Morgan shows managers how to break free of management fads by understanding the strengths and weaknesses of management metaphors and applying them to organizational life.
BooknewsShows how managers can broaden and deepen their understanding of organization and organizational problems and use powerful new metaphors to shape new ways of working. Reveals that all organization and management theories are based on images, or metaphors, that can create profound insights as well as great distortions, and demonstrates how to integrate the strengths and overcome the weaknesses of competing management perspectives. This edition incorporates research of the past decade, and is abridged to increase its accessibility to today's managers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Author : Morgan, Gareth
Language : English
Edition : Abridged
Published :1998-06-06
Number Of Pages : 368
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1576750388
ISBN-13 : 9781576750384
Item weight : 1.15 lb
Dimensions : 0.63 in x 6.14 in x 9.06 in
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