Organizing and Organizations: An Introduction Book

This major textbook in organizational behaviour does what most other textbooks in the field do not: it captures and conveys the `lived experience' of being and working in organizations while also introducing students to key concepts, research and literature in organizational analysis.The book is in two main parts. The first explores the processes of organizing through a series of chapters, each based on a different facet of organizational life. These reveal the texture of everyday organizing with its deals and games, gossip and jokes, tensions and conflicts, pleasures and pain. Theoretical concepts and practical implications are woven lightly but cogently into an accessible and engrossing narrative, which draws on a large number of first-hand accounts from members of organizations.The second part of the book comprising a substantial thesaurus//dictionary discusses in more detail over 150 terms and concepts from the first part. A table connecting the chapters with traditional categories in organizational behaviour is also included.Organizing and Organizations meets the clear need for an introductory text that integrates insights from both theoretical and experiential understandings of organizations. It will be essential reading for students of organizational behaviour, organization theory, and the psychology and sociology of organizations.Read More