Organizations: Management Without Control
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1412942470
ISBN 13
9781412942478
Category
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Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Pages
528
Subject
Organizational sociology--Textbooks.
Abstract
Organizations: Management Without Control provides a comprehensive understanding of the functions of formal organizations and the challenges they face. The most effective organizations provide members with opportunities to achieve their personal goals while pursing the organization’s objectives. Using a practical approach with minimal jargon, author Howard P. Greenwald covers the basic features of organizations such as roles, structure, reward systems, power and authority, and culture and introduces important theoretical perspectives related to these features.
Description
Let's get organized! -- The organizational milieu -- Organizational theories and perspectives -- Social roles in organizations -- The rule of structure -- Reward and punishment -- Imperative forces -- Organizational culture -- Leadership and followership -- Communication and decision making -- Conflict, politics and change -- Bureaucracy -- Innovations and experiments -- Organizations and individual decisions -- Organizations and society.
Number of Copies
1
