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Images of organization / (Record no. 15360)

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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0761906312 (acidfree paper)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780761906315 (acidfree paper)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0761906320 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780761906322 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0761906339 (hbk.)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780761906339 (hbk.)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0761906347 (pbk.)
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780761906346 (pbk.)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number HD31 .M67 1996
Item number 0197274
MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Morgan, Gareth,
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Images of organization /
Statement of responsibility, etc Gareth Morgan.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 2nd ed.
Copyright Date
Place of publication CALIFORNIA
Name of publisher SAGE
Year of publication or production 1997
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 485 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note pt. I. An overview -- 1. Introduction -- pt. II. Some images of organization -- 2. Mechanization takes command : organizations as machines -- 3. Nature intervenes : organizations as organisms -- 4. Learning and self-organization : organizations as brains -- 5. Creating social reality : organizations as cultures -- 6. Interests, conflict, and power : organizations as political systems -- 7. Exploring Plato's cave : organizations as psychic prisons -- 8. Unfolding logics of change : organization as flux and transformation -- 9. The ugly face : organizations as instruments of domination -- pt. III. Implications for practice -- 10. The challenge of metaphor -- 11. Reading and shaping organizational life -- 12. Postscript.
SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A provocative new book on how we can see, understand, and manage organizations in new ways.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Organization.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Organizational behavior.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Management.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Decision Making, Organizational.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Organizational Innovation.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Books
Holdings
Permanent Location Current Location Date acquired Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). 04/14/2025 HD31 .M67 1997 0197274 Books

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