The complexity and dynamism of organizations make them difficult
to understand and manage. This book presents the workings and
designs of organizations and identifies the types of problems
encountered by organizational workers. Allcorn provides an
essential focus on dynamic workplace theory, questioning the
current and future value of today's bureaucratic, hierarchic
organizational structure. Allcorn advocates a shared theoretical
perspective that is clear and comprehensive. His theory explains
organizational life, encompassing four types of work experience:
chaotic, bureaucratic, charismatic, and balanced. He proposes an
organizational design that eschews positions of authority and power
and eliminates severe, often hindering bureaucracy.
Clear and comprehensible without being simplistic, the book
offers insights into how organizations actually function and
proposes ways to intervene when organizations grow stale, become
self-defeating in their missions, or develop into hostile
environments for their employees. The insights and ideas presented
here are of considerable and enduring importance to corporate
trainers, consultants, group process experts, governmental agencies
and entities, executives at all levels, academics, and students of
organizational life and its various processes.
General
Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2003 |
First published: |
February 2003 |
Authors: |
Seth Allcorn
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Dimensions: |
239 x 173 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-56720-619-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
General
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-56720-619-0 |
Barcode: |
9781567206197 |
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