TY - BOOK AU - Daft,Richard L. AU - Marcic,Dorothy ED - Richard Ivey School of Business. TI - Organization: theory and design SN - 9780538879026 (hbk.) : U1 - 658.4 DAF PY - 1998/// CY - Cincinnati, Ohio PB - South-Western KW - Organizational sociology KW - Case studies KW - Organization KW - Society KW - ukslc KW - Organizational theory & behaviour KW - thema N1 - "With cases contributed by Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario. Workbook and workshop exercises written and prepared by Dorothy Marcic."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1: Introduction to organizations: Chapter 1 Organizations and Organization Theory 2 -- Part 2: The open system : Chapter 2 Stategic Management and organisational effectiveness -- Part 3 Organisation stucture and design: Chapter 4 Manufactoring, service, and design. --Chapter 5 Organization size, life cycle and decline -- Capter 6: Fundamentls of organization structure. -- Part 4: Chapter 8 Organization Design process -- Chapter 9 Information Technology and Organizational contral -- Chapter 10 Organizational culture and ethical values -- Part 5: Managing Dynamic Processes Chapter 11 Decision making process -- Chapter 12 Power and politics -- Chapter 13 Interdepartmental relationships -- Chapter 15 Toward the learning Organization -- Integrative Cases N2 - Daft's textbook contains up-to-date information on organizational theory, supported by case studies and workshop exercises. New cases in this edition include Delta Airlines, Sun Microsystems, Taco Bell and MADD ER -