Designing Effective Organizations: Traditional and Transformational ViewsSAGE, 1995 - 480 pages 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. |
Contents
Macro Structural Variables | 131 |
The Creation and Evolution of Organization Structure | 152 |
Emerging Organizational Designs | 176 |
The Environment of Organizations | 197 |
Organizational Technology and Structure | 229 |
Organizational Size and Structure | 256 |
Power Politics and Structure | 281 |
Strategy and Structure | 316 |
The Organizational Life Cycle | 339 |
Organizational Culture | 369 |
Structural Conflict in Organizations | 395 |
Facilitating NewParadigm Organizations | 430 |
| 463 | |
About the Authors | 479 |
Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Designing Effective Organizations: Traditional and Transformational Views |
| Authors | David K. Banner, T. Elaine Gagné |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | SAGE, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0803948484, 9780803948488 |
| Length | 480 pages |
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