Managing For The Future: Organizational Behavior and Procedures

Westney, D. Eleanor,Scully, Maureen,Van Maanen, John,Kochan, Thomas A.,Ancona, Deborah G.

ISBN 10: 0538875461 / ISBN 13: 9780538875462

Published by South-Western College Pub, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing For The Future: Organizational Behavior and Procedures
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0538875461
• ISBN 13: 9780538875462
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This text is based on the innovative and acclaimed course taught at MIT. The modular approach of the text's content allows adopters the freedom to select only those modules they wish to include in the course. Managing for the Future begins by setting the 'new' organization (a flat, flexible, networked and diverse entity) as the context in which managerial action takes place. The rest of the text works through teams, organizations, and skills. The three lenses (strategic design, political, and cultural) are used to analyze organizations and plan action. The goal is not only to describe the organization of the future, but also show readers how to become better actors within it.

About the Author

Deborah Ancona is the Seley Distinguished Professor of Management at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Columbia University. Prior to joining MIT, she was on the faculty of the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. Professor Ancona's major research interests include group processes, team performance, boundary management, and time and timing in organizations. She has published articles in these areas in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Group and Organization Studies.