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Organizational Management

Policies and Practices

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Editors:
  1. Carolina Machado

    1. University of Minho, Portugal

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  2. J. Paulo Davim

    1. University of Aveiro, Portugal

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. What We Know about Organizational Commitment: An Overview of the Literature of the Last Decades

    • Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano, Pedro Jiménez Estévez, Mercedes Rubio-Andrés
    Pages 1-14

  3. Purpose, Change and Top Management in the Mid-1920s: Revisiting Selected Papers Presented at the Meetings of the Taylor Society

    • Aykut Berber
    Pages 15-30

  4. Managing Careers: Anchored, Plateaued or Drifting?

    • João Fontes da Costa, Teresa Carla Oliveira
    Pages 31-62

  5. Other Organizational Perspectives on the Contribution of Human Resources Management to Organizational Performance

    • João Leite Ribeiro, Delfina Gomes
    Pages 63-106

  6. Training and Development from the SME Point of View: Portuguese Employers’ Input

    • Ana Paula Ferreira, Fernanda Velinças
    Pages 107-131

  7. Recruitment and Selection in the Expatriation Process: Comparing Perceptions between Organizations and Individuals

    • Inês Resende, Emília Fernandes
    Pages 132-149

  8. From Cooperative to Hybrid Organization: Internationalization, Financing and Crisis

    • Juan José Durán Herrera, Nuria Bajo Davó
    Pages 150-174

  9. Power and Micro-Politics in the Strategy Formation of Small and Medium Size Enterprises

    • David Starr-Glass
    Pages 175-204

  10. Deigning Down or Learning Up? Lack of Voice and Dialogue in Change Management of Public Hospitals

    • Teresa Carla Oliveira, Vítor Manuel dos Reis Raposo
    Pages 205-228

  11. About the Expatriation Process in SMEs: A Portuguese Look at the HRM Role

    • Cláudia Carvalho, Carolina Feliciana Machado
    Pages 229-249

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 251-254
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About this book

Organizations are increasingly facing continuous and highly complex changes that require more proactive strategies, policies and management practices. Conscious of this reality, this book provides information and debate on principles, strategies, models, techniques, methodologies and applications of organizational management in the field of industry, commerce and services.

Organizational Management communicates the latest developments and thinking on the organizational management subject world-wide, and seeks cultural and geographic diversity in studies and uses of organizational management that have a special impact on organizational communications, change processes and work practices. With an emphasis on the way organizations define and develop their management policies and practices in order to acquire more competitive advantages in the global market, this book is crucial to any practitioner or researcher of current organizational management.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Minho, Portugal

    Carolina Machado

  • University of Aveiro, Portugal

    J. Paulo Davim

About the editors

Carolina Machado is Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Head of Human Resources Management work group at University of Minho, Portugal, and Chief Editor of the International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE). Her research interests include International Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management in Small and Medium Enterprises, Training and Development, Management Change and Knowledge Management.
 
J. Paulo Davim is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal. With more than 28 years of teaching and research experience, he is the Editor-in-Chief of 8 international journals and an Editorial Board member of another 25 international journals. In addition, he has published as author and co-author of more than 6 books, 50 chapters and 350 journal and conference articles.

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