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1. Introduction
2. Introducing the speaker
3. Talk outline (1)
4. Talk outline (2)
5. Ubiquity of organizations
6. Why organizations?
7. Defining organizations
8. Organizational rationales
9. Profit or non-profit
10. Examples
11. Small is beautiful?
12. Economies of scale
13. Organizational structure
14. Culture and organization
15. Who says so?
16. Max Weber
17. The Aston group observation
18. Just one way of looking at organizations
19. Structure vs. process
20. Further views
21. In a Kafkesque world
22. The 'shadow-side' of organizations
23. Using the 'shadow-side' of organizations
24. The grape-vine - definition and history
25. The grape-vine
26. Hybrid organizations
27. Network-based organizations (1)
28. Network-based organizations (2)
29. Why network-based
30. Self-managed teams (1)
31. Self-managed teams (2)
32. Henry Mintzberg comments
33. Virtual organizations
34. Paradox
35. Impact of recession on organizations
36. The challenges
37. Conclusions
38. Basic reading
39. Further reading
40. Acknowledgements

Topics Covered

• Ubiquity of organizations
• Defining organizations
• Organizational rationales
• Organizational structure
• The 'shadow-side' of organizations
• Hybrid organizations
• Network-based organizations
• Self-managed teams
• Virtual organizations
• Challenges
• Conclusions
• Readings

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Series:

• The Origins and Development of Management

Categories:

• Management, Leadership & Organisation

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Publication History

• Published on September 27, 2010