Organizational theory : text and cases

Includes index

I. The organization. Organizations and organizational stakeholders (case: Motorola helps to reorganize Los Alamos) --
Basic challenges of organizational design (case: Johnson & Johnson's decentralized approach) --
Designing organizational structure: authority and control (case: the shakeup in GM's hierarchy) --
Designing organizational structure: specialization and coordination (case: a new Caterpillar emerges) --
Managing organizational culture and ethics (case: Big Blue's big problems). II. The organizational environment. Managing the organizational environment (case: how Ford manages its environment) --
Organizational strategy and structure (case: Gillette forges ahead) --
Managing the international environment (ABB's matrix structure). III. The technological environment. Organizational design and technology (case: progressive manufacture at Ford) Managing the new technological environment (case: Toyota's flexible production system). IV. Managing organizational processes. Organizational birth, growth, decline, and death (case: Dell Computer faces a crisis) --
Decision making, learning, and organizational change (case: time for change at Lexmark International) --
Organizational conflict, power, and politics (case: the coup at Time Warner). V. Cases in organizational theory. Organizational structure: United Products, Inc.; the paradoxical twins: Acme and Omega Electronics; Continental Can Co. of Canada, Ltd.; TRW Systems Group (A & B Condensed); Texana Petroleum Corp. --
Organizational culture: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc; three roads to innovation; Welch on Welch --
Environment, strategy, and structure: beer and wine industries, Bartles & Jaymes; Bennett's Machine Shop, Inc.; the Upjohn Co.; BCI Holdings Corp. (formerly Beatrice Companies, Inc.) International strategy and structure: Philips, N.V.; Club Méditerranée --
Technology, innovation, and structure: the Lincoln Electric Company; Medical equipment (A) --
Decision making, conflict, and change: Carter Racing; "Ramrod" Stockwell; Rondell Data Corp.

This is a comprehensive, contemporary and tightly integrated treatment of organizational theory and research. It includes 15 case studies, and covers current topics such as ethics, international organizations, transaction costs analysis and information technology.