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Organizational Behaviour and Performance

An Open Systems Approach to Change

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Theme and Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Context of the Book: The Change Programme

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 3-21
    3. Plurality and Change: Problems of Value, Method and Analytical Approach

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 22-48
  3. Applications of the Open Socio-technical Systems Approach

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
    2. The Socio-technical Framework

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 51-55
    3. The Finishing Shop

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 56-84
    4. The Press Room

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 85-116
    5. The Lower Foundry

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 117-144
    6. The Three Cases Compared

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 145-152
  4. A General Framework for Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
    2. A Generalised Model of the Open Socio-technical System

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 155-168
    3. The Criteria of Organisational Performance

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 169-177
    4. Strategy Formulation: An Approach to Departmental Improvement

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 178-187
    5. The Evaluation of Success in Change

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 188-194
  5. Particular Strategies for Improvement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
    2. Improvement in the Finishing Shop

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 197-207
    3. Improvement in the Press Room

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 208-216
    4. Improvement in the Lower Foundry

      • Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin
      Pages 217-226
  6. The Wider Context of Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Organizational Behaviour and Performance

  • Book Subtitle: An Open Systems Approach to Change

  • Authors: Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton, Cecily Gribbin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03088-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Allan Warmington, Tom Lupton and Cecily Gribbin 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-03090-3Published: 01 January 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-03088-0Published: 17 June 1977

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 258

  • Topics: Management

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