Organizational Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Sustainability for Healthcare Management

   A Leadership Imperative

   By Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, Seema S. Wadhwa

   Sustainability is not unique to health, but is a unique vehicle for promoting healthy values. This book challenges healthcare leaders to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It links health values with sustainability drivers in order...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Becoming a Trustworthy Leader

   Psychology and Practice

   By Aneil K. Mishra, Karen E. Mishra

   Series: LEADERSHIP: Research and Practice

   It's time to discover a new way for individuals to lead organizations and societies. Trust in a variety of institutions, including governmental and business, is at an all-time low. In order to strengthen society from its foundations, we need to rebuild trust. Research shows that...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge Academic
3. Appraising and Exploring Organisations (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Shaun Tyson, K. F. Ackermann, Michel Domsch, Patrick Joynt

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1988, this book offers a comprehensive description of the functions and performance of organisational surveys from a wide range of European experts in the field. The book examines the utility of organisational surveys as a method of research for the social sciences and as a...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Managing Organizational Behavior in the African Context

   By David Zoogah, Constant Beugré

   Managing Organizational Behavior in an African Context discusses management and organization science theories as they apply within the social, cultural and economic contexts in which organizations operate in Africa. The first organizational behavior book to cover the entire continent, it uses...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. Gender and Leadership in Unions: Kirton

   By Gill Kirton, Geraldine Healy

   Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

   Reflecting the increased attention to gender and women in the field of employment relations, there is now a growing international literature on women and trade unions. The interest in women as trade unionists arises partly from the fact that women comprise 40 percent of trade union membership in...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Spatial Organisation of Multinational Corporations (RLE International Business)

   By Ian Clarke

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: International Business

   This book, based on extensive original research, examines the spatial structure and geographical implications of modern multinational corporations. It looks at the geography of multinational corporations, relates this geography to management and decision making structures and discusses how these...

   Published November 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. Physician Alignment

   Constructing Viable Roadmaps for the Future

   By George Mayzell, MD, MBA, FACP, William R. Breen, Jr.

   Through healthcare reform, payment modifications, transparency, and a renewed focus on value, the healthcare industry is changing its organizational structure from one of a multitude of individual entities to one of a system-of-care model. This restructuring and subsequent alignment of information...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Productivity Press
8. Japan's 'Lost Decade'

   Causes, Legacies and Issues of Transformative Change

   Edited by W. Miles Fletcher III, Peter W. von Staden

   Understanding the 'lost decade' of the 1990s is central to explaining Japan today. Following a period of record high growth, the chronic downturn after 1990 raised fundamental questions about the course of the world's third largest economy. This crisis also presented Japan with the opportunity for...

   Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
9. Organization Theory and its Applications

   By Susheng Wang

   Organization theory is a fast-developing field of microeconomics. Organizational approaches are now used in a wide range of topics in business studies. They are based on information economics, contract theory, and mechanism design. This book introduces such organizational approaches and how to...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
10. Management Frameworks

    Aligning Strategic Thinking and Execution

    By Jacques Kemp, Andreas Schotter, Morgen Witzel

    Today’s business organizations, especially large ones, are complex places; difficult to manage and to control. Much of this complexity is self-induced and too much of the management of these organizations is done on an ad hoc basis. Different reporting, control and management systems are used in...

    Published November 8th 2012 by Routledge