Organization Theory & Design

Part I Introduction to Organizations
1 What are Organizations?
2 Perspectives on Organizations
Part II Organizational Purpose and Structural Design
3 Strategy, Organization Design and Effectiveness
4 Fundamentals of Organization Structure
Part III Open System Design Elements
5 The External Environment
6 Interorganizational Relationships
7 Designing Organizations for the International Environment
Part IV Internal Design Elements
8 Manufacturing and Service Technologies
9 Information Technology and Control
10 Organization Size, Life Cycle and Decline
Part V Managing Dynamic Processes
11 Organizational Culture and Ethical Values
12 Innovation and Change
13 Decision-Making Processes
14 Conflict, Power and Politics
Integrative Cases
1.0 Bin Kanzo: Competition, Collaboration and Expansion in the Saudi Arabian
Crane Industry
2.0 'Box-ticking' in Organizations: Lessons of the Nimrod Disaster
3.0 Intercrane Ltd: Debates over Senior Decision-making and Strategy
for Expansion
4.0 DYnotex Interio Ltd: Segmentation or Assimilation of Discrete Production
Lines in a Changing Environment
5.0 Blood on the Gatepost: Family Conflicts in the New Zealand
Farming Industry