Organization Theory: A Strategic ApproachEmploying a strategic/systems approach to the subject, this book begins by examining the organization's outside environment and goes on to study information management and strategy formulation, goals, design and structure. |
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Organizations as Strategic Systems | 39 |
Organization Theory and the Strategic Systems Approach | 59 |
CASE O Whats Good for Toyota Is Good for the Country | 68 |
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