Organization Theory and Design by Richard L Daft

Organization Theory and Design by Richard L Daft

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.

Jonathan Murphy has combined research and teaching with international management roles throughout his career. He is an internationally recognized expert in Parliamentary Development. Currently he leads INTER PARES, the European Union's global programme for parliamentary strengthening, and was previously a UN diplomat in Ukraine and Tunisia where he headed major democracy development programmes. As a scholar, Jonathan has written on a variety of topics in international and critical management, and taught for many years at Cardiff Business School in Wales. He currently holds a visiting professorship (docent) at Jyvaskyla University in Finland. . Hugh Willmott is Professor of Management at Cass Business School and also holds the position of Professor of Organization Studies at Cardiff Business School, Wales. His research interests span the sub-fields of management organization studies and he is particularly interested in the development and application of management theory by drawing upon the resources of critical social science. He has co-authored two major textbooks, including Introducing Organizational Behaviour & Management (co-edited with David Knights, Cengage Learning, 2017) and, additionally, has published over 20 books and contributed to a wide range of management and social science journals. . Richard L. Daft is the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Professor of Management and Principal Senior Lecturer in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Professor Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership and is a fellow of the Academy of Management. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Management Education. He was the associate editor-in-chief of Organization Science and served for three years as associate editor of Administrative Science Quarterly. Professor Daft has authored or co-authored 14 books and written dozens of scholarly articles, papers and chapters in other books. .

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ISBN 13	9781473726383
ISBN 10	1473726387
Title	Organization Theory and Design
Author	Richard L Daft
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cengage Learning EMEA
Year published	2017-01-07
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