Organizational Studies

by Alan S. Gutterman

Overview

An organization is any group of persons with a common objective.  Simply put, two or more people may band together to form an organization because they determine that working together is a more effective means for creating value than if each of them continued to work separately.  This book provides a brief introduction to the theory and study of organizations, sometimes referred to as organizational studies.  The field of organizational studies is based on pursuing a better understanding of the structured processes that emerge within organizations to guide how the members interact with one another to pursue their mutually agreed goals and objectives.  Among the key topics covered are popular definitions of the term "organizations" and theories regarding the purposes of organizations; how organizations create value for the members of the organization and society as a whole; descriptions of the various internal and external stakeholders of an organization; the fundamental elements of organizational management, including structure, culture, design and environmental factors; an overview of the academic foundations for organizational studies; and a description of the key determinants of organizational effectiveness and popular methods for measuring organizational effectiveness.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156439287
Publisher:	Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project
Publication date:	03/10/2019
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	201 KB

About the Author

Alan S. Gutterman is the Founding Director of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project (www.seproject.org).  In addition, Alan’s prolific output of practical guidance for legal and financial professionals, entrepreneurs and investors has made him one of the best-selling individual authors in the global legal publishing marketplace.  His cornerstone work, Business Transactions Solution, is on online-only product available and featured on Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw, the world’s largest legal content platform, which includes almost 200 book-length modules covering the entire lifecycle of a business.  Alan has also authored or edited over 70 books on sustainable entrepreneurship, management, business transactions, international business and technology management for a number of publishers including Thomson Reuters, Kluwer, Oxford, Quorum, ABA Press, Aspen, Euromoney, Business Expert Press, Harvard Business Publishing and BNA.  Alan has over three decades of experience as a partner and senior counsel with internationally recognized law firms counseling small and large business enterprises in the areas of general corporate and securities matters, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, international law and transactions and strategic business alliances, and has also held senior management positions with several technology-based businesses including service as the chief legal officer of a leading international distributor of IT products headquartered in Silicon Valley and as the chief operating officer of an emerging broadband media company.  He has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, including Boalt Hall, Santa Clara University and the University of San Francisco, teaching classes on a range of topics including corporate finance, venture capital and law and economic development,  He received his A.B., M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.B.A. from Golden Gate University, and a Ph. D. from the University of Cambridge.  For more information about Alan and his activities, please contact him directly at [e-mail], follow him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alangutterman/) and visit his website at alangutterman.com, which includes an extensive collection of links to his books and other publications and resource materials for students and practitioners of sustainable entrepreneurship.