Managing and Organizations: An Introduction to Theory and Practice

by Stewart R. Clegg

Managing and Organizations is a comprehensive, engaging, and accessible textbook that brings the most recent theoretical developments to bear on management practice, while explaining organizational and management issues from a practical standpoint. This text combines insights from organization theory, organizational behavior, and business strategy to offer an easily understood overview of management and organization thought and practice. In a friendly and open style, Stewart Clegg, Martin Kornberger, and Tyrone Pitsis show the major changes that are currently taking place in both research and practice in management and organization studies and offer insights into new directions the field might take. Vignettes from a variety of material, including films, novels, and newspapers illustrate key themes related to contemporary organizations and organization theory.

Genres: Management, Nonfiction, Academic, Textbooks

584 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2004

About the author

Clegg, S.R., 1947-
Clegg, Stewart, 1947-
Clegg, Stewart R., 1947-

Reviews

[Oskar Sverdrup · Rating 1 out of 5]

A convoluted opinion piece with sprinkles of relevant information; a really tedious read, and very unfit for learning. If you are a lecturer in management; do not pick this book for your course material.

[BOOK MAN MAAAN · Rating 1 out of 5]

The chapters are unnecessarily long and not to the point. A unpleasant read that is time consuming.

[Joonas Laajanen · Rating 1 out of 5]

How to be a naive left-wing progressive leader.

[Yvonne · Rating 3 out of 5]

read as a supplementary resource to my management course, quite interesting and well organized, with cases and plaint wording, and specific definitions in the marginal.

[Doruk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good one. Combining both european and American ways of thinking about management and organizations.