Description This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations.
He brings extensive knowledge of strategy, social networks and social movements to this new book..
Davis is a professor of Management and Organizations in the University of Michigan Business School.
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Richard Scott is a professor at Stanford University and is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Organizations: Rational, Natural and Open Systems, which this new book replaces.
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For those employed in fields where knowledge of organizational theory is necessary, including sociology, anthropology, cognitive psychology, industrial engineering, managers in corporations and international business, and business strategists.
Topic areas discussed in this book are the importance of organizations; defining organizations; Organizations as rational, natural, and Open systems; environments, strategies, and structures of organizations; and Organizations and society.
Numerous other disciplines besides sociology are addressed in this book, including economics, political science, strategy and management theory.
This book is a valuable tool for the reader, as we are all intertwined with Organizations in one form or another.
Description This broad, balanced introduction to organizational studies enables the reader to compare and contrast different approaches to the study of organizations
