Part I Introduction to Organizations 1 What are Organizations? 2 Perspectives on Organizations Part II Organizational Purpose and Structural Design3 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 Elements8 Manufacturing and Service Technologies9 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 Cases1.0 Bin Kanzo: Competition, Collaboration and Expansion in the Saudi ArabianCrane Industry2.0 `Box-ticking' in Organizations: Lessons of the Nimrod Disaster 3.0 Intercrane Ltd: Debates over Senior Decision-making and Strategyfor Expansion 4.0 DYnotex Interio Ltd: Segmentation or Assimilation of Discrete ProductionLines in a Changing Environment 5.0 Blood on the Gatepost: Family Conflicts in the New ZealandFarming Industry