Creative Organization Theory: A Resourcebook
- ISBN-10
- 0803934386
- ISBN-13
- 9780803934382
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 369
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989-02
- Publisher
- SAGE
- Author
- Gareth Morgan
Description
This book marshals ideas, stories, cases, exercises, and snippets of information that will help the reader to gain a broad-based understanding of the nature and functioning of modern organizations. Designed to complete the book "Images of Organization". Part I provides entertaining ways of broadening perspective and of develop- ing creative approaches to how we interpret the world around us. Part II presents different angles on organiza- tion. Each invites to see and appre- ciate a different aspect of organiza- tional functioning, and to unravel their connections and significance. Part III Provides Cases and Exercises.
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