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Philosophies of organizational change : perspectives, models and theories for managing change
Smith, Aaron; Skinner, James; Read, Daniel - 2020 - Second edition
the complexities of conflicting perspectives and delivers valuable insights into the research and practice of … philosophy and theory to practice and implications. By uncovering the deep assumptions associated with organizational change, the …
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Institutional theory and organizational change
Furusten, Staffan - 2023 - 2nd ed.
"Fully revised and refined, this new edition of Institutional Theory and Organizational Change considers the developments in the field of institutional organization theory over the past decade. With each chapter being significantly updated, the book explains what the institutional organization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014246337
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Human nature and organization theory : on the economic approach to institutional organization
Wagner-Tsukamoto, Sigmund - 2003
In Human Nature and Organization Theory, Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto challenges the conventional wisdom that (organizational) economics is an amoral and empirically incorrect science. He treads new ground regarding the behavioural portrayal of human nature in organization theory
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Organizations and archetypes
Kostera, Monika - 2012
Archetypes are common patterns containing hidden images of human motivations, offering inspiration and awakening imagination. This book is a collection of such tales, connected to twelve organizational archetypes, where each is illustrated by more general theoretical reflections, current...
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Meta-organizations
Ahrne, Göran - 2008
A growing number of organizations are meta-organizations; rather than individuals they have other organizations as their members. This comprehensive book explains, in-depth, the unique way in which meta-organizations function, how they differ from organizations with individual membership, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851540
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Relational perspectives in organizational studies : a research companion
Özbilgin, Mustafa (contributor);  … - 2006
The contributors to this highly innovative and authoritative research companion, leading experts in their field, apply relational analyses to different areas of organization studies and provide a comprehensive review of the relational perspectives. The book features empirical, theoretical,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851727
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Organizations, markets and imperial formations : towards an anthropology of globalization
Mir, Raza A. (contributor);  … - 2009
The imperial formations of globalization / Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee, Vanessa C.M. Chio and Raza Mir -- On "cultural" knowledge in international management textbooks : a postcolonial reading / Martin Fougère and Agneta Moulettes -- Sustainable development in the age of natural capitalism :...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851814
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The economics of organisation and bureaucracy
Jackson, Peter M. - 2013
Microfoundations of the Political Economy of Capitalism', Politics and Society, 18; pp 165-222. -- Braverman, H. (1974) Labour and … Capital in the Creation of Human Capital', American Journal of Sociology, 94, Supplement: Organisations and Institutions … 1-48. -- Hayek, F. A. (1945) 'The Use of Knowledge in Society', American Economic Review, 35, September; pp 519 …
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Entrepreneurship as organizing : selected papers of William B. Gartner
Gartner, William B. - 2016
Introduction -- 1. A conceptual framework for describing the phenomenon of new venture creation -- 2. Did River City really need a boy's band -- 3. The Oz in organization -- 4. "Who is an entrepreneur?" is the wrong question -- 5. Properties of emerging organizations -- 6. A taxonomy of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419792
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An autecological theory of the firm and its environment
Jones, Colin - 2017
Contents: Part I: An alternative theory of the firm -- 1. Why we need an alternative theory of the firm and its environment -- Part II: The firm and its environment -- 2. What is a firm? -- 3. What is an environment? -- 4. Modification and matching -- Part III: Explaining adaptation -- 5. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419932