Summary
Contents
Subject index
Awards:
RUSA Notable Business Sources 2014
From agency theory to power and politics, this indispensable guide to the key concepts of organization theory is your compass as you navigate through the often complex and abstract theories about the design and functioning of organizations. Designed to complement and elucidate your textbook or reading list, as well as introduce you to concepts that some courses neglect, this historical and interdisciplinary A-Z account of the field: Helps you understand the basics of organization theory; Allows you to check your understanding of specific concepts; Fills in any gaps left by your course reading, and; Is a powerful revision tool
Each entry is consistently structured, providing a definition of the concept and why it's important to theory and practice, followed by a summary of current debates and a list of further reading. This companion will provide you with the nuts and bolts of an understanding that will serve you not just in your organization studies course, but throughout your degree and beyond.
Key concepts include: agency theory; business strategy; corporate governance; decision making; environmental uncertainty; globalization; industrial democracy; organizational change; stakeholder theory; storytelling and narrative research; technology and organization structure.
Organizational Space
Organizational Space
Organizational space:built environments and the objects and social practices within them.
Origins
Studies of organizational space are relatively new, having gained momentum through a number of calls to bring back ‘space’ into organization theory (e.g. Clegg and Kornberger, 2006; Dale and Burrell, 2008; Hernes, 2004). The importance of this topic is underscored by Baldry (1999), who states that all newcomers to organizations have to familiarize themselves with their new environment: territorial properties and boundaries, where you can and cannot go, how spatial transgressions are dealt with, and so on. Over the last decade, studies of organizational space have increased, not just in relation to the physical structure of organizations but also in examining how spaces are both the products and producers of social activity ...
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