Organizational Theory and Design [Hardcover]

Richard L. Daft (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0538879025 | ISBN-13: 978-0538879026 | Publication Date: August 1997 | Edition: 6th

This market leading text presents the most recent thinking about organizations in a way that is interesting and enjoyable. It continues to integrate new concepts and models from organization theory with changing events in the real world of organizations to provide the most up-to-date view of organizations available.

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About the Author

Professor Richard L. Daft Richard Daft received his M.B.A and P.H.D from the University of Chicago in 1971 1974. He is the Ralph Owen Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership and Organizational Transitions in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Prof. Daft specializes in the study of organization theory and leadership. He is also an active consultant for several companies and government organizations. His specialties in both teaching and consulting include leadership organizational change organizational behavior organizational theory and strategic management. Professor Daft has also authored and co-authored six books in addition to several scholarly articles and papers and is widely known for writing the U.S. market-leading text in the organizational theory.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 650 pages
• Publisher: South-Western Pub; 6th edition (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0538879025
• ISBN-13: 978-0538879026
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,275,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, watch out..., May 15, 1999

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This review is from: Organizational Theory and Design (Hardcover)

I'm using this text for my HRM course and it is, without a doubt, the most straightforward text I have ever read. Coming from a senior, whose read my share of textbooks, if you are teaching HRM, this book makes it conducive to learning the elementary ideas of HRM. This is one text I'll be keeping instead of selling back to the bookstore.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most meaningful book I have ever read, April 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Organizational Theory and Design (Hardcover)

As a student, I think this book is the most meaningful book I have read. it is easy to read, easy to grasp. If you are someone who wants to grap the most important ideas out of whatever you read, then this book is good one for you. If you like to dive in, and read in details, you also can do that. The way this book was written gave it this unique previlage.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Readable and great information, November 20, 2000

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This review is from: Organizational Theory and Design (Hardcover)

Daft out did himself in this edition of his text. He includes book reviews and company profiles throughout each chapter to illustrate the theories he's describing. I read this for an MA course and found it easy to learn from. I'm even putting the information into practice at work! Not all textbooks are that helpful. *grin*