Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice

By Stewart R. Clegg and Tyrone S Pitsis

Book Overview

Now in its Third Edition, this unique and highly esteemed text goes from strength to strength, continuing to offer:

Gapless coverage of the essential topics of organizational behaviorA critical perspective that takes students out of their comfort zones and questions dominant assumptions about organizationsInteractive, instructive (and fun) learning aids and features, both in the text and on the companion websiteAn attractive, easily navigable full-color text designA guide to further reading including hand-selected journal articles, many of which are available on the companion website

As well as cutting-edge content and features new to the Third Edition

Clearer, more concise exposition of all you need to know about organizationsRevised case studies to cater for readers across the world at all levels of knowledge and experienceA revisited companion website with longer case studies

Over the last seven years, more and more students and tutors have been won over by Managing and Organizations′ coverage, wisdom and insight, and this new edition is a yet more essential guide to negotiating and understanding the bustling and complex life of organizations.

"The book is beautifully written and presented and easy to read. As a source of theory it is accessible both to the first year undergraduate and yet also contains such a wealth of experience and insights about theory that it is indispensable to the hardened researcher."
-John A. A. Sillince, Professor of Organization Studies and Management, University of Strathclyde, U.K.

"This is the new world of management and organization theory Clegg, Kornberger and Pitsis are extraordinary storytellers, giving critical commentary on the secret places, sociological history of the global landscape, most exciting plurality of viewpoints, and giving us practical guides on how to avoid the rocky roads and slippery slopes in this ′realist′s guide′ book."
-David M. Boje, New Mexico State University

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857020412
• ISBN13: 9780857020413
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A must for any classroom teaching the subject

Leadership and planning is everything to businesses. Now in a newly updated and expanded second edition, "Managing & Organization: An Introduction to Theory and Practice" is a scholarly, educational text for business leaders looking to gain a comprehensive understanding of this core concept of business. The newly revised second edition carries six additional chapters on ethics, teamwork, and responsibility, as well as additional information in the older chapters. Enhanced with a companion website and teacher's manual, "Managing & Organization: An Introduction to Theory and Practice" is a must for any classroom teaching the subject, and for college library business collections.

Managing in the era of Globalization

So as to respond to the exigencies of globalization, the world of managing, managers and management has substantially changed in the last two decades or so. While some say that management discourse is to be viewed from the post-modernist perspective; others argue that we are reverting back to basics of management. Market, competition, competencies, capacity building, culture, diversity, empowerment, teams, lean organizations are some of the buzz words in general management literature today. Managers' commitment in the new era is being tested not on the touchstone of loyalty to the owner or the organization, but on performance and sensitivity to the needs of the organization and other stakeholders. In the era of globalization, the general topics in the discipline of management are also changing. But not all general management textbooks have shifted their focus adequately from traditional functions to the contemporary ones. The book under review meets this demand of the subject quite well. Some of the salient features of this interesting text are as follows: The coverage of topics is quite comprehensive and updated, including issues like organizational politics, cultures, knowledge and learning, innovation and change, managing strategy and managing globalization. Each chapter provides overview of theories involved in succinct and lucid manner including the contemporary developments in the subject concerned. The theories involved have been traced in terms of their historical development. Each chapter prescribes suggested additional readings, most of which are path-breaking works. A good bit of additional material is also available in the form of maps, images, charts, and boxes as tools for learning and examining the material. Above all, this text meets requirements of a well-written text. The reader finds the narration in a tremendous flow. The text is also supported by an instructor's manual and an interactive website that provides additional material for teachers and students, including more cases, quick quizzes, short movies from experts introducing students to main themes, as well as a free online reader of important journal articles that relate to the topics discussed. Writing inspiring textbook is an art. Throughout the book the authors are aware of what is happening in various areas of management today. The authors rightly call it "a realist guide to management". They have also succeeded well at several places questioning the supposedly unquestionable; quite a postmodernist venture. Coherence is remarkable; rarely does the reader encounter patches of disinterest in the concepts being elaborated. Debi S. Saini MDI, Gurgaon, India