Management and Economics of OrganisationsDescription |
This text uses an economic analysis to develop a framework for the study of organisation and recognises that business and economics courses are moving towards an understanding of the role of management in economic organisation.  |
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Features |
- Five original chapters on the economics of organisation answer the question of why firms exist in the first place.
- Examines organisational issues in a changing environment: i.e
- The popular issues of 'downsizing', outsourcing, venturing, empowering, subcontracting, teaming and jobs for life which helps students to apply the theory to real life.
- Economic theory creates a treatment of managerial issues that are integrated with traditional business disciplines, including finance, strategy, human resource management and organisational behaviour.
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Table of Contents |
| 1.Introduction: Firms and Managing Them 2.Competitive Exchange 3.The Neo-Classical Theory of the Firm 4.Efficiency, the Price System and Organizations 5.Property Rights, Ownership and Efficiency 6.Organizational Tools 7Contracts: Motivation Through Agreement 8.Contracts: Issues of Discourse 9.Distribution, Rents and Efficiency 10.Theory of Investments and Financial Markets 11.Ownership and Control 12.The Employment Relationship 13.The Organization of Work 14.Innovation and Technological Change 15.Flexible Production, Technology and Organization 16.The Economics of Strategy 17.An International Comparison of Organizational Styles |
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