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Organization - Contemporary principles & practice


By: John Child, University of Birmingham

Welcome to the accompanying website for the exciting sequel to John Child's classic text, Organization

Downloadable Teaching Notes and PowerPoint Slides to supplement your lectures can be found below.

Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practice provides a current, comprehensive guide to organizational management in today's world, with additional teaching website supports.

Written in an approachable style, and featuring new international examples, this is a major contemporary guide to the role of organization and people in business success

  • A revealing account of new internal organizational forms and the evolution of organization to meet new demands
  • Makes state-of-the-art principles and practice available to students and practitioners.
  • Covers a broad range of topics, from integration, control, reward policies, outsourcing, flexibility and strategic alliances, to trust, learning, and corporate governance.
  • Draws upon recent research and good business journalism.
  • Features new international examples.
  • Each chapter contains summaries of key points, lists of practical guidelines, questions for discussion, and suggestions for further reading.

Click here for table of contents, more information about the book and the author, to view what the critics say, or to request an inspection copy.

Resources

All the resources available are password protected. Simply click on the material you'd like to download and follow the instructions on-screen. Following completion of a short registration form, and verification of your details, you'll be sent your individual username and password.

Teaching Notes

Teaching notes.pdf

PowerPoint Slides

All the resources available are password protected. Simply click on the material you'd like to download and follow the instructions on-screen. Following completion of a short registration form, and verification of your details, you'll be sent your individual username and password.