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Out of Our Minds
Wiley 2011; US$ 27.95"It is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. They are, but a key can be turned in two directions. Turn it one way andyou lock resources away, even from those they belong to. Turn it the otherway and you release resources and give people back to themselves. To realizeour true creative potential—in our organizations,... more...
Management and Organization Theory
Wiley 2012; US$ 40.00Management and Organization Theory offers a summary and analysis of the 40 most popular, researched, and applied management and organization theories. This important resource includes key instruments used to measure variables in each theory and examines pertinent questions about the theory: strengths and weaknesses, practical applications, and the... more...
Family Business Studies
Edward Elgar Publishing 2012; US$ 40.00This book catalogues the 215 most-cited empirical, theoretical and practical articles on family business published in 33 journals since 1996. Researchers, students and practicing managers will find it indispensable as a quick reference and guide to what we have learned about family firms. Annotations for the articles consist of: summary of key findings,... more...
Explorations in the Sociology of Consumption
SAGE Publications 2001; US$ 62.00In this book, George Ritzer, demonstrates the irrational consequences of the rational desire to consume and commodify. more...
Organizational Behaviour
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 72.95This book offers a fresh and comprehensive approach to the essentials that constitute the discipline of organizational behaviour with a strong emphasis on the application of organizational behaviour and performance management in practice. It concentrates on the development of effective patterns of behaviour, values and attitudes, and relates... more...
Doing research in organizations
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 100.00This textbook provides first-hand, inside accounts of the process of doing research in organizations. It is intended both for students of research methods in sociology and social psychology, and for students of organization studies, organizational behaviour and management. The contributors tackle such problems as: gaining access to organizations,... more...
Power, rule and domination
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 115.00This volume presents a critical analysis of sociological theorizing and power which enables the reader to grasp fully the nature of power, rule and domination in organizational life. By making use of the discussions he recorded at a construction site, the author brings the reader into contact with the everyday social world in which he locates his... more...
Critical issues in organizations
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 100.00This collection highlights a number of directions in which organization theory could develop. It also argues the need for an historical analysis of the sociology of organizations. Other issues discussed are the ideological stance of contemporary organization theory and the limiting framework that tends to ignore the wider social context in which organizations... more...
Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013; US$ 134.95This volume vividly illustrates that the configurational approach is maturing. It aims to inspire organizational scholars to develop theories and methods that truly consider organizations as clusters of interconnected structures and practices that have to be studied as configurations. more...
A sociology of organisations.
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 115.00An understanding of the nature and forms of organisation, particularly with reference to industrial societies, is a key area in sociological analysis. This book discusses and explains what concepts to employ and what analytical procedures to adopt as well as conveying a sense of the theoretical and empirical diversity involved in the study of organisations.... more...









