Organizational Theory Text and Cases

New edition of a text that addresses how organizations work and how the different contingency factors can affect the choices managers make. In the first four chapters, Jones (Tex AandM U.) lays out the central design challenges facing an organization if is to successfully create value for stakeholders and achieve a competitive advantage. Subsequent chapters examine the nature and origins of organizational culture and how it affects operations and effectiveness; various organization-environment theories; how organizations develop and use strategies; the international environment; technology and innovation; and how the organizational processes influence the way organizations grow, adapt, and change over time. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR