The iconic Henry Mintzberg provides a crystal-clear map to the forms and forces that shape all human organizations, synthesizing his fifty years of research.
The iconic Henry Mintzberg provides a crystal-clear map to the forms and forces that shape all human organizations, synthesizing his fifty years of research.
We live in a world of organizations, from our birth in hospitals until our burial by funeral homes. In between, we are educated, employed, entertained, and exasperated by organizations. We had better understand how these strange beasts really work. But where can we go to find out?
Welcome to Understanding Organizations . . . Finally! For half a century, Mintzberg has been observing organizations, advising them, engaging them, and escaping them. Here he offers a masterful update and revision of his 1983 classic, Structure in Fives.
Believing there is one best way to structure organizations is the worst way to do so. A better place to start is by recognizing different species of organizations. Mintzberg identifies seven-personal enterprises, programmed machines, professional assemblies, project pioneers, and others. He explores these forms and the seven forces that drive them toward hybrids and across their life cycles.
You will find no better guide to the care and feeding of these extraordinarily varied and vital creatures than this book.
By:
Henry Mintzberg
Imprint: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781523000050
ISBN 10: 1523000058
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 28 March 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Our World of Organizations Part I: Re-Viewing the Organization 2. The Players and the Parts 3. The Art, Craft, and Science of Organizing Part II: The Building Blocks of Organizational Design 4. The Mechanisms to Coordinate 5. The Elements of Design 6. Design in Context Part III: Four Fundamental Forms of Organization 7. The Personal Enterprise 8. The Programmed Machine 9. The Professional Assembly 10. The Project Pioneer 11. The Four together Part IV: Seven Basic Forces for Organizing 12. A Force for Each Form 13. Three Forces for All the Forms Part V: Three More Forms 14. The Divisional Form 15. The Community Ship 16. The Political Arena Part VI: Balancing the Forces across the Forms 17. In Praise of the Anchored Form 18. Hail to the Hybrids 19. Riding the Life Cycle across the Forms Part VII: Organizing Beyond Sevens 20. Organizations Outward Bound 21. Opening Up Organization Design
Henry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University in Montreal, the winner of awards from the most prestigious academic and practitioner institutions in management (Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management, Association of Management Consulting Firms, and others), and the recipient of twenty honorary degrees from around the world. He is the author or coauthor of fifteen books.
