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Organizations: A Short Introduction - Softcover

Kühl, Stefan

 
9781734961928: Organizations: A Short Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1734961929 ISBN 13: 9781734961928
Publisher: Organizational Dialogue Press, 2021

Synopsis

From companies, public administrations, universities, and schools to hospitals, prisons, political parties, and the military, organizations influence us from the moment we are born to the moment we die. However, we receive no training in how to deal with them, whether as their members, customers, patients, or voters.


Organizations-what are these entities that have such a strong influence on modern society? What makes them tick? What are our options for changing them? This book explains how organizations function by examining three of their central characteristics: membership, goals, and hierarchies.

Describing organizations metaphorically as "façades," "machines," and "games," the author sheds lights on three important sides-their image, formal side, and informal side-and provides a broad set of tools for better understanding them.

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Publisher
Organizational Dialogue Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1734961929
ISBN 13 
9781734961928
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
194