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100 _aHarrison, Michael I.
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245 _aDiagnosing organizations: methods, models, and processes
250 _a3rd
260 _bSage Publications, Inc.
_aThousand Oaks
_c2005
300 _ax, 181 p.
365 _aUSD
_b60.00
490 _aApplied Social Research methods Series; Vol. 8.
520 _aHow can organizations handle the opportunities and threats posed by rapidly changing markets and external conditions? How can they improve their overall effectiveness? The Third Edition of Diagnosing Organizations contains up-to-date treatments of techniques and models for diagnosing how organizations deal with challenges like these. The book also shows how consultants and applied researchers can help managers find ways to enhance organizational effectiveness. The completely revised edition of this best-selling book presents the latest techniques for gathering and analyzing diagnostic data. It also covers models and methods for diagnosing organizational designs, everyday practices, fits among organizational components, organizational politics, and power relations. Ethical and political dilemmas of consulting and diagnosis are also explored. The book retains its original coverage of the process of working with members of a client organization to plan and administer a diagnostic study and communicate its results.
650 _aOrganisational change
_96912
650 _aOrganisational Behaviour
_96913
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