Organizations do not have goals – only people do. Furthermore, people within the same organizations have different goals. This book takes this as its starting point, recognizing that organizations are a dynamic coalition of individuals and groups competing and co-operating as they each pursue their various objectives. Power is a fundamental part of organizational behaviour but many previous studies failed to recognize its centrality. This book remedies this.
Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field
Preface. Structure. ‘Boxes’. Political Man. Part 1: Understanding Organizations 1. Classical Human Relations and Systems Approaches. 2. Contingency Theory and Politics. Part 2: Developments in Organizational Behaviour. 3. The Motives of the People. 4. Group Dynamics. 5. Organization Culture, Structure and Climate. Part 3: Influencing Behaviour. 6. The Bases of Power and Their Place in the Political Process. 7. The Context of the Political Process. 8. Political Strategy. 9. Political Situations. Epilogue. Index.
Terry Marsden, Robert Lee, Andrew Flynn, Samarthia Thankappan, UK) Marsden, Terry (Director, Sustainable Places Research Institute; Co-Director, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability & Society (BRASS), Cardiff University, UK) Lee, Robert (Cardiff University, UK) Flynn, Andrew (Cardiff University, UK) Thankappan, Samarthia (University of York
Terry Marsden, Robert Lee, Andrew Flynn, Samarthia Thankappan, UK) Marsden, Terry (Director, Sustainable Places Research Institute; Co-Director, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability & Society (BRASS), Cardiff University, UK) Lee, Robert (Cardiff University, UK) Flynn, Andrew (Cardiff University, UK) Thankappan, Samarthia (University of York