The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Behavior: Volume Two: Macro Approaches
Author(s): Stewart R. Clegg (Editor), Cary L. Cooper
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication Date: 3 Dec. 2008
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 536 pages
ISBN-10: 1412934273
ISBN-13: 9781412934275
Book Description
`The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behaviour is a fine addition to past works of reference in the field, edited by two prominent scholars who are internationally known. Its approach is both critical and original in many incisive ways, aspiring to a cutting-edge coverage of the core and periphery of OB. Many of the chapter authors stick their necks out and avoid the more obvious, conventional expositions of their topic. It covers a wide range of topics of potential use to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of the subject, as well as academics, researchers and practitioners. It will be of particular interest to those on MBA and DBA courses. It can be strongly recommended as an essential faculty library purchase, as well as a useful tool for individuals interested in having such a guide to the subject at hand′ – Professor Malcolm Warner, Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College and Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
`This important new Handbook brings together for the first time a collection of major contributions on macro-organizational behaviour. This area of study is concerned with the ways in which the people who inhabit organizations make sense of their situations, contributing to the distinctive character of those organizations through their actions and struggles. The conventional literature, artificially divided between micro organizational behaviour and organization theory, has under-explored this obvious conjunction between people and organizations. Stewart Clegg and Cary Cooper perform a great service in helping to make good the deficiency′ – John Child, Professor of Commerce, Birmingham Business School
`Thorough and comprehensive. Thoughtful critique and new insights′ – Chris Argyris, James B. Conant Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University
In this second volume of The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Behavior, the focus is on macro-organizational behavior, revealing ways in which the person and group affect the organization.
Chapters are written by eminent and upcoming scholars in the field, each presenting on the major issues in organizational behavior as seen with a macro-lens. The Handbook is divided into three parts, the first introducing and framing the field; the second part considering the various organizational processes involved, including learning, teamwork, identity and power, among others, while finally Part Three introduces organizing on a macro-scale, covering topics such as organizational change, design governance and globalization.
The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Behavior: Macro Approaches is an essential resource for researchers and students across management and organization studies.
Editorial Reviews
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“This volume is a valuable addition to the organizational behavior literature.” — G. Klinefelter ― CHOICE magazine Published On: 2009-04-17
About the Author
Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and an Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney.
Cary L. Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare. He was the Founding Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior, former Editor of the scholarly journal Stress and Health and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management, now in its’ 3rd Edition. He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and wellbeing, was Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease of the World Economic Forum (2009-2010) (then served for 5 years on the Global Agenda Council for mental health of the WEF) and was Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences 2009-2015. He was Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the Cabinet Office and National School of Government 2005-2010. Professor Cooper is currently the Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work (comprised of 40 global companies eg BP, Microsoft, NHS Executive, UK government (wellbeing lead) , Rolls Royce, John Lewis Partnership, etc.). Professor Cooper is the author/editor of over 250 books in the field of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work, and occupational stress. He was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his contributions to occupational health; and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.
Author(s): Eva Gruber (Editor, Contributor), Aloys N.M. Fleischmann (Contributor), Blanca Schorcht (Contributor), Carter Meland (Contributor), Doris Wolf (Contributor), Dr Floyd Patrick Favel (Contributor), Helen Hoy (Contributor), James H. Cox (Contributor), Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber (Contributor), Julia Breitbach (Contributor), Kathleen Flaherty (Contributor), Katja Sarkowsky (Contributor), Linda Warley (Contributor), Marco Ulm (Contributor), Mark Shackleton (Contributor), Marlene Goldman (Contributor), Marta Dvorak (Contributor), Martin Kuester (Contributor), Reingard M. Nischik (Contributor), Renée Hulan (Contributor), Robin Ridington (Contributor), Stuart Christie (Contributor), Suzanne Rintoul (Contributor)
Publisher: Camden House
Publication Date: 1 Aug. 2012
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 374 pages
ISBN-10: 1571134352
ISBN-13: 9781571134356
Book Description
A comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the work of one of the foremost Native North American writers and his reception and influence. Thomas King is one of North America’s foremost Native writers, best known for his novels, including Green Grass, Running Water, for the DreadfulWater mysteries, and for collections of short stories such as One Good Story, That One and A Short History of Indians in Canada. But King is also a poet, a literary and cultural critic, and a noted filmmaker, photographer, and scriptwriter and performer for radio. His career and oeuvre have been validated by literary awards and by the inclusion of his writing in college and university curricula. Critical responses to King’s work have been abundant, yet most of this criticism consists of journal articles, and to date only one book-length study of his work exists. Thomas King: Works and Impact fills this gap by providing an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of all major aspects of King’s oeuvre as well as its reception and influence. It brings together expert scholars to discuss King’s role in and impact on Native literature and to offer in-depth analyses of his multifaceted body of work. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of literature,English, and Native American studies, and to King aficionados. Contributors: Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber, Julia Breitbach, Stuart Christie, James H. Cox, Marta Dvorak, Floyd Favel, Kathleen Flaherty, Aloys Fleischmann, MarleneGoldman, Eva Gruber, Helen Hoy, Renée Hulan and Linda Warley, Carter Meland, Reingard M. Nischik, Robin Ridington, Suzanne Rintoul, Katja Sarkowsky, Blanca Schorcht, Mark Shackleton, Martin Kuester and Marco Ulm, Doris Wolf. Eva Gruber is Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Konstanz, Germany.
Editorial Reviews
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P]rovides a thorough analysis of King’s role as a writer and storyteller. . . . One key chapter, Reingard Nischik’s . . ., provides the first-ever treatment of King’s poetry. . . . In his contribution, . . . James Cox examines King’s response to US/Canadian Indian legislation and activist responses to it. . . . Most important, the last of the book’s five parts provides an invaluable bibliography of all of King’s work (including his photography) and critical essays about it. Recommended. All academic readers. ― CHOICE
About the Author
Assistant Professor at the Department of Literature/American Studies, Universitat Konstanz (University of Constance).
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