The Modern Firm: Organizational Design for Performance and Growth (Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (644 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0198293755 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has published over seventy scholarly articles in academic journals in a variety of areas in economic theory and game theory and their application to problems in industrial competition and management. He has also written numerous case studies of businesses and co-authored the seminal textbook on the economics and management of firms (Economics, Organization and Management, Prentice Hall 1992). . Scully Professorship in Economics, Strategic Management and International B
Rich Compendium of Contemporary Management Theory Benjamin Rossen This work sums up most of the salient advances in management theory and microeconomics of the last decade. Before you read it, you should have some understanding of game theory and strategic management, otherwise you may miss the significance of the arguments put forward. For the prepared reader this book is a compendium of thinking on creative management at. "could be much better edited and organised" according to Seeker. whilst there is certainly wisdom in the pages, the book could be much better edited and organised, e.g., some sections go 8 - 9 pages without any sub-headings, which could surely have made reading easier, a glossary will certainly help too, e.g. some words need to be reminded of their meaning: complementarity, risk-neurality etc etc., some footnotes are not . "Stunning Perspective" according to Warren Miller. This book nicely mixes perspectives from economics, organization theory, and strategic management. The writing style is lucid and accessible, unlike many books by academics. It is clear that Dean Roberts has been thinking about these issues for many years.Even though he was trained as a classical economist, he seems to have shed some of the baggage that the
The penetrating insights in The Modern Firm can profitably be applied to a wide variety of strategy and organization problems. Economists, sociologists, organization and strategy scholars, as well as practicing managers, can all learn from the insights on strategy and organization contained in this very fine book."--Joel Podolny, Dean of Yale School of Management"It is interesting, which isn't something you can say about many business books."--The Times of London"This is a book for people looking for a deeper understanding of the modern firm --and enjoying the experience. As one of the world's foremost experts on economics and management, Roberts writes in an engaging style tha
The organizations that are successful will establish patterns of fit among the elements of their organizational designs, their competitive strategies and the external environment in which they operate and will go about this in a holistic manner. Business firms around the world are experimenting with new organizational designs, changing their formal architectures, their routines and processes, and their corporate cultures as they seek to improve their current performance and their growth prospects. The Modern Firm develops powerful conceptual frameworks for analyzing the interrelations between organizational design features, competitive strategy and the business environment. The organizations that are successful will establish patterns of fit among the elements of their organizational designs, their competitive strategies and the external environment in which they operate and