Understanding Organizations

Read the first chapter of this innovative new text hereSocial life is a collective process, and virtually all of social life in contemporary industrial nations is shaped by formal organizations and re

Understanding Organizations takes a fresh look at the sociology of organizations, blending classic theories of industrial society with contemporary cultural studies, labor studies, social movement th

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 Organiz

Understanding Organizations introduces students to the key principles of understanding, designing, and managing organizations in an accessible and practical way.

In a new introduction to his classic text, Charles Handy demonstrates how the key concepts of culture, motivation, leadership, power, role-playing, and group-working remain as important today as when

Explores the concept of complexity and analyses how organizational governance can contribute to environmental sustainability. A common theme in these chapters is that organizations actively engage wit

This text is for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in courses in organization theory and organizational behavior who are studying areas such as human resource management, strategic managem

`Makes fascinating reading and at the same time provides a good grounding in the study of the language of organizations, both for those who know little of the area and for those who are looking for a

Understanding Organization Through Culture and Structure: Relational and Other Lessons From the African American Organization presents an innovative view of organizations and the communication process

當代組織管理大師亨利‧明茲伯格最新重磅巨作！你的組織運作得像是一頭精力旺盛的牛？還是一張掛在牆上的牛肉部位圖？組織架構是決定企業績效的關鍵？組織改組為什麼經常招致失敗？本書幫助你打破僵化的組織思考框架，量身打造具競爭力的高效團隊！◎政大商學院教授 李瑞華──專文導讀我們生活在一個「組織」無所不在的世界。從在醫院出生、進入學校受教育、出社會工作，到在殯儀館舉行葬禮，在這段人生旅程中，我們與各種型態的組織息息相關。然而對於組織，我們真正了解多少？又該從何了解？本書是組織與策略管理大師亨利．明茲伯格，匯聚半個世紀以來對組織理論及其運作的研究與思考，厚積而薄發的最新集大成之作，精確解剖組織這個「奇特生物」，提出七種組織設計架構及七股驅動組織運作的作用力，建構出畢生最完整的組織管理「分析架構」。明茲伯格以絕頂精妙的比喻、豐富啟發的圖解，幫助讀者了解組織的本質，並讓經理人深度思考：何種組織架構才能幫助企業創造優異績效。沒有完美的組織架構，只有適合自己的組織架構，唯有深度了解各種組織類型的適用情境，以及成員扮演的角色與發揮的作用，才能找出最理想的組織架構，也才能創造出真正有競爭力的高效團隊！ ▍盛讚好評「本書分享明茲伯格半個世紀積累的智慧，能幫助我們破解許多『不知以為知』的盲點，提升應對疑難雜症和突發狀況的領導與管理功力。」──李瑞華，政大商學院教授 「明茲伯格可能是當今世上最重要的管理思想家。」──湯姆‧畢德士（Tom Peters），《追求卓越》（In Search of Excellence）作者「我喜歡明茲伯格的五個理由如下：他是世界級的偶像破壞者；他對企業組織中的種種亂象深感興趣；他是一位說故事高手；他能兼顧理論與務實；他從不相信簡單的答案。」──蓋瑞‧哈默爾（Gary Hamel），《人本體制》（Humanocracy）作者

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