Organization Theory: A Practice Based Approach

Organization Theory: A Practice Based Approach
ISBN-10
0199569304
ISBN-13
9780199569304
Series
Organization Theory
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
327
Language
English
Published
2011-03-24
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Alexander Styhre, Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Tomas Müllern

Description

This new text takes a unique practice-based approach, identifying questions, problems and issues that are perceived as pertinent by practitioners, and using these as the starting point to identify the relevant theories.

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