Organizational Theory and Design: 7th Edition

Author: David T.
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book is a classic textbook that has been a bestseller for decades, systematically reflecting the latest achievements in international organizational theory and design. Since its publication, it has been continuously revised six times and is highly favored by management and organizational theory teachers, researchers, and MBA students. Many renowned business schools around the world have listed this book as a required textbook for organizational theory or a designated reference for MBAs. Starting from the observation and analysis of various types of organizations in real society, the book combines theory and practice closely, introducing and elaborating on the structural design of organizations and related influencing factors in a step-by-step, engaging, and logical manner. This enables readers to gain a comprehensive framework-based understanding of Western organizational theory from an "organizational studies" perspective, including the historical evolution and recent developments of organizational models, as well as practical methods and techniques in organizational design.
This book not only provides a macroscopic examination of "organizations" with a unique research perspective and theoretical system but also forms an important complementary relationship with the study of "organizational behavior" at the micro level. The target audience for this book is very broad. It is not only the best reference for senior undergraduate and graduate students in management, teachers and researchers of organizational theory, and self-taught learners but can also be used as a training textbook for middle and senior managers in various enterprises.