{"product_id":"understanding-organizations-finally-isbn-9781523000051","title":"Understanding Organizations...Finally!","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe iconic Henry Mintzberg provides a crystal-clear map to the forms and forces that shape all human organizations, synthesizing his fifty years of research.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe live in a world of organizations, from our birth in hospitals until our burial by funeral homes. In between, we are educated, employed, entertained, and exasperated by organizations. We had better understand how these strange beasts really work. But where can we go to find out?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Organizations . . . Finally! \u003c\/i\u003eFor half a century, Mintzberg has been observing organizations, advising them, engaging them, and escaping them. Here he offers a masterful update and revision of his 1983 classic, \u003ci\u003eStructure in Fives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBelieving there is one best way to structure organizations is the worst way to do so. A better place to start is by recognizing different species of organizations. Mintzberg identifies seven—personal enterprises, programmed machines, professional assemblies, project pioneers, and others. He explores these forms and the seven forces that drive them toward hybrids and across their life cycles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou will find no better guide to the care and feeding of these extraordinarily varied and vital creatures than this book.1. Our World of Organizations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Re-Viewing the Organization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. The Players and the Parts\u003cbr\u003e3. The Art, Craft, and Science of Organizing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Building Blocks of Organizational Design\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The Mechanisms to Coordinate\u003cbr\u003e5. The Elements of Design\u003cbr\u003e6. Design in Context\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Four Fundamental Forms of Organization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. The Personal Enterprise\u003cbr\u003e8. The Programmed Machine\u003cbr\u003e9. The Professional Assembly\u003cbr\u003e10. The Project Pioneer\u003cbr\u003e11. The Four together\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Seven Basic Forces for Organizing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. A Force for Each Form\u003cbr\u003e13. Three Forces for All the Forms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Three More Forms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. The Divisional Form\u003cbr\u003e15. The Community Ship\u003cbr\u003e16. The Political Arena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Balancing the Forces across the Forms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17. In Praise of the Anchored Form\u003cbr\u003e18. Hail to the Hybrids\u003cbr\u003e19. Riding the Life Cycle across the Forms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Organizing Beyond Sevens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20. Organizations Outward Bound\u003cbr\u003e21. Opening Up Organization Design\u003cb\u003eHenry Mintzberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Montreal, the winner of awards from the most prestigious academic and practitioner institutions in management (\u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Academy of Management, Association of Management Consulting Firms, and others), and the recipient of twenty honorary degrees from around the world. He is the author or coauthor of fifteen books.","brand":"Berrett-Koehler Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300539388133,"sku":"NP9781523000051","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781523000050_1f70ba61-114c-43f5-8048-c4364195a529.jpg?v=1730745047","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/understanding-organizations-finally-isbn-9781523000051","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}