Organizational theory and behaviour

In a world plagued by wicked problems, escaping the win-lose dynamics of zero-sum game approaches is crucial for finding integrated, inclusive solutions to complex issues.

This book explains how to organize and manage modifications during the solution realization phase of problem solving so improvements become the new way of life.

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The rapid evolution of computer science, communication, and information technology has enabled the application of control techniques to systems beyond the possibilities of control theory just a decade ago.

At the beginning of the 1990s the world was watching with anxiety at South Africa.

Originally published in 1985 this book looks at the way in which some businesses in high technology manufacturing industry have organised their structures and processes in order to manage product innovation effectively.

Providing a broadly based survey of existing knowledge of the important emerging phenomenon of internationalized research and development operations by multinational enterprises, this book argues that these enterprises are recognizing the need for a global perspective on the creation of technology.

The growth of philanthropic foundations in numbers and significance raises two immediate questions.

Drawing together an international group of scholars, this book provides fresh and provocative perspectives on boundaries in organizations.

When managing cross-culturally in a polarized world, recognizing similarities between people and establishing common ground can be key to success.

From executives complaining that their teams don't contribute ideas to employees giving up because their input isn't valued--company culture is the culprit.

The economic recession of the 1980s changed the face of industrial relations in Britain.

A Toolbox Talk (TBT) is a pre- job task made to ensure all parties involved in a task have full understanding of what they should do.

In Decision Modelling And Information Systems: The Information Value Chain the authors explain the interrelationships between the decision support, decision modelling, and information systems.

The most important resource an organization has is its staff, its human resources, and it is the task of management to help staff to reach their full potential in order to optimize the organization's competitive advantage.

Addressing a key social policy problem, this book analyses modern voluntary organisations through the lens of a new theory of hybrid organisations, which is tested and developed in the context of a range of case studies.

This Handbook provides new theoretical and empirical insights into men, men's practices and masculinities across many kinds of organizations and forms of organizing.

This volume offers a holistic, empirically grounded examination of the factors which influence educational leaders' ethical judgments in their day-to-day work in schools.

Why does management encounter people problems whenever organizations attempt to change?

Remote working is a developing idea that many organizations are embracing, especially in light of COVID-19 and the rise in demand for remote and hybrid roles.

This book provides a timely and nuanced analysis of the successes and shortcoming of efforts to move beyond market democracy in Bolivia and Venezuela.

Advances in Management Accounting (AIMA) is a publication of quality applied research in management accounting.

Foreword by Chip Conley, Co-Founder of the Modern Elder AcademyLegacy can seem far off and out of reach, but it doesn't happen at journey's end and it's not only for the rich and famous.

This 23rd volume of Research in Organizational Behavior presents papers on a variety of topics in the field of organizational behaviour, with the twin goals of consolidating prior research and breaking new theoretical ground.

Business Groups and Strategic Coopetition sheds lights on the poorly recognised problem of intra-organisational relationships within business groups by adopting the coopetition lens.

Who are NHS middle managers?

Corporate Realities, first published in 1995, provides a concise but comprehensive review of the management issues relating to different types of organisation.

Die gedankliche Umgrenzung einer Problemsituation ist die erste Aufgabe jeder Problembearbeitung.

The Power of Collaborative Leadership: Lessons for the Learning Organization helps business leaders realize the promise of organizational learning by sharing the lessons, insights, and best practices gained by two veteran managers and organizational learning pioneers.

Poor access to care in low- and middle-income countries due to high costs, geographic barriers, and a shortage of trained medical staff has motivated many organizations to rethink their model of health service delivery.

The drive for change has informed human endeavour throughout history.

The theory of path dependence continues to attract great interest in a range of disciplines.

In most discussions about the knowledge-based economy, innovation is associated or even equated with technology, while culture's influence is ignored.

This book uses the concepts of vulnerability and resilience to analyze the situation of individuals and institutions in the context of the employment relationship.

This book gives a practical guide for designers and users in Information and Communication Technology context.

This book presents a fully comprehensive look at what all communities-large and small, urban and rural-can do to grow and sustain their local economic bases.

If you have tried to implement Agile in your organization, you have probably learned a lot about development practices, teamwork, processes and tools, but too little about how to manage such an organization.

All leaders make choices, but not all leaders are choice-focused.

Offering multidisciplinary research and analysis on workplace bullying and mobbing, this two-volume set explores the prevalence of these behaviors in sectors ranging from K-12 education to corporate environments and exposes their effects on both individuals and organizations.

Updated to reflect the latest research evidence, the third edition of Effective Teamwork provides business managers with the necessary guidance and tools to build and maintain effective teamwork strategies.

Cross-Cultural Management: With Insights from Brain Science explores a broad range of topics on the impact of culture in international business and vice versa, and the impact of businesses and individuals in shaping a culture.

Strategy is essentially about achieving organisational success.

Diversity management has recently attracted a lot of attention in both academia and practice.

This book investigates what faith means in the actual day-to-day practice of faith-based NGOs working in the development, humanitarian, and advocacy sectors.

This book presents an analysis and a critical discussion on performance management systems.

In this concise book, feminist thought is made accessible and relevant to both students and management practitioners.

In this, the first sociology book to consider the important issue of how children identify with place and nation, the authors use original research and international case studies to explore this topic in depth.

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