ABSTRACT

Great Writers on Organizations presents succinctly each of the contributions made by 80 of the most prominent management thinkers to the understanding of organizational behaviour and managerial thinking. Among those included are early theorists such as Henri Fayol, Frederick W. Taylor and Max Weber, classical writers such as Alfred D. Chandler, Peter Drucker and Frederick Herzberg, through to modern thinkers such as Oliver Williamson, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Charles Handy. New writers included in the Third Omnibus Edition are: Lex Donaldson, Stewart Clegg, Richard Whitley, Michel Foucault and Kathleen Eisenhardt. The volume is an indispensable resource for academics, students and managers on what the great writers have to say about the key managerial tasks of how to organize and motivate.

chapter 1|62 pages

The Structure of Organizations

chapter 2|41 pages

The Organization in its Environment

chapter 3|35 pages

The Functioning of Organizations

chapter 4|46 pages

The Management of Organizations

chapter 5|28 pages

Decision Making in Organizations

chapter 6|39 pages

People in Organizations

chapter 7|28 pages

Organizational Change and Learning

chapter 8|20 pages

The Organization in Society