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While there are many textbooks available for courses in organizational behavior there are very few that address organization theory and even fewer that discuss organization development in any significant way. In three sections, this text thoroughly examines organization theory, organization behavior, and organization development. Each section contains key chapters that address foundations, research, and new directions in these domains.
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Perceiving a need in health administration education for a text that addresses organization theory and development along with the more frequently treated subject of behavior, Johnson (health administration, Central Michigan U) presents such a text. Twenty-one contributed chapters offer coverage of classical and modern theories of organization, and complexity and postmodern theory; discussion of individual behavior and motivation, group dynamics, power and politics, conflict, leadership, decision making, and stakeholder dynamics; and treatment of transformational change, team building, and governance, among other topics. Two final chapters discuss organization development for terrorism and natural disasters, and the future. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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