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The Reality of Organizations

A Guide for Managers

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  • © 1993

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  1. Rosemary Stewart
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Ways of Looking at Organizations

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 3-15

  3. Tasks of Organization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. What Kind of Jobs?

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 19-28

    3. How to Group Activities

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 29-43

    4. Coordination: Problems and Remedies

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 44-56

  4. Some Common Organizational Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Superior-Subordinate Relationships

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 59-70

    3. The Manager and the Specialist

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 71-87

    4. Managerial Relations

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 88-102

    5. How Much Decentralization?

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 103-114

    6. Order versus Flexibility

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 115-128

    7. The Changing Organization

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 129-148

    8. Changing the Organization

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 149-162

    9. Providing Managers for Changing Organizations

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 163-177

    10. Conclusions — What Can Go Wrong?

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 178-186

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 187-193
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About this book

Aiming to help the practising manager in any kind of organization, this book discusses and illustrates: the main decisions to be made in establishing or modifying an organization; the most common organizational problems; and what can be done to prevent or correct them.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Reality of Organizations

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide for Managers

  • Authors: Rosemary Stewart

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23047-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Rosemary Stewart 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-59551-0Published: 20 October 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-23047-1Published: 18 October 1993

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: X, 193

  • Topics: Management

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