Overview

The most important book on management and organizations for the past thirty years. Organizations are a part of everyday life, whether in schools, hospitals, police stations or commercial companies. In this classics text, Charles Handy argues that the key to successful organizations lies in a better understanding of the needs and motivations of the people within them. Understanding Organizations offers an extended 'dictionary' of the key concepts -- culture, motivations, leadership, role-playing, co-ordinating and consultation -- and then shows how this 'language' can help us find new solutions to familiar problems. Few management writers have been as consistently challenging and influential as Charles Handy. Firmly established as one of the core business texts, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in organizations and how to make them work better.

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The author's years of research and experience into how organizations work are distilled in this invaluable work. The new edition of Understanding Organizations provides an extended 'dictionary' of key concepts such as culture, motivation, leadership, power, role playing and group working, and then explains how to use these ideas to find solutions to your own problems. Read it from cover to cover or dip into it as you need inspiration. (Kirkus UK)

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Charles Handy is now a writer and broadcaster, following careers as an economist, Professor at the London Business School and a consultant to a wide variety of organizations. He is widely regarded as the top 'businessguru' in the UK. UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONS was originally published in 1976. He lives in Norfolk and London (Putney).

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