Understanding Organizations takes a fresh look at the sociology of organizations, blending classic theories with contemporary studies and debates.
In this groundbreaking book, the author shows that every time, in the past, when humanity has shifted to a new stage of consciousness, it has achieved extraordinary breakthroughs in collaboration.
This work explores how external constraints affect organizations and provides insights for designing and managing organizations to mitigate these constraints.
It stimulated an impressive number of studies of the physiological constraints on simple physical operations ( Wechsler , 1952 ) . It showed that it was feasible to specify precisely the activities involved in routine production tasks .
Carefully revised and updated, this edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations extends previous editions with deeper coverage of collaboration and networks, public values, public service motivation, managerial strategy, ...
"EXPONENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS is the most pivotal book in its class.
A critical examination of the social capital debate, which establishes a foundation for progressive reform in community development practice and local government.
By outlining the tension between the need for agility/differentiation and scale/integration, the book offers a new way to think about this debate using the models of the Tower (vertical integration) and the Square (horizontal integration).
This study aims to broaden the general understanding of change in organizational populations by examining the dynamics of numbers of organizations in populations.
This is a story of reinvention.