The modern firm : organizational design for performance and growth / John Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, John, 1945 February 11-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Business planning.

Industrial organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Economist's Best Business Book of the Year, The Modern Firm is written by one of the world's leading economists and experts on business strategy and organization, and provides new insights into the changes going on in business today. - ;Business firms around the world are experimenting with new organizational designs, changing their formal architectures, their routines and processes, and their corporate cultures as they seek to improve their current performance and their growth prospects. In the process they are changing the scope of their business operations, redrawing their organization

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Preface to the Paperback Edition; 1. Strategy and Organization; 2. Key Concepts for Organization Design; 3. The Nature and Purpose of the Firm; 4. Motivation in the Modern Firm; 5. Organizing for Performance; 6. Organizing for Growth and Innovation; 7. Creating the Modern Firm: Management and Leadership Challenges; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-302) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-36564-9

9786612365645

0-19-156721-3

OCLC:

476260600