John Child 
Organization [PDF ebook] 
Contemporary Principles and Practice

The definitive organization management text for executives and
aspiring business leaders

Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practices, Second
Edition is the completely updated and revised landmark guide to
‘macro’ organization theory and design, fully grounded in current
international practice. International management expert John Child
explores the conditions facilitating the development of new
organizational forms and provides up-to-date coverage of the key
developments driving new organization structure and practice. This
revised Second Edition includes a new introductory section on
Organization Theory as well as a complete Instructor Manual updated
with new material on the basic principles of organizational
design.

With detailed case studies and examples from throughout the UK,
Europe, Asia and North America, Organization provides a
truly international overview for advanced students and business
executives who want to be at the forefront of the evolution in
Organization Theory. 21st Century organizations will be
faced with entirely new challenges and opportunities than those
faced by previous generations, and emerging business leaders must
understand the new ‘macro’ realities in order to succeed.
Organization will help readers:

* Understand the ‘macro’ organization, which is distinct from
organizational behaviour

* Explore the way organizations fit into the international
business environment and global economy

* Analyze the way organizational structure and design affect
management performance

* Apply advanced organization theory and principles to day to day
management activities

Written by one of the foremost scholars, the fully updated
Second Edition of this successful text provides executives and
advanced business students with a wide-ranging and trustworthy
guide to organizations as the conditions for their survival in our
global business environment change.

Содержание

Preface to Second Edition viii

Preface from the First Edition ix

Part I The Broad Picture 1

Chapter 1 Organization and Its Importance 3

Chapter 2 Perspectives on Organizational Design until Recent Times 27

Chapter 3 New Conditions, New Organization 53

Part II New Internal Forms 85

Chapter 4 Simpler Structures — Reducing Hierarchy 87

Chapter 5 Achieving Integration 109

Chapter 6 Control 143

Chapter 7 Questions of Reward 171

Chapter 8 Payment Systems 191

Part III New Network Forms 215

Chapter 9 Outsourcing and Offshoring 217

Chapter 10 Virtual Organization 241

Chapter 11 Strategic Alliances 269

Chapter 12 Organizing Across Borders 291

Part IV Achieving Effective Organizations 331

Chapter 13 Managing Organizational Change 333

Chapter 14 Organizing for Learning 371

Chapter 15 Generating and Utilizing Trust 405

Chapter 16 Corporate Governance in New Organizational Forms 427

Part V Designing Organizations for the 21st Century 451

Chapter 17 Meeting Strategic Business Needs 453

Chapter 18 Meeting Strategic Social Needs 477

Author Index 497

Subject Index 507

Об авторе

JOHN CHILD is an internationally acknowledged expert on
organization and international business. He is particularly known
for his grounded approach to the practice of management. Among
Child’s 23 books, Corporate Co-evolution, co-authored with
Suzana Rodrigues, won the 2009 Terry Book Award of the Academy of
Management.