Systems Thinking brings together classic and contemporary writings that cross the entire breadth of the systems field. The four-volume setincludes the most influential theoretical papers, as well as applications in domains as diverse as global environmental modelling, business strategy, public sector planning, family therapy and the management of organizations.
Key critiques of the leading writers allow the researcher to understand how and why paradigm breaks took place, and to grasp the extraordinary diversification of systems theory and practice we see today.
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Systems Thinking brings together classic and contemporary writings that cross the entire breadth of the systems field. The four-volume set <...
Human Resource Management as an international focus for research and practice is a well established and respected branch of management science. The articles in this four volume set are drawn from the best scholarship in the field and comprehensively cover the central currents of HRM as a discipline as well as reflecting its historical development. Advised by a panel of eminent HRM scholars, Neil Anderson has selected a collection of classic and field defining articles.
Human Resource Management as an international focus for research and practice is a well established and respected branch of management science. The ar...
Compiled by three leading authorities on Managerial Psychology, this collection of seminal works in the field delineates the boundaries of a vibrant and multidisciplinary subject area. With benchmark articles and cutting-edge articles, this major work is the first to draw together the work of leading academic writers on Managerial Psychology. Its audience will bridge two major academic communities, namely management scholars and psychology scholars.
Compiled by three leading authorities on Managerial Psychology, this collection of seminal works in the field delineates the boundaries of a vibrant a...
Highlights the studies and theories in the field of organizational behaviour. This collection explores literature on the science and practice of organizational behaviour.
Highlights the studies and theories in the field of organizational behaviour. This collection explores literature on the science and practice of organ...
Outsourcing Information Systems brings together the papers, that combined, contribute a detailed understanding of how outsourcing of IS and back office functions has developed, and is likely to develop, the theories that can be applied to this field of study, the mistakes committed and learning achieved, and insights into what really does work. Leslie Willcocks and Mary Lacity have carefully selected in-depth analyses of the major forms of sourcing and related managerial practices from rigorously researched and objective sources based in the academic literature to provide a comprehensive and...
Outsourcing Information Systems brings together the papers, that combined, contribute a detailed understanding of how outsourcing of IS and back offic...
This collection brings together, for the first time, a diverse range of papers in the field, serving as the first point of reference for practitioners and academics alike. Adopting a critical perspective, the pre-eminent editors have brought acknowledged twentieth-century milestones together with modern classics from the founders of this core theoretical area of organization studies, as well as other largely unacknowledged and difficult to find highlights - a renewed focus on which will help redefine understanding of the field.
This collection brings together, for the first time, a diverse range of papers in the field, serving as the first point of reference for practitioners...
Innovation and Knowledge Management has gained considerable importance over the last 40 years, both as an area of academic research and as an area of professional practice. This growing interest has produced a wealth of highly disparate literature, international in orientation and rooted in both the research agenda and in more pragmatic issues of best practice.Each volume covers a key area of Innovation and Knowledge Management, reflecting both historical roots and cutting-edge scholarship. "Volume One" covers individual creativity and innovation, with V"olume Two "focusing on teamwork and...
Innovation and Knowledge Management has gained considerable importance over the last 40 years, both as an area of academic research and as an area of ...
Focusing on discourse at organizational levels, this collection traces the evolution and current state of theoretical developments; demonstrates key techniques; and provides examples of empirical studies where these methods have been employed.
Focusing on discourse at organizational levels, this collection traces the evolution and current state of theoretical developments; demonstrates key t...
Presenting a collection of more than 60 articles, this set not only offers the last word on critical management studies of the last century, but also includes a selection of more recently published work that will set the agenda in the years to come.
Presenting a collection of more than 60 articles, this set not only offers the last word on critical management studies of the last century, but also...
Drawing on the wealth of insights into organizational life accumulated over the past few decades, this collection takes stock of the foundations of research in this area, examines the status of the current work and identifies future directions for the field.
Topics covered include theoretical and methodological foundations; social capital; strong ties, weak ties and structural holes; small worlds/network structures; centrality and power; social networks of entrepreneurship; identity, cognition and individual differences in social networks; and network dynamics.
Drawing on the wealth of insights into organizational life accumulated over the past few decades, this collection takes stock of the foundations of...
