The Changing Organization: Agency Theory in a Cross-Cultural Context - Rilegato

Guo, Kaijun; Yolles, Maurice; Fink, Gerhard; Iles, Paul

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ISBN 10: 1107146801 ISBN 13: 9781107146808

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Riassunto

The Changing Organization provides a multidisciplinary approach for studying the management of change under conditions of complexity. Single-discipline approaches frequently miss essential elements that reduce the possibility of coherence within a multi-agency organizational setting. Combining a systems and cybernetic 'living system' perspective, Guo, Yolles, Fink, and Iles offer a new agency paradigm designed to model, diagnose and analyse complex, real-world situations. Its capacity to anticipate patterns of behaviour provides useful means by which the origin of crises can be understood, and resolutions reflected upon. Scholars and graduate students in fields as diverse as management, politics, anthropology and psychology will find numerous applications for this book when considering socio-political and organizational change, and it offers an invaluable guide for consultants who may wish to apply advanced techniques of contextual analysis to real-world situations.

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Descrizione del libro

The book is designed for academics and graduate students in organization theory, social theory, cybernetics, cross-cultural theory and systems theory. It examines social collectives and organisation culture, presenting a theoretical framework capable of improving our understanding and anticipation of its patterns of behaviour.

L'autore

Kaijun Guo is director of strategy at the Baoshang Bank in China, and associate chairman. He has a doctorate in Management from Liverpool John Moores University, and post-graduate teaching experience. He also has Asian responsibility for the Centre for the Creation of Coherent Change and Knowledge based at Liverpool John Moores University.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1107146801
• ISBN 13: 9781107146808
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 466