Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practice

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781405116572


This exciting sequel to John Child"s classic text, Organization, provides a current, comprehensive guide to organizational management in today"s world, with additional teaching website supports.Written in an approachable style, and featuring new international examples, this is a major contemporary guide to the role of organizations and people in business success.A revealing account of new internal organizational forms and the evolution of organization to meet new demandsMakes state-of-the-art principles and practice available to students and practitionersCovers a broad range of topics, from integration, control, reward policies, outsourcing, flexibility and strategic alliances, to trust, learning, and corporate governanceDraws upon recent research and good business journalismFeatures new international examplesEach chapter contains summaries of key points, lists of practical guidelines, questions for discussion, and suggestions for further readingFully supported by web-based Instructor Manual with teacher notes and powerpoint slides; visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/child