Organizations act, but what determines how and when they will act? There is precedent for believing that the organization is but an extension of one or a few people, but this is a deceptively simplified approach and, in reality, makes any generalization in organizational theory enormously difficult. Modern-day organizations-manufacturing firms, hospitals, schools, armies, community agencies-are extremely complex in nature, and several strategies, employing a variety of disciplines, are needed to gain a proper understanding of them.
Organizations in Action is a classic...
Organizations act, but what determines how and when they will act? There is precedent for believing that the organization is but an extension of on...
Available for the First Time: The Complete "Social Entrepreneur s Playbook" Covers all three phases of the start-up to scale-up process, developed with reader feedback from one of the more unusual ebook...experiments of the year ("ThinReads") Wharton professor Ian C. MacMillan and Dr. James Thompson, director of the Wharton Social Entrepreneurship Program, provide a tough-love approach that significantly increases the likelihood of a successful social enterprise launch in the face of the high-uncertainty conditions typically encountered by social entrepreneurs. MacMillan and...
Available for the First Time: The Complete "Social Entrepreneur s Playbook" Covers all three phases of the start-up to scale-up process, developed...
