Creative Organization Theory

A Resourcebook

Häftad, Engelska, 1989

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Beskrivning

Gareth Morgan believes that examining organizations and management should be interesting, creative, practical, challenging, and directly relevant to the needs of all students of organization and management. In an ingenious and utterly delightful selection of organizational "stories," Morgan presents unique insights drawn from actual corporate (as well as nonprofit, public, and institutional) experience. These carefully chosen examples illustrate both organizational success and failures . . . because we can learn from both! These "stories" offer the depth and breadth of perspective we have come to expect from Morgan's insightful and often witty framework of organizational analysis. And, they are interwoven with excerpts from many of the "classics" in organizational literature. His aptly named "Mindstretchers" entices the reader to expand his or her personal repertoire of approaches to the understanding of and solutions to organizational problems and challenges.

For instructors in the field of organizational studies who wish to have a broad and creative resource for their courses, this book is a resource you will use and reuse for many years to come.

Followed by cases and exercises--again drawn from both private and public sectors--that challenge us to view organizations in new and different ways, Creative Organization Theory will undoubtedly prove to be a truly "mindstretching" book! This exciting and enjoyable volume is one you'll turn to frequently.

"An inspiration for the creative tutor . . . . and an excellent fund of knowledge and information for the teacher in the disciplines of business, management, and organizational theory. The book contains mindstretching and broadening ways of enhancing the thinking processes of anyone engaged in the study of organizations--a subject which otherwise provokes much yawning and other signs of boredom. The author provides much-needed refreshment and is revolutionary in his approach."

--Simulation/Games for Learning

"A rich complement to primary management texts, especially Morgan's provocative Images of Organization. Although the book's focus is private sector, the perspectives of organization are universal and translation to the public sector is smooth. Creative Organization Theory particularly is imaginative in challenging students to abandon set ways of thinking using a rich mix of ''mind stretching'' exercises, diverse articles, and stimulating cases."

--Robert Mier, University of Illinois, Chicago

"This resourcebook contains ideas, stories, cases, exercises, and pieces of information that will help the reader gain a broadbased understanding of the nature and function of modern organizations . . . . Very useful for teaching, as well as being a good read for those with a particular interest in this important subject."

--Long Range Planning

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1989-04-25
Mått:187 x 231 x 26 mm
Vikt:710 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:376
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780803934382

Utforska kategorier

Organisationsteori inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Gareth Morgan is well known for his creative contributions to management. He is the author of seven books, including Images of Organization, Creative Organization Theory, Imaginization and Riding the Waves of Change. He acts as consultant and seminar leader to numerous organizations throughout Europe and North America, and is Distinguished Research Professor at York University in Toronto. He has sat on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management, and Organization Studies; and is a Life Fellow of the International Academy of Management. Born in Wales, he now lives in Toronto with his wife, Karen and their children Evan and Heather.

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This book has been an eye opener, good book to have and use.

Innehållsförteckning

PART ONE: MINDSTRETCHERSFlexibility and IntelligenceWhat is This?The Need for a Tool ChestFraming and ReframingSeeing the Same Situation in Different WaysWhat is This?Using Your `Right Brain′We Learn How to SeeWhat is a Paintbrush?What is Truth?Different Assumptions and Organizing Principles Generate Different DesignsDeveloping Multiple InterpretationsUnderstanding Different ViewpointsEscaping From Dominant IdeasInterpreting Patterns, Boundaries and ConstraintsWhat is an Organization?Viewing Your Organization as if You Are a Visitor from a Foreign LandWhere′s The CustomerSome Thought PatternsToday′s Solutions Shape Tomorrow′s ProblemsMindstretchers -- Ideas and SolutionsPART TWO: READINGS, STORIES AND OTHER RESOURCESThe Evolution of Organization TheoryMax Weber′s Concept of BureaucracyTaylor, Schmidt and Scientific ManagementHow to Kill CreativityWorking Under Mechanized Systems of ProductionComputers and the Mechanization of Intellectual WorkFrom Bureaucracies to NetworksThe Emergence of New Organizational FormsOrganization DesignAn Information Processing PerspectiveOrganizational TechnologiesOrganizational EnvironmentsThe Emergence of Turbulent EnvironmentsThe Contingency ApproachAnalyzing Relations Between Organization and EnvironmentDifferentiation and IntegrationOne of the Paradoxes of ManagementCollective StrategyThe Management of Interorganizational RelationsTit for TatA Strategy for Cooperation and SurvivalOrganization and EnvironmentAdaptation or SelectionDo Organizations `Enact′ Their Environments?Organizational Growth and DevelopmentJust in Time Systems of ManagementJapanese ManagementThe Art of Self-RegulationThe Challenger DisasterA Case of Discouraged Feedback?Information and MisinformationSome Unintended Consequences of Performance ControlsCollaboration and ControlPeopleless FactoriesPeopleless OfficesTeam-Based ManufacturingDigital Tries the Bossless SystemGrowing Large While Staying SmallOrganizational LearningInnovating OrganizationsThe Case of 3MCultureA Complex and Subtle LanguageCorporate Culture and Core ValuesCorporate CultureThe Role of StoriesTransformational LeadershipThe Tandem CorporationA Successful Corporate Culture?ServiceMasterCombining Vision and ControlLife on the Fast Lane at DatsunApple Computer and the Politics of ChangePolitics at WorkSome Sources of Organizational ConflictA Perspective on Conflict ManagementDecision-Making in Conflict SituationsManaging Intergroup ConflictRational for Whom?Powerless Power?Gender and Corporate PoliticsGame-Playing and the Psychodynamics of Organizational LifeGroupthinkThe Problems of ConformitySome Unconscious Aspects of OrganizationThe Destructive Side of Technological DevelopmentUnfolding ContradictionsThe Bhopal Disaster`Hooked′ on WorkThe Not-Enough World of WorkPART THREE: CASES AND EXERCISESAmerican FootballA Case of Mechanistic Organization?arlie Chaplin′sModern TimesEagle SmeltingA Visit to McDonald′sJudging the Degree of Fit Between Organization and EnvironmentThe Paradoxical TwinsAcme & Omega ElectronicsScholar Educational Products Inc.The Changing Structure of Financial ServicesOrganizations Often Obstruct LearningProduct XArnoldThe Paradox of CreativityUnderstanding the Culture of Your OrganizationPerfection or BustThe Creation and Destruction of the Order of Maria TheresaSink or SwimReflections on a Corporate Training ProgramThe Nomizu Sake CompanyThe University as a Political SystemThe Fortress Insurance CompanyRainbow Financial ServicesGlobal IncA RoleplayHow Politicized is Your Organization?Pluralist ManagementMeetings, Meetings, MeetingsThe Sunnyvale Youth CentreConflict at RiversideThe HandgrenadeJersey PackersThe Department of Information ServicesQuality Co-OpWho Builds the Dillworth Extension?The Lakeside Literary MagazineA New Direction for the Upstage TheatreTipdale EngineeringVisibility, Autonomy, Relevance and RelationshipsFour Factors Shaping Power and InfluenceFinal OfferProblems in the Machine ShopProfit and OrganizationsA Story of Exploitation?