Physiology of organisations : an integrated functional perspective / by Cecilia M. Dean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dean, C. M. (Cecilia M.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational behavior.

Psychology, Industrial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can we imagine organisations to be like human bodies? Modern medicine has advanced since the study of blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile was assumed to explain how the body functions. Organisational science today is in a similar mediaeval position, with fragmented theories of structure, competitiveness and human resources, and no overall theory of organising. This book fills that gap by constructing a physiological theory of organising. During the middle of the twentieth century, the ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE; PART I; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART II; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-191) and index.

ISBN:

1-4438-4566-3

OCLC:

827209228