Managing Understanding In Organizations

Author : Jorgen Sandberg,Axel Targama
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847877741

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Managing Understanding in Organizations by Jorgen Sandberg,Axel Targama Pdf

′An excellent and much needed contribution to the management literature′ - Gareth Morgan ′Trough accurate examples and instructive accounts of what constitutes understanding at work, the Author leads us to the core link between understanding and managerial practicing. It is deeply informative, often witty and always elegant!′ - Silvia Gherardi Research Unit on Communication, Organizational Learning, and Aesthetics dipartimento di sociologia e ricerca sociale ′The book provides an interesting, accessible and important contribution to the interpretive understanding of management and leadership and clearly shows its relevance also for practitioners′ - Mats Alvesson Bringing a fresh perspective to the evaluation of management problems, this book draws upon interpretative research and builds upon existing interpretative studies to scrutinise the influence managers have on employees′ understanding. It considers how managers use ideas and visions to frame their employees′ internalised understanding of the external rules and instructions that govern their work. The book brings an interpretative perspective to the question of individual and group competence and look at how this is linked with understanding. Throughout Managing Understanding in Organizations refers to international case studies and considers the cross-cultural impact on management and understanding at work.

Author : Udo Staber
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446291573

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Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here Understanding Organizations: Theories and Images introduces students to the key principles of understanding, designing, and managing organizations in an accessible and practical way. The book provides a conceptual toolkit containing the essential models, theories and concepts needed for working in, managing and evaluating organizations. Key Features: Insightful anecdotes discuss how for- and not-for profit organizations fit within our current society from a social and economic perspective. Theoretical framework and multi-perspective approach focuses on economics, institutionalism and evolution theory highlighting the relationship between organizations, employees and the broader society. Research-focused approach analyses organizational phenomena in light of recent studies. This textbook is ideal for undergraduates and postgraduates studying general management, organizational theory, organizational design, and organizational sociology. Visit the Companion Website at www.sagepub.co.uk/staber

Author : Hal G. Rainey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470528686

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Understanding and Managing Public Organizations by Hal G. Rainey Pdf

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations provides a comprehensive analysis of research and practice on public organizations and management. In this fourth edition of his award-winning best seller, Hal Rainey reviews topics including organizational goals and performance, decision making and strategy, leadership, motivation, organizational structure and design, organizational change, and others. He analyzes effective and ineffective practices, with suggestions for managing contemporary and classic challenges in public organizations, and with illustrative vignettes and examples. Carefully revised and updated, this edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations extends previous editions with deeper coverage of collaboration and networks, public values, public service motivation, managerial strategy, performance assessment, innovation and organizational change, and recent trends in public sector management. Praise for the Previous Editions "The third edition of the classic text provides a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review of the most current research about government organizations and managers, this important source offers specific suggestions for managing these challenges in today's public organizations." ? Abstracts of Public Administration "A masterful textbook, as well as an important and original contribution to the public organization theory literature ? both comprehensive in its treatment of organization theory and decidedly 'public' in its perspective." ?Public Administration Review "A tremendous contribution to the field. Rainey's ability to synthesize research streams from a variety of fields?such as political science, public administration, public policy, business administration, psychology, sociology, and others?is outstanding." ?Jeffrey L. Brudney, Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies and Public Service, Cleveland State University

Author : Kate Kenny,Andrea Whittle,Hugh Willmott
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446266182

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Understanding Identity and Organizations by Kate Kenny,Andrea Whittle,Hugh Willmott Pdf

An understanding of identity is fundamental to a complete understanding of organizational life. While conventional management textbooks nod to in-groups, cohesion and discrimination, this text offers instead a deeper, more nuanced understanding of why people, groups and organizations behave the way they do. With conceptions of identity perhaps less stable than they have ever been, the authors make complex theoretical issues accessible to the reader through the use of lively examples from popular culture. The authors present an overview of the key issues, as well as an examination of cutting-edge research and topical forces currently re-defining identity, such as globalisation, the fair trade movement and online identities. This text is a succinct, relevant and exciting overview of the field of identity studies as it relates to business and management and applied social sciences, an is an invaluable resource to undergraduate and postgraduate students of management on any course that has an identity component.

Author : Robert Grafton Small,Paul Jeffcutt,Stephen Linstead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 080898912X

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Understanding Management by Robert Grafton Small,Paul Jeffcutt,Stephen Linstead Pdf

Author : Hal G. Rainey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787980009

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Understanding and Managing Public Organizations by Hal G. Rainey Pdf

In the third edition of his award-winning book, Hal G. Rainey provides a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review of the most current research about government organizations and managers— and about effective and ineffective practices in government— this important resource offers specific suggestions for managing these challenges in today's public organizations. Using illustrative, real-life vignettes and examples, the book provides expert analysis of organizational design, goals, power, effectiveness, leadership, motivation and work attitudes, decisionmaking, and more.

Author : Hal G. Rainey,Sergio Fernandez,Deanna Malatesta
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119705895

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Understanding and Managing Public Organizations by Hal G. Rainey,Sergio Fernandez,Deanna Malatesta Pdf

Discover the latest insights in organization theory from a comprehensive and masterful volume Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 6th Edition provides readers with an authoritative reference for scholars, masters, and doctoral students in public management and public affairs programs in the United States and other nations. The 6th Edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations presents the latest research and insights from organization and management theory and their application to public organizations and the people in them. The book expands coverage from previous editions about organizational goals, performance and effectiveness, strategy, decision-making, structure and design, organizational change, operating environments, individuals and groups, motivation and work-related attitudes, leadership, teamwork, and more. Authors and professors Hal Rainey, Sergio Fernandez, and Deanna Malatesta provide new and expanded coverage of such topics as The context and distinctive character of public and nonprofit organizations, including expanded coverage of "publicness" and of the legal context including "state action" Performance management, measurement, organizational effectiveness, and managing for high performance Representative bureaucracy, workforce diversity, and performance Communication and information technology Employee engagement and empowerment, intrinsic motivation, self-determination theory, public service motivation, and positive organizational behavior—resilience, self-efficacy, optimism, and hope Recent developments in theory and thought on leadership, including authentic leadership, shared leadership, servant leadership, and integrated leadership Design and process topics including red tape and green tape, administrative burdens, and organizational routines Theoretical perspectives such as behavioral theory of decision making, resource dependence theory, and others, and their implications for public and nonprofit organizations Advances in theory and practice about rapid developments in collaborative governance, organizational networks, partnerships, and contracting Since the book is used in courses for students in numerous public affairs programs, this new edition updates the Instructor’s Guide, with new and revised PowerPoint slides, cases, exercises, and discussion and examination questions These materials, with the topics in the chapters, are designed to address the learning outcomes required by NASPAA accreditation requirements Belonging on the shelf of scholars and students in public affairs, as well as anyone interested in public management or organization theory, this new edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations provides an advanced and comprehensive enhancement to a widely used and compelling series of previous editions.

Author : Charles B. Handy
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036610082

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Understanding Organizations by Charles B. Handy Pdf

Charles Handy's revolutionary 1989 bestseller The Age of Unreason catapulted him into the ranks of the top management consultants. Now, in this new edition of his acclaimed study Understanding Organizations, he solidifies his reputation as a seminal business thinker, offering a brilliantly insightful, wide-ranging look at business organizations.Long a bestseller in the United Kingdom, this classic text offers an illuminating discussion of key concepts of concern to all managers: culture, motivation, leadership, power, role-playing and working in groups. Ever mindful of actual business practice, Handy directly addresses how managers can translate the six main concepts into invaluable tools for effective management. He discusses how all organizations need to select, develop and reward their people; to structure and design their work; to resolve political conflicts; to lay down guidelines for their managers; and to plan for the future. In each case, the approaches and techniques described here are invaluable.Equally important, Handy excels at presenting his ideas in colorful, immediately accessible ways, filling the book with illuminating examples and inventive metaphors that range from Tolstoy's ideas on the concept of self, to the many meanings of "good morning," to the conversations that occur in a stopped elevator, to the proper size for a vineyard or an elephant. He shows, for instance, how an optical illusion experiment sheds light on interdepartmental relations, and how the way schoolchildren are typecast by their peers helps explain corporate hierarchies. And along with case studies, graphs, charts, and questionnaires, Understanding Organizations is peppered with boxed sections that offer advice and stimulate thought, brimming with provocative quotations from business wizards such as Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Warren Bennis, Alvin Toffler, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter, as well as from Aristotle, Shakespeare, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gail Sheehy, and Joseph Heller.What the successful manager knows intuitively, Charles Handy puts into words. His powerful interpretive schemes will help managers grasp the underlying dynamics of their company, make sense of its past, and assess--and shape--its future.

Author : Timothy Ludwig,Ramona Houmanfar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317986942

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Understanding Complexity in Organizations by Timothy Ludwig,Ramona Houmanfar Pdf

Organizations are complex entities that must adapt the practices of their employees and management to meet the demands of a dynamic environment. Organizations are behavioral systems that coordinate interactions among its members and environment. Changing practices in one area of an organization can generate a reaction throughout the entire system, thus affecting the behaviors of those working within other areas, the experience of customers, and important organizational results. Behavioral Systems Analysis (BSA) focuses on these complex contingencies from the macro system all the way down to individual behavior. This book contains articles by internationally recognized experts in Behavioral Systems Analysis who discuss the role of organizational practices in their study of performance improvement and cultural change from both practical and conceptual perspectives. Business and non-profit managers will find tools and case studies to help understand and diagnose their organization’s dynamics. Scholars will appreciate articles’ theory and real-world descriptions when considering their own research direction. Finally, all students of management theory, behavior analysis, and human resources will find this collection a thought-provoking tool for their understanding of behavioral systems and their application in organizations. This book was published as a special issue in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.

Author : Stewart R Clegg,Martin Kornberger,Tyrone Pitsis
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446260036

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Managing and Organizations by Stewart R Clegg,Martin Kornberger,Tyrone Pitsis Pdf

Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here Now in its Third Edition, this unique and highly esteemed text goes from strength to strength, continuing to offer: seamless coverage of the essential topics of organizational behaviour a realist's guide to management capturing the complex life of organizations (the paradoxical, emotional, insecure, self-confident, responsible, irresponsible) and delivers the key themes and debates in an accessible way interactive, instructive (and fun) learning aids and features, both in the text and on the Companion Website an attractive, easily navigable, full-colour text design a guide to further reading including hand-selected journal articles, many of which are available on the Companion Website. As well as cutting-edge content and features, the Third Edition now includes: clearer, more concise exposition of all you need to know about organizations expanded coverage of public-sector, informal and non-profit organizations additional discussion of international cultures revised case studies to cater for readers across the world at all levels of knowledge and experience a revisited Companion Website with longer case studies. Over the last seven years, more and more students and tutors have been won over by Managing and Organizations' coverage, wisdom and insight, and this new edition is a yet more essential guide to negotiating and understanding the bustling and complex life of organizations. Visit the Companion Website at www.sagepub.co.uk/managingandorganizations3 To watch Tyrone Pitsis talk about the new edition of Managing and Organizations - click here.

Author : Jennifer M. George,Gareth R. Jones
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Lærebøger
ISBN : 0201532107

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Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior by Jennifer M. George,Gareth R. Jones Pdf

This text reflects current concerns facing organizations, their managers and workers, as well as combining cutting edge research with many accessible learning features. The book contains sections focusing on ethics, diversity, global issues and competitive advantage. Also included are opening and closing cases which provide more illustrations of companies applying concepts explained in the chapter. encouraging them to use their answers to analyze the theory being discussed in the chapter. It also discusses the relationship between moods, values and attitudes.

Author : Jennifer M. George,Gareth R. Jones
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Lærebøger
ISBN : CORNELL:31924078723792

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Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior by Jennifer M. George,Gareth R. Jones Pdf

This text provides information suitable for both, classic organizational behaviour courses and for management courses. Topics covered include: ethics, sexual harassment, cross cultural communication, and negotiation.

Author : Donald D. White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Organization
ISBN : 0205128521

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Organizational Behavior by Donald D. White Pdf

Includes bibliographical references and index

Author : Debra L. Nelson,James C. Quick
Publisher : Thomson South-Western
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Arbejdsmotivation
ISBN : 0324206062

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Understanding Organizational Behavior by Debra L. Nelson,James C. Quick Pdf

Understanding Organizational Behavior represents the solid scholarly foundations on which the science of organizational behavior was built, the realities of contemporary life in organizations, and the challenges that constantly present themselves. Our overarching theme of change is accompanied by four supporting subthemes: globalization, diversity, technology, and ethics. Each theme presents its own challenges and presents demands on individuals to learn, grow, and adjust. This text presents the opportunity to learn concepts, ideas, and theories that help enhance the management of human behavior at work.

Author : George
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8131724964

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Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior by George Pdf