Organizational theory and behaviour

This book examines the management of Procuring Complex Performance (PCP) in large-scale programmes that includes the downstream support phase in sectors such as construction, healthcare, transport, aerospace, marine and defence.

Across the social sciences, scholars are increasingly showing how people 'work' to construct organizational life, including the rules and routines that shape and enable organizational activity, the identities of people who occupy organizations, and the societal norms and assumptions that provide the context for organizational action.

Intuitively, organisations can easily be categorised as 'public' or 'private'.

This ground-breaking book opens up new territory for knowledge and information management.

Systemics of Emergence: Research and Development is a volume devoted to exploring the core theoretical and disciplinary research problems of emergence processes from which systems are established.

The Business of Advertising outlines the practice of the advertising trades, some of the more important restrictions on advertising, and a few of the questions which arise in connexion with the business.

Since the beginning of the century, there have been calls for the integration of traditional individualistic (micro) and management (macro) paradigms in Human Resource Management studies.

This book explores organizations as not simply rational, technological structures and networks for organizing people around tasks and services; it defines organizations as relational, experiential, and perceptual systems.

This book provides perspectives on various dimensions of organizational behavior (OB) and human resource management (HRM) in an ever-changing world.

This book is one of the first to provide an overview of recent developments in social psychological theory as it applies to organizational issues.

This book explores a major media management topic on the basis of case study research conducted in European, US and Brazilian media companies.

This textbook explores major issues and concepts in organizational structure and design.

Bis zur breiten industriellen Anwendung dieses neuen Werkzeuges mußte die Lasertechnologie verschiedene wechselhafte Phasen durchlaufen.

Global Mindsets seeks to tackle a topic that is relatively new in research and practice, and is considered by many to be critical for firms seeking to conduct global business.

Bringing together leading international scholars within the fields of social and political theory and philosophy, this book explores how we should understand work and its role(s) in our lives and wider society.

How can artist-scientist collaboration be of value to science and technology organizations?

Web3 is the latest transformation of the World Wide Web, centred on public blockchains, Crypto tokens, and an ideology of decentralisation.

The impact of individual appearance on career success, either positive or negative, often remains unspoken or even unconscious within the world of work.

First published in 2004, this volume recognises that, as society changes, so must its organisations; as organisations change, so must their management competencies.

With the accelerating pace of changes in technological, regulatory, and economic environments as well as in stakeholder values it is important to adapt quickly in order to survive and sustain business operations.

This edited book on South Asia is part of the book series "e;Managing the Post-colony.

This volume introduces scales for measuring organizational spirituality culture and climate.

For more than a century, the corporation has shaped our thinking of organizations.

Critical realism has become increasingly important in the way organization and management is studied.

The digital transformation is impacting various aspects of how we live and work.

This book explores the intricate connections that link the current digitalization of manufacturing to our daily lives and identities as members of highly technologized societies.

Program management (PgM) is fast developing as the essential link between strategy and projects and as a vehicle for organizational change.

Amidst the exponentially growing interest in "e;work as a calling,"e; contemporary discussions have taken an individualistic turn away from the earlier prosocial character that once marked this orientation to work.

Instances of wrongdoing in and by organizations have featured heavily in news headlines in recent years.

Laura Montanaro asks what entitles self-appointed representatives, such as non-governmental organizations and celebrity activists, to speak and act for others.

This book uses a system-based approach to decipher and organize the concepts and conclusions relevant for creating and capturing value in business.

This study, originally published in 1919, examines certain aspects of industrial psycho-physiology, and explores the importance of the close collaboration between science and industry.

This book addresses a question of importance for both theory and practice: Why are joint venture agreements preferred over other types of agreements such as concession agreements, service contracts, and production sharing agreements in the Qatari gas industry?

This new edition of Management Communication is a case-based textbook that introduces students to the strategic communication methods that are crucial to master in order for them to develop into effective and ethical managers at all levels of business.

One of the major obstacles unions face in building influence in the workplace is the opposition and resistance from those that own those workplaces, namely, the employers.

Understanding how to build and manage a sustainability business plan has become a business imperative as investors demand, regulators require, and stakeholders increasingly expect companies to report their financial economic sustainability performance (ESP) and non-financial environmental, social, and governance (ESG) sustainability information.

Change programmes in both private and public sectors have a poor record of delivering their intended value.

Global Value Chains and Production Networks: Case Studies of Siemens and Huawei presents theories and frameworks that facilitate the evolution of GPN studies, from macro perspectives based on territory and industry to the use of micro (firm-level) data.

This book examines the behavior of individuals at risk and insurance industry policy makers involved in selling, buying and regulation.

Though the majority of Americans claim faith in God and adults spend the majority of their time working, these two important dimensions of life are rarely effectively integrated.

Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication offers a cross-disciplinary approach to examining dialogue as a communicative medium.

Leaders face new challenges as they cope with changes in culture, technology and the workplace.

The Policy Design Primer is a concise and practical introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance.

Das Buch beschreibt die Probleme und Gefahren, die im Großprojektmanagement auftreten können.

A practical introduction to network science for students across business, cognitive science, neuroscience, sociology, biology, engineering and other disciplines.

This is a graduate textbook on the theory of contracting under asymmetric information, a key part of modern microeconomic theory.

Strategies and practices for growing ecosystems are increasingly important in shaping industries and markets.

Connects literature of street-level bureaucrats with that of policy entrepreneurship to analyze how bureaucrats promote policy change.