Understanding Organizations
Theories and Images
- Udo Staber - University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Key Features:
- Insightful anecdotes discuss how for- and not-for profit organizations fit within our current society from a social and economic perspective.
- Theoretical framework and multi-perspective approach focuses on economics, institutionalism and evolution theory highlighting the relationship between organizations, employees and the broader society.
- Research-focused approach analyses organizational phenomena in light of recent studies.
This textbook is ideal for undergraduates and postgraduates studying general management, organizational theory, organizational design, and organizational sociology.
Supplements
Well-constructed, well-written & insightful, this book is a key text for any students interested in how organisations work. Wide-ranging in its research, but doesn't suffer from shallowness of analysis to which such a scope sometimes tends.
I recommend this book for adoption. It is a good book for students
Excellent introduction to key concepts and theories that underpin different interpretations of 'organisations'.
This text offers a thorough examination of organisations. For those who think they are relying too much on Morgan's classic this is a good alternative text.
This book will be invaluable as a resource to offer detailed cases to the class, I will certainly use it for this purpose as it brings to life the key concepts covered in my course.
Sage College Publishing
