<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;">A realist's guide to management, the authors capture the complex life of organizations, providing not only an account of theories, but also an introduction to their practice with examples from everyday life and culture discussing the key themes and debates along the way.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;">Used by nearly 50,000 students and tutors worldwide, <strong>Managing and Organizations </strong>has been praised for its breadth, innovative content and application to real life. Along with its full coverage of all the essential topics of organizational behavior, the book offers a critical perspective that gives the reader the tools to question dominant assumptions about organizations. </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">New to This Edition: </p><ul> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">A new chapter structure to create a clearer, elegant chapter navigation for students.</li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">Chapters have now been streamlined and pulled back to no more than 15,000 words each </li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">New and up to date global cases and examples to engage students (including Netflix, The Crown, Donald Trump and North Korea).</li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">Definitions in margins to support B&M learners who do not have English as a first language</li> <li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;">Updated online resources and new author videos.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">For students studying Organizational Behavior, Managing People in Organizations and Introductory Management courses.</p>
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.
Matt Mount is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Deakin Business School, Melbourne. He received his PhD in Management Science from the University of York. He is an expert in areas of strategy and innovation process and his research has appeared in top academic and practitioner journals such as MIT Sloan Management Review, Regional Studies, and California Management Review among others. He is member of the Editorial Board for the
Journal of Management Studies and regularly reviews for journals such as
Organization Science,
Research Policy,
Strategic Management Journal, and
Journal of Product Innovation Management. He is also an active strategic management consultant, working on a number of large-scale projects and serving on the advisory board for international organizations.
