Meta-organizations
1. Organized organizations -- 2. Many meta-organizations -- 3. Environment, members, and meta-organizations -- 4. Creating and sustaining meta-organizations -- 5. Similarity, dissimilarity, and identity formation -- 6. Conflicts and decision-making problems -- 7. The dynamics of meta-organizations -...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
c2008
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Organized organizations -- 2. Many meta-organizations -- 3. Environment, members, and meta-organizations -- 4. Creating and sustaining meta-organizations -- 5. Similarity, dissimilarity, and identity formation -- 6. Conflicts and decision-making problems -- 7. The dynamics of meta-organizations -- 8. Meta-organizations and individual-based organizations -- 9. Organized globalisation A growing number of organizations are meta-organizations; rather than individuals they have other organizations as their members. This comprehensive book explains, in-depth, the unique way in which meta-organizations function, how they differ from organizations with individual membership, and how they are crucial agents in the process of globalization |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 187 p |
| ISBN: | 9781849808866 9781847209504 1847209505 9781848442658 |