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What Is It For?: Challenging Traditional Organizational Aims

John Argenti

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English

Routledge
10 April 2018

Economics; Business strategy; Management: leadership & motivation; Personnel & human resources management; Organisational theory & behaviour

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Management

This book, first published in 1993, challenges the accepted and practised methods organizations use to set standards of performance and quantify their achievements. Using in-depth case studies, John Argenti compares the performance of companies with that of non-profit making organizations to reveal remarkable insights into corporate culture. He notes how companies meticulously evaluate their performance, yet behave poorly in society while, in stark contrast, these actions are reversed in non-profit making organizations.

Your Organization: What Is It For? is essential reading for everyone who exercises the role of governance and is responsible for the overall performance and conduct of their organization.

By: John Argenti
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 5
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780815366799
ISBN 10: 0815366795
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Management
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 10 April 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; 1. The Problem 2. The Solution 3. Organizations: What Are They For? 4. The Purpose Sequence 5. Performance Indicators 6. The Target Sequence 7. The Purpose Sequence for Companies 8. The Spoilers 9. The Purpose Sequence for NPOs 10. A College and the Girl Guides 11. The Prisons. Local and National Government 12. The Police. Architects 13. The Stakeholder Theory 14. The Principle of Engagement 15. Defective Systems of Governance 16. The Governing Directors 17. The Management of Organizations 18. The Consequences of the Beneficiary Doctrine 19. The Governance of Nations; Glossary; References; Index

John Argenti