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The Reality of Organizations

A Guide for Managers

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  • © 1985

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  1. Rosemary Stewart
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-6
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  2. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Ways of looking at organizations

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 14-27

  3. Tasks of organization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. What kind of jobs?

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 30-42

    3. How to group activities

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 43-58

    4. Coordination: problems and remedies

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 59-75

  4. Some common organizational problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-78
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    2. Superior-subordinate relationships

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 79-92

    3. The manager and the specialist

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 93-109

    4. Managerial relations

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 110-125

    5. How much decentralization?

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 126-137

    6. Order versus flexibility

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 138-152

    7. The changing organization

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 153-173

    8. Changing the organization

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 174-187

    9. Providing managers for the future

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 188-202

    10. Conclusions — What can go wrong?

      • Rosemary Stewart
      Pages 203-212

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 213-224
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Reality of Organizations

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide for Managers

  • Authors: Rosemary Stewart

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08091-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Rosemary Stewart 1985

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-08091-5Published: 18 June 1985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 216

  • Topics: Management

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