Organisational theory is vitally relevant to today's student of business. Understanding Business Organisations introduces the student to classic debates and new perspectives on organisations through a wide ranging but approachable selection of readings.
This text:
* considers why organisations matter to employees and customers
* discusses theories of the organisation as a mode of empowerment and of control.
Examining these theories in the light of current programmes of organisational change gives the book a case study element that will be invaluable for teaching and learning.
| Introduction | |
| Organisational Aspects of Business | |
| The Communications and Financial Revolution and the Rise of the Multinational Corporation | |
| Work in Traditional and Modern Societies | |
| Work | |
| The Emergence of New Work Forms | |
| Classic Theories of Bureaucracy | |
| Work Organisations, Managerial Strategies and Control | |
| Studying Organisations: an Introduction | |
| Struggle and Resistance | |
| Re-inventing Organisation Man? | |
| Organisational Structuring and Restructuring Christopher Mabey | |
| Beyond Organisational Structure: The End of Classical Forms? Christopher Mabey | |
| Hands, Hearts and Minds, Changing Work and Workers at the End of the Century | |
| Failure | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780415238557
ISBN-10: 0415238552
Series: Understanding Business
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 232
Published: 18th January 2001
Dimensions (cm): 24.6 x 18.9
x 1.0
Weight (kg): 0.7