Table of Contents

Part One: What is Organization Theory?Organization theory and its multiple perspectivesA brief history of organization theoryPart Two: Core Concepts and TheoriesOrganization-environment relationsOrganizational social structureOrganizational technologyOrganizational cultureThe physical structure of built space in organizationsPart Three: Themes and ApplicationsPower in and around organizations: Organizational politics, conflict, and controlOrganizational identity at Carlsberg Group

About the Author

Mary Jo Hatch (PhD Stanford, 1985) is the C. Coleman McGehee Eminent Scholars Research Professor of Banking and Commerce, Emerita, at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Visiting Professor at Gothenburg University, and an International Research Fellow of the Centre for Corporate Reputation, University of Oxford. Her research has been published in the Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Academy of Management Review, European Journal of Marketing, Human Relations, Journal of Management Inquiry, Strategic Organization, Administrative Science Quartely, and Organization. She received the 2011 Distinguished Educator Award from the Academy of Management's Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division.

Reviews

'The most useful introductory text on organization theory there is.' (Ian Storer, Sheffield Hallam University ) 'A text that will genuinely help a student be an organization theorist.' (Gemma Donnelly-Cox, Trinity College Dublin ) 'The comprehensiveness of the approach is beyond question.' (Dr Sandra Pereira, University of Warwick ) 'This is an excellent textbook.' (Dr Marco Berti, University of Technology, Sydney ) 'Very good, very accessible, very relevant.' (Dr Beryl Bellman, California State University Los Angeles )