Mintzberg, Henry

Understanding Organizations...Finally!: Structure in Sevens

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ISBN 13:
9781523000050
author:
Mintzberg, Henry
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
language:
English
Publication Year:
2023
Pages:
244
Dimensions:
23.2 x 15.4 x 1.8 centimetres (0
Genre:
Business, Management, General,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£19.46

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Understanding Organizations...Finally! Structure in Sevens by Henry Mintzberg Henry Mintzberg provides a clear and concise framework for understanding the seven forces that shape all human organizations. By synthesizing sixty years of research, he identifies these forces as efficiency, proficiency, consolidation, collaboration, culture, division, and conflict, which align with seven basic organizational forms. This book explores how these forms combine and hybridize, offering a life-cycle model to explain organization transitions. Mintzberg argues that organizations are formed by relationships, yet their purpose is achieved through individual work. He explains why organizations exist in the way they do and provides insights on how to make individual organizations function at their highest level. This book offers a valuable perspective on organizational behavior and design. By understanding the seven forces and their relationship to organizational forms, readers can gain a deeper insight into the complexities of human organization.

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