Discovering Organizations

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Robin Burrow (Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies, Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies , University of York)

Discovering Organizations

Robin Burrow (Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies, Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies , University of York)

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Oxford University Press
02 April 2025

Institutions & learned societies: general; Organisation & management of education; Business studies: general; Organisational theory & behaviour

Discovering Organizations is recommended as core reading by module leaders who seek an engaging, thought-provoking introduction to organizational theory and organization studies. This text operates as a springboard to help readers appreciate the complexity of organization and then have the confidence to delve deeper by reading a range of additional texts, articles, and cases. ""Our capacity for organization is quite remarkable. I think the organizations we build are among our greatest achievements ... My aim in writing this book is to help people better understand the organizations that surround them and how they work ... by starting at the literal beginning - with where, when, and why we humans started to get organized and the sort of organizations we established."" -- Robin BurrowAs well as building students' understanding of how we have organized ourselves in the past, and how we organize ourselves now, this textbook looks optimistically to the future of organizations. It will aim to provoke and appeal to students' enthusiasm and excitement about what the future may hold for organizations with down-to-earth and relevant examples.

By: Robin Burrow (Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies University of York)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 199mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 296g
ISBN: 9780192847461
ISBN 10: 0192847465
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 02 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Preface Acknowledgements Special Thanks PART 1: The Big Four 1: Humans and organizations 2: Public Organizations 3: Private Organizations 4: Informal Organizations 5: Criminal Organizations PART 2: How Organizations Work 6: Record keeping, rules and the invention of bureaucracy 7: Formality, rationality, and organizations 8: Power, control and the motivation to work 9: Resistance and the informal side of organizations Index

Dr. Robin Burrow is a Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies at the University of York in the School for Business and Society. Burrow's research is concerned with the lived realities of work in extremely challenging organizational contexts.

Reviews for Discovering Organizations

This is an accessible, entertaining, highly engaging and informative book about organisations not only the public and private sector ones that we hear about frequently, but also the informal and criminal organisations that are so often left out of management textbooks. The book covers a wide range of themes, issues and locations, and offers fascinating case studies, further reading and even movie suggestions, providing a wide-ranging set of teaching resources in management and organisation studies and related subjects. It is a must-read not only for students in business and management, but also for anyone seeking to grasp the intricacies of organising and understand the world better. * Toma Pustelnikovaite, Cardiff University * This book is what I have been searching for over the past 5 years. It offers students a comprehensive, engaging and accessible doorway into organisation theory. * Rima Hussein, Northumbria University *