During the Holocaust, 99 percent of all Jewish killings were carried out by members of state organizations. In this groundbreaking book,... Læs mere
During the Holocaust, 99 percent of all Jewish killings were carried out by members of state organizations. In this groundbreaking book,... Læs mere
How - as members, customers, voters or patients - do we deal with Organizations: public administrations; universities and schools; hospitals; prisons; political parties;... Læs mere
This book shows that the introduction of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) of credit points as a new accounting unit at universities has led to increased bureaucracy and the schoolmaster-style regimentation of Bachelor’s and Master’s courses.
Management’s only way for influencing organizational culture—and this may sound paradoxical at first—is to change the organization’s formal structure as for example its incentive schemes, goal-setting processes, strategic directions or hierarchy.
Hardly any other management concept is as overused as strategy, yet at the same time hardly any other concept is as vaguely defined. With these, we let... Læs mere
The linear, goal-oriented approach to projects that is so popular in management literature is only appropriate if you are dealing with well-defined problems. For projects that address poorly defined problems, however, the principles of classic project management don’t work;
mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">When (re-)designing organizations, one must first be clear about what is meant by the structures of an organization and... Læs mere