Organizations, 9780199584536
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Unpack organizations: Origins, influence, meaning, and future improvements explored.

Organizations

A Very Short Introduction

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    176 pages

  • Release Date

    29 June 2011

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Summary

Most of us recognize that organizations are everywhere. You meet them on every street corner in the form of families and shops, study in them, work for them, buy from them, pay taxes to them. But have you given much thought to where they came from, what they are today, and what they might become in the future? How and why do they have so much influence over us, and what influences them? How do they contribute to and detract from the meaningfulness of lives, and how might we improve them so th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199584536
ISBN-10:0199584532
Author:Mary Jo Hatch
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:29 June 2011
Weight:156g
Dimensions:170mm x 106mm x 27mm
Series:Very Short Introductions
About The Author

Mary Jo Hatch

Mary Jo Hatch is an organization theorist doing research, teaching, and consulting in the areas of organizational culture, identity, and corporate branding. She has worked with, and studied, many companies including LEGO Group, Novo Nordisk, Johnson & Johnson, and Nissan. She has written or co-authored several books including Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic and Postmodern Perspectives (2nd edition 2006, Oxford University Press), The ThreeFaces of Leadership: Manager, Artist, Priest (2005, Blackwell Publishing), and Taking Brand Initiative: How Corporations Can Align Strategy, Culture and Identify through Corporate Branding (2008, Jossey-Bass/Wiley).

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