Managing Organizations : Current Issues

by Stewart R Clegg

• ISBN13: 9780761960461
• ISBN10: 0761960465
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-22
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Summary

In Managing Organizations Stewart Clegg, Cynthia Hardy and Walter Nord explore the major issues and debates in management and organization. The textbook addresses key topics such as leadership, decision-making and innovation in organizations alongside such themes as diversity, globalization and ecology. Students and teachers of management will find this a comprehensive and wide-ranging resource on the core issues for contemporary managers and organizations.

Author Biography

Stewart R. Clegg is Professor of Management at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Cynthia Hardy is Professor and Head of the Department of Management at the University of Melbourne, Australia Walter R. Nord is Professor of Management at the University of South Florida

Table of Contents

Introduction - Stewart R Clegg, Cynthia Hardy and Walter R Nord

Creative Deconstruction - Richard Whipp

Strategy and Organizations

Leadership in Organizations - Alan Bryman

Decision-Making in Organizations - Susan J Miller, David J Hickson and David C Wilson

Cognitions in Organizations - Anne E Tenbrunsel et al

Diverse Identities in Organizations - Stella M Nkomo and Taylor Cox Jr

Putting Group Information Technology in Its Place - Arthur D Shulman

Communication and Good Work Group Performance

Metaphors of Communication and Organization - Linda L Putnam, Nelson Phillips and Pamela Chapman

Organizations, Technology and Structuring - Karlene H Roberts and Martha Grabowski

Organizing for Innovation - Deborah Dougherty

Organizational Learning - Karl E Weick and Frances Westley

Affirming an Oxymoron

Organizations and the Biosphere - Carolyn P Egri and Lawrence T Pinfield

Ecologies and Environments

Evolution and Revolution - Barbara Parker

From International Business to Globalization