Part I Introduction to Organizations
1 What are Organizations?
2 Perspectives on Organizations
Part II Organizational Purpose and Structural Design
3 Strategy, Organization Design and Effectiveness
4 Fundamentals of Organization Structure
Part III Open System Design Elements
5 The External Environment
6 Interorganizational Relationships
7 Designing Organizations for the International Environment
Part IV Internal Design Elements
8 Manufacturing and Service Technologies
9 Information Technology and Control
10 Organization Size, Life Cycle and Decline
Part V Managing Dynamic Processes
11 Organizational Culture and Ethical Values
12 Innovation and Change
13 Decision-Making Processes
14 Conflict, Power and Politics

Integrative Cases
1.0 Bin Kanzo: Competition, Collaboration and Expansion in the Saudi Arabian
Crane Industry
2.0 ‘Box-ticking’ in Organizations: Lessons of the Nimrod Disaster
3.0 Intercrane Ltd: Debates over Senior Decision-making and Strategy
for Expansion
4.0 DYnotex Interio Ltd: Segmentation or Assimilation of Discrete Production
Lines in a Changing Environment
5.0 Blood on the Gatepost: Family Conflicts in the New Zealand
Farming Industry

New and updated Case for Analysis at the end of each chapter. Brand new and updated Integrative Cases, including examples from the UK, Middle East and NZ. An international perspective incorporating examples and views from Europe to the Middle East. In Practice, Leading by Design and Counterpoint features introducing and developing organizational issues to provide a fuller picture. Case for Analysis and Integrative Cases, providing both short and longer case studies and questions.