The Org The Underlying Logic of the Office - Updated Edition / Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan, with a new preface by the authors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisman, Raymond, author.

Sullivan, Tim, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of work life.

Organizational behavior.

Interpersonal relations.

Corporate culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

Updated edition with a New preface by the authors

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We create organizations because we need to get a job done-something we couldn't do alone-and join them because we're inspired by their missions (and our paycheck). But once we're inside, these organizations rarely feel inspirational. So where did it all go wrong?In The Org, Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan explain the tradeoffs that every organization faces, arguing that this everyday dysfunction is actually inherent to the very nature of orgs. The Org diagnoses the root causes of that malfunction, beginning with the economic logic of why organizations exist in the first place, then working its way up through the org's structure from the lowly cubicle to the CEO's office.You'll learn:The purpose of meetings and why they will never go awayWhy even members of al Qaeda are required to submit travel and expense reportsWhat managers are good forHow the army and other orgs balance marching in lockstep with fostering innovationWhy the hospital administration-not the heart surgeon-is more likely to save your lifeWhy CEOs often spend more than 80 percent of their time in meetings-and why that's exactly where they should be (and why they get paid so much)

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface to the Paperback Edition

Introduction: A Machine for Getting Stuff Done

CHAPTER 1: The Outsider

CHAPTER 2: Designing the Job

CHAPTER 3: Putting Together the Organizational Puzzle

CHAPTER 4: In Praise of Squelching Innovation

CHAPTER 5: What Management Is Good For

CHAPTER 6: The View from the Corner Office

CHAPTER 7: The Economics of Org Culture

CHAPTER 8: Disaster and Change

Conclusion: The Future Org

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Notes:

First printing by Twelve, Hachette Book Group in 2013.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781400866069

1400866065

OCLC:

902724557