the virtual global organ…
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ORGANIZATION THEORY: TENSION AND CHANGE
1. INTRODUCTION: DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTIONS
1. INTRODUCTION: DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTIONS
2. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATION THEORY
3. THE RISE OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM
4. THE HUMAN ORGANIZATION
5. BUREAUCRACY, RATIONALIZATION, AND ORGANIZATION THEORY
6. EMERGING ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS: BEYOND FORDISM
7. EMERGING ORGANIZATIONAL PARADIGMS: POST- BUREAUCRACY, CULTURE, AND KNOWLEDGE
8. TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
9. THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ORGANIZATION
10. INTERORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS: MARKETS, HIERARCHIES AND NETWORKS
11. THE FUTURE OF ORGANIZATION AND POSTMODERN ANALYSIS
Organization Theory: Tension and Change provides the most current and concise analysis of the development and evolution of organizational theories, forms, and practices, from the rise of the factory system to the emergence of the virtual global organization. Using a wide variety of examples and applications from private- and public-sector organizations, the text emphasizes the tensions, contradictions, and paradoxes inherent in all organizational arrangements. In addition to the classic themes such as scientific management, human relations, rational bureaucratic models, and environmental models, the book explores emerging organizational forms based on lean and flexible production, post-bureaucracy, alliancess, and networks, virtual organization and information technologies, corporate cultures, learning organizations, transnational commodity chains, and post-modernism.
This text’s shorter length, paperback format, and relatively low price allow instructors to assign additional readings without overburdening students with excessive material or cost.
Provides the most recent theories and developments related to the application of information technologies and the globalization of economic activity.
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