1st Edition

Organization and Management in the Embrace of Government

By Jone Pearce Copyright 2001
180 Pages
by Psychology Press

180 Pages
by Psychology Press

184 Pages
by Psychology Press

Organization and Management in the Embrace of Government is an original exploration of how governments affect the ways people organize themselves, manage those organizations, and respond to the organizations thus created. It is a grounded theory of how governments that are weak, erratic, or hostile undermine complex organization, trust, meritocracy, commitment, and other implicit expectations... Read more
Contents: A.P. Brief, J.P. Walsh, Series Editors' Foreword. Preface. Government's Embrace. Organizing in Spite of Government: Nonfacilitative Government. Organizing by Personal Relationships: Understanding Trust. Organizing by Personal Relationships: Meritocracy and Employee Empowerment. Engendering Participant Dissatisfaction, Fear, and Cheating. Unpacking Culture. Implications for Theory and Organizational Change. Appendix.

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Jone Pearce, Jone Pearce

"....effective governments are most noticed by their absence, such as in Eastern Europe and China in their transition from Communism. Jone Pearce makes these points with discipline, evidence, and feeling....Pearce has creatively combined organizational behavior and historical methods to develop and substantiate her arguments...I appreciate her ability to do this well....Pearch has broken out of the traditional boundaries of organization research methods...She also draws bold, broad implications for researchers as well as governments....Organization and Management in the Embrace of Government accomplishes very well its goal of documenting that governments can substantially frustrate economies and undermine organizational performance. Its implications are profound."
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