Organizational Context: Design and Culture |  |
Chapter Objectives| Explain the modern organization theories of open
systems, information processing, contingency, ecology,
and learning. |
| Present the emerging horizontal, network, and virtual
designs of organizations. |
| Define organizational culture and its characteristics. |
| Relate how an organizational culture is created. |
| Describe how an organizational culture is maintained. |
| Explain some ways of changing organizational culture. |
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