Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice - Softcover

Clegg, Stewart R; Kornberger, Martin; Pitsis, Tyrone S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857020412 ISBN 13: 9780857020413

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Now in its Third Edition, this unique and highly esteemed text goes from strength to strength, continuing to offer:

• Gapless coverage of the essential topics of organizational behavior
• A critical perspective that takes students out of their comfort zones and questions dominant assumptions about organizations
• Interactive, instructive (and fun) learning aids and features, both in the text and on the companion website
• An attractive, easily navigable full-color text design
• A guide to further reading including hand-selected journal articles, many of which are available on the companion website

As well as cutting-edge content and features new to the Third Edition:

• Clearer, more concise exposition of all you need to know about organizations
• Revised case studies to cater for readers across the world at all levels of knowledge and experience
• A revisited companion website with longer case studies

Over the last seven years, more and more students and tutors have been won over by Managing and Organizations′ coverage, wisdom and insight, and this new edition is a yet more essential guide to negotiating and understanding the bustling and complex life of organizations.

"The book is beautifully written and presented and easy to read. As a source of theory it is accessible both to the first year undergraduate and yet also contains such a wealth of experience and insights about theory that it is indispensable to the hardened researcher."
-John A. A. Sillince, Professor of Organization Studies and Management, University of Strathclyde, U.K.

"This is the new world of management and organization theory! Clegg, Kornberger and Pitsis are extraordinary storytellers, giving critical commentary on the secret places, sociological history of the global landscape, most exciting plurality of viewpoints, and giving us practical guides on how to avoid the rocky roads and slippery slopes in this ′realist′s guide′ book."
-David M. Boje, New Mexico State University

About this title

About the Authors

Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and an Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney. 

Martin Kornberger received his PhD form the University of Vienna in 2002. Currently he works as full time Visiting Professor at the Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School. Trained as philosopher, he researches and teaches about practices of organizing, strategizing, accounting, and marketing, and explores how they shape, and are shaped by, the economy and society at large.

Tyrone S. Pitsis is Professor of Strategy, Technology & Society at Durham University Business School. He is also Director of the Global Doctor of Business Administration programme between Durham and emlyon. His research is at the intersection between strategy design, innovation and complex projects, with a focus on transformative technologies. He is consistently rated as one of the top teachers and is a sought-after speaker. He has been the recipient of several awards for his research and was also awarded the Practice Theme Committee of the Academy of Management leadership award for his contribution to AOM’s strategic aims of promoting and recognizing the impact members make through their scholarship. Having worked since he was 14, Tyrone originally began his working life as a chef, starting off as a kitchen hand and working his way up to executive chef in award-winning restaurants and hotels. He now cooks as little as possible but still loves to eat. Aside from his family, Tyrone could not imagine life without music.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857020412
• ISBN 13: 9780857020413
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 712