Organizational Theory & Behaviour

This volume of "Research on Negotiation in Organizations" focuses on three new and emerging areas in the domain of negotiation and conflict within ...

The papers in this volume were presented in May 2000, at a conference held at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. The purpose of the...

This book invites the reader to explore the more puzzling aspects of those processes called 'management'. It provides a focused collection of readi...

In recent years the professions have undergone radical transformation. With the advent of rapidly changing markets, more sophisticated and demandin...

This original and ambitious work provides a fascinating examination of organizations from both a post-modern and new organizational economics persp...

This series considers theoretical, methodological and research issues relevant to organizational sociology. It is specifically concerned with tryin...

Complexity science has seriously challenged long-held views in the scientific community about how the world works. These ideas, particularly about ...

How many problems at work arise from the way in which jobs are set up? Either people don't have a clear understanding of their duties and responsib...

Don Lamberton was one of the first scholars to recognise the need for information to be taken seriously, he has spent much of his career persuading...

From the de-institutionalization of psychiatric hospitals to the privatization of prisons, the dramatic public policy changes of the last three dec...

As we head into the new millennium, we are witnessing a growing and heightened interest among organizational scholars on the topics of conflict and...

The world of business has always been considered quick and unforgiving, but it is certainly getting even quicker and less forgiving as we enter the...

The purpose of the series is to explore the central and unique role of organizational ethics in creating and sustaining a pluralistic, free enterpr...

This volume addresses out-of-the-box leadership challenges for top-performing 21st century organizations. The topics include: self leadership, tele...

This book invites the reader to explore the more puzzling aspects of those processes called 'management'. It provides a focused collection of readi...

Rather than offering either a purely practical or theoretical context, this text is written by a team of managers and academics, combining theory a...

Leadership practitioners and those who seek to develop leadership are concerned with whether they are using evidence-based best practices to develo...

The world is changing. The first century of the third millennium has seen exponential growth and advancement in almost all areas, and makes the las...

Although diversity is the current buzzword in management theory, we still have only a slight understanding of how demographic differences within or...

It is, of course, commonplace for corporations to operate sophisticated identity programmes. But identity has now moved way beyond the commercial ...

The separation between ownership and control has become common practice over the last century, in most medium and large firms across the world. Thr...

This original and ambitious work provides a fascinating examination of organizations from both a post-modern and new organizational economics persp...

In recent years the professions have undergone radical transformation. With the advent of rapidly changing markets, more sophisticated and demandin...

Applying an invaluable sensemaking framework to organizational change and combining the theory and practice of implementing change, this book repre...

The notion of paradox dates back to ancient philosophy, yet only recently have scholars started to explore this idea in organizational phenomena. T...

This book provides a unique and detailed examination of the complex processes of transformation in former state-owned enterprises in the Czech Repu...

This book introduces readers to the moral dilemmas associated with business decisions, helping students to understand the moral and ethical conside...

Learning is increasingly seen as crucial to the success of organisations but many studies of the subject offer very little empirical evidence to su...

Organization and Economic Behaviour presents all the basic elements of organizational theory and behaviour. Different approaches are analysed, with...

This book analyzes and elucidates the view that the purpose of the liberal arts is to offer leadership training and guidelines for success. This pr...

Applying an invaluable sensemaking framework to organizational change and combining the theory and practice of implementing change, this book repre...

Taking a critical look at major perspectives on innovation, this book suggests that innovation is not a designed functional activity of a firm or a...

Entrepreneurship and Cluster Dynamics focuses on the origin and development of clusters and specifically on the role played by the strategic entrep...

Based on primary research into the public lectures of management gurus, this fascinating new volume analyzes how such gurus disseminate their ideas...

Making Work and Family Work investigates the difficult choices that contemporary employees must face when juggling work and family with a view to i...

Leaders can shape an organisation through their behaviours and their vision. If an organisation lacks a clear vision or there is disengagement by t...

Dynamic Competitive Strategy by best –selling author Dr Tony Grundy casts a radically new light on Competitive Strategy by showing you the dynamic ...

Effective performance management systems are essential in any successful organisation. In both commercial sport business and not-for-profit sport o...

Financial organizations, like many others, are undergoing radical change. This is affecting both their organizational processes and the technology ...

The foreman is usually regarded as a filter in a chain of command in industrial organizations. In this book, however, the author suggests that this...

Neo-Industrial Organising explores an emerging area of importance in management and organisation studies, namely the trend towards a projectization...

This book introduces readers to the moral dilemmas associated with business decisions, helping students to understand the moral and ethical conside...

Transforming Newsrooms offers a practical guide to navigating structural and culture change for news organizations facing economic disruption in to...

Organization and Economic Behaviour presents all the basic elements of organizational theory and behaviour. Different approaches are analysed, with...

Transforming Newsrooms offers a practical guide to navigating structural and culture change for news organizations facing economic disruption in to...

The diverse topics in this volume bring together developments in the field of organization studies. Although the approaches are by no means undiffe...

Sustainable Management Development in Africa examines how African management and business scholarship can serve African and multinational managemen...

China’s 30-year market transition and its integration into the world economy provide a unique opportunity for exploring the nature of large-scale e...