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The third edition of Organization Theory and Design addresses overarching questions such as, how is globalization impacting organizations? Exploring contemporary issues in organization design, examples are drawn from global sources which reflect the different issues and best practices faced by managers.

Developed for students in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, renowned academics Jonathan Murphy and Hugh Willmott continue to add an up-to-date international perspective to Richard L. Daft´s landmark textbook. Together they provide an original, comprehensive approach to the study of organization theory and design.

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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

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Daft, Richard
Richard L. Daft, Ph.D., is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor of Management and Principal Senior Lecturer in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, where he specializes in the study of leadership and organization theory. Dr. Daft is a fellow of the Academy of Management and has served on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Management Education. He was associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Dr. Daft has authored or co-authored 13 books, including THE EXECUTIVE AND THE ELEPHANT, ORGANIZATION THEORY AND DESIGN, THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE and MANAGEMENT. He also has authored dozens of scholarly articles, papers and chapters, and has published in the Administrative Science Quarterly; Academy of Management Journal; Academy of Management Review; Strategic Management Journal; Journal of Management, Accounting, Organizations and Society; Management Science; MIS Quarterly; and Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. Dr. Daft has received several government research grants in organization design, organizational innovation and change, strategy implementation and organizational information processing. An active teacher and respected consultant, Dr. Daft has served as associate dean and helped manage a start-up enterprise. He has provided management development and consulted for numerous organizations, including the American Banking Association, AutoZone, Bridgestone, Vulcan Materials, TVA, Pratt & Whitney, Allstate Insurance, State Farm Insurance, the United States Air Force, the U.S. Army, Central Parking System, USAA, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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