Organization

JOHN CHILD is an internationally acknowledged expert on organization and international business. He is particularly known for his grounded approach to the practice of management. Among Child's 23 books, Corporate Co-evolution, co-authored with Suzana Rodrigues, won the 2009 Terry Book Award of the Academy of Management.

“John Child excels once again at connecting the past, present and future of organizational thought and managerial practice. By deepening its theoretical foundations and expanding its discussion of 21st-century topics, this second edition is an exciting and insightful journey for faculty and students alike.”—Guido Möllering, Professor of Organization and Management, Jacobs University Bremen“This is an outstanding contribution to literature from a world class academic. His contribution to the field of organizational studies is without parallel and this work is a monumental contribution to the global literature on organizational behavior.”—Sir Cary Cooper, Lancaster University Management School“John Child has done it again. This accessible and scholarly book brings the analysis of organizational forms where it belongs at the very centre of the fields of organization and strategy.”—Andrew Pettigrew, Saïd Business School, Oxford University“Conventional, sluggish bureaucracies are being introduced to a new structural vocabulary as they attempt to respond to the challenge of globalization. John Child provides a lucid and engaging guide to this changing world of organizations.”—W. Richard Scott, Department of Sociology, Stanford University

• Preface to Second Edition viiiPreface from the First Edition ixPart I The Broad Picture 1Chapter 1 Organization and Its Importance 3Chapter 2 Perspectives on Organizational Design until Recent Times 27Chapter 3 New Conditions, New Organization 53Part II New Internal Forms 85Chapter 4 Simpler Structures – Reducing Hierarchy 87Chapter 5 Achieving Integration 109Chapter 6 Control 143Chapter 7 Questions of Reward 171Chapter 8 Payment Systems 191Part III New Network Forms 215Chapter 9 Outsourcing and Offshoring 217Chapter 10 Virtual Organization 241Chapter 11 Strategic Alliances 269Chapter 12 Organizing Across Borders 291Part IV Achieving Effective Organizations 331Chapter 13 Managing Organizational Change 333Chapter 14 Organizing for Learning 371Chapter 15 Generating and Utilizing Trust 405Chapter 16 Corporate Governance in New Organizational Forms 427Part V Designing Organizations for the 21st Century 451Chapter 17 Meeting Strategic Business Needs 453Chapter 18 Meeting Strategic Social Needs 477Author Index 497Subject Index 507