Higher Education
Author(s): Richard L. Daft | Nishant Uppal
ISBN: 9789353502416
Edition: 11th
© Year : 2020
Binding: Paperback
Imprint : South Western
Pages: 612
A variety of organizations with unique and unprecedented designs and structures have emerged in recent times. Such organizations adopt rare business strategies and establish uncommon commercial networks to remain competitive. Understanding these organizations and their behavior has become dynamically challenging.
Also, organizations adapt dynamic shapes and forms in order to survive in VUCA business world and complex societal norms. In modern times, organizations are supposed to cater to not only commercial and economic needs, but also environmental and social obligations of diverse stakeholders.
Current edition of Understanding the Theory & Design of Organizations draws from seminal and modern literature and attempts to provide deeper understanding about the organizations.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Organizations
Chapter 2 Structural Designs for Organizations
Chapter 3 Strategy and Effectiveness
Chapter 4 Relationships Between Organizations
Chapter 5 Global Organization Design
Chapter 6 The Impact of Environment
Chapter 7 Organizational Conflict and Politics
Chapter 8 Organizational Decision-Making
Chapter 9 Corporate Culture and Values
Chapter 10 Organizational Innovation
Chapter 11 Information and Control Processes
Chapter 12 Organizational Size and Life Cycle
Chapter 13 Workplace Technology and Design
Glossary
Index
Richard L. Daft
Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr., Professor of Management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership.
Nishant Uppal
Nishant Uppal is faculty of Organization Behavior in the Human Resources Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the Indian Institute of Management Indore.
