Organizations : management without control / Howard P. Greenwald.
"Organizations: Management Without Control provides a comprehensive understanding of the functions of formal organizations and the challenges they face. The most effective organizations provide members with opportunities to achieve their personal goals while pursuing the organization's obj...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, CA. :
Sage Publications,
[2008]
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| Summary: | "Organizations: Management Without Control provides a comprehensive understanding of the functions of formal organizations and the challenges they face. The most effective organizations provide members with opportunities to achieve their personal goals while pursuing the organization's objectives. Using a practical approach with minimal jargon, author Howard P. Greenwald covers the basic features of organizations - roles, structure, reward systems, power and authority, and culture - and introduces important theoretical perspectives related to these features." "This textbook is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Organizational Behavior, Managing Complex Organizations, Sociology of Organizations, and Government/Non-profit Management in the departments of business, public administration, health administration, social work, sociology, and psychology."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 505 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-486) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1412942470 9781412942478 |