Managing Organizations : Text, Readings & Cases, 2nd Edition

Providing comprehensive coverage, the new edition of this leading text has been fully updated and revised. This innovative book covers the full spectrum of orgnizational behaviour topics. The seven self-contained sections span the range of individual, group and organizational factors, as well as examining changing complex and global environments. The cases and readings are written by internationally known contributors. Each relates to and illustrates the main theories presented within the chapters.

Contributors
Acknowledgements

Part I : Introduction
Chapter 1 : About this Book
Chapter 2 : Behaviour and Organizations
Chapter 3 : Organizations, Management and You

Part II : The Individual
Chapter 4 : Attributes and Individuals
Chapter 5 : Theories of Motivation
Chapter 6 : Concepts of Learning and Behaviour
Chapter 7 : The Quality of Working Life : Jobs and Job Design

Part III : The Group
Chapter 8 : Group Behaviour
Chapter 9 : Inter-Group Behaviour
Chapter 10 : Decision-Making
Chapter 11 : Power and Leadership in Organizations

Part IV : The Organization
Chapter 12 : Organizational Structure
Chapter 13 : Organizational Culture
Chapter 14 : Change in Organizations
Chapter 15 : Alternative Forms of Organization

Part V : The Environment
Chapter 16 : Classifying Organizational Environments
Chapter 17 : Understanding Organizational Systems
Chapter 18 : Environments and Managerial Action : Strategy and Process

Part VI : International Management
Chapter 19 : European Business Environment
Chapter 20 : The National Cultural Environment
Chapter 21 : Managing the International Organization

Part VII : Managing in the Future
Chapter 22 : The New Worker
Chapter 23 : The New Manager
Chapter 24 : The New Organization

Author Index
Subject Index