David K. Banner

Designing Effective Organizations

Traditional and Transformational Views

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book on organization theory adopts a distinctive stance. In contrast to the traditional rational approach, it develops a transformational perspective which focuses on the organizational world as a projection of each organizational member's consciousness. While covering all the basic topics of organization theory, the author's approach reflects today's changing management paradigms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1133g
• ISBN-13: 9780803948488
• ISBN-10: 0803948484
• Artikelnr.: 22309047

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - Samuel A Culbert
PART ONE: ORGANIZATION THEORY FROM A TRANSFORMATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Organizations and Organization Theory
Of Paradigms and Paradigm Shifts
The Industrial Era Paradigm
Transformational Thinking
The Emerging Paradigm
Creating the New-Paradigm Organization
Systems Thinking in Organization Theory
The Metamodel of Organization
Transformation and Organizational Effectiveness
PART TWO: THE STRUCTURE OF ORGANIZATIONS
Macro Structural Variables
The Creation and Evolution of Organizational Structure
Emerging Organizational Designs
PART THREE: THE CONTEXT OF ORGANIZATIONS
The Environment of Organizations
Organizational Technology and Structure
Organizational Size and Structure
Power, Politics and Structure
Strategy and Structure
PART FOUR: THE PROCESSES OF ORGANIZATION
The Organizational Life Cycle
Organizational Culture
Structural Conflict in Organizations
Facilitating the New-Paradigm Organization