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

Author
Dean, C. M. (Cecilia M.)
Published
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations
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English.
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
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 ...
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ISBN
1443845663 (electronic bk.)
9781443845663 (electronic bk.)
1443840246
9781443840248
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-191) and index.
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