Managing for the Future: Organizational Behavior and Processes (Paperback)

by Deborah G. Ancona (Author), Thomas A. Kochan (Author), Maureen Scully (Author), John Van Maanen (Author), D. Eleanor Westney (Author)

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Product Description
Managing for the Future is an innovative approach to teaching organizational behavior based on the course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The text first presents the new organization, examining it through strategic, political, and cultural lenses. Then the role and impact of teams and central issues facing the organization itself are explored. The last section of the text focuses on skills--the goal being not only to present the new organization but also illustrate how students can become better actors within it. Each of the 14 modules provides many instructional options through cases, readings, exercises and projects. Managing for the Future's modular format allows for even greater flexibility, allowing instructors to select only the topics they need to suit their course needs. Managing for the Future's flexible design and its' experiential-based approach make the text and appealing choice for experienced learners.

About the Author
Deborah Ancona is the Seley Distinguished Professor of Management at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Columbia University. Prior to joining MIT, she was on the faculty of the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. Professor Ancona's major research interests include group processes, team performance, boundary management, and time and timing in organizations. She has published articles in these areas in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, and Group and Organization Studies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 696 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 3 edition (March 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324055757
• ISBN-13: 978-0324055757
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #334,326 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ehhh, February 27, 2009

By	Daddie "Daddie" (WA United States) - See all my reviews

From one of the worst classes I've taken, and I'm still pondering if it was the book or the professor's lack of student instruction. Great presentations on info from the prof when not having the students or guest present, (he graded too little and oddly as well) but I can't say the book and him ever really seemed to balance out. Potentially good, but in the hands of a death on student teaching and inactive prof it's just a paper weight. Maybe if the prof knew or used the book more in class I'd have a better oppinion. More likely the publisher would of had to make lesson plans and free business examples like those found on Harvard Review Online to make things fit better overall. Either way it wasn't much of a single source guide in my experience to make up for the lack of others.