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Tables of Contents for Modern Approaches to Understanding and Managing Organizations
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MAKING SENSE OF ORGANIZATION.
1. Introduction: Common Views of Organizations.
2. New Ways of Seeing Organizations.
MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS: FOUR APPROACHES.
3. Getting Organized: The Structural Approach.
4. Applying the Structural Approach.
5. Fitting Organizations to People: The Human Resource Approach.
6. Applying the Human Resource Approach.
7. Managing Power, Conflict, and Coalitions: The Political Approach.
8. Applying the Political Approach.
9. Cultivating Organizational Cultures and Rituals: The Symbolic Approach.
10. Applying the Symbolic Approach.
EXPLANING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: THEORIES AND RESEARCH.
11. Classic Tensions: Structure Versus People.
12. Old Realities Rediscovered: Politics and Symbols.
13. Integrating Organizational Theories.
IMPROVING MANAGEMENT PRACTICE.
14. Matching Management Approaches to the Organizational Situation.
15. Learning to Use Different Leadership Styles.
16. Practices of Successful Managers and Organizations.