Organization

Contemporary Principles and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4051-1657-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm

This exciting new fully revised edition of John Child's classic text, Organization, provides a current, comprehensive guide to organizational management in today’s world, with additional teaching website supports.

His analysis includes:, various kinds of network organization The topics addressed range from Written in an approachable style, and featuring new international examples, this is a major contemporary guide to the role of organization in business success.

* A revealing account of new internal organizational forms and the evolution of organization to meet new demands

* Makes state-of-the-art principles and practice available to students and practitioners.

* Covers a broad range of topics, from integration, control, reward policies, outsourcing, flexibility and strategic alliances, to trust, learning, and corporate governance.

* Draws upon recent research and good business journalism.

* Features new international examples.

* Each chapter contains summaries of key points, lists of practical guidelines, questions for discussion, and suggestions for further reading.

* Fully supported by web-based Instructor Manual with teacher notes and powerpoint slides

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: THE BROAD PICTURE
Chapter 1 Introduction to Organization
Chapter 2 New Conditions, New Organization
PART II: NEW INTERNAL FORMS
Chapter 3 Simpler Structures
Chapter 4 Achieving Integration
Chapter 5 Control
Chapter 6 Reward Policies
Chapter 7 Payment Systems
PART III: NEW NETWORK FORMS
Chapter 8 Outsourcing
Chapter 9 Virtual Organization
Chapter 10 Alliances
Chapter 11 Organizing Across Borders
PART IV: EVOLVING EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 12 Achieving Organizational Change and Evolution
Chapter 13 Organizing for Learning
Chapter 14 Generating and Utilizing Trust
Chapter 15 Corporate Governance in New Organizational Forms
CONCLUSION
Chapter 16 Making Sense of Organization
Index

Zielgruppe

this will be a core text for students of organizational behaviour and strategic management, managers, professionals and administrators interested in organizational issues

Autoren/Hrsg.

Child, John

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Über Autor(innen)

John Child is Chair of Commerce at the University of Birmingham, UK, Distinguished Visiting Professor and Founding Director of the Chinese Management Centre at the University of Hong Kong, and Founding Director of the Centre for International Business and Management at the University of Cambridge. The author or co-author of 17 books and over 100 articles, he also consults for major corporations in the areas of strategic alliances, organizational design, organizational learning, and business operations in China.