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knOWledge eCOnOMy

The indian Challenge

Edited by Ashoka Chandra National Knowledge Commission, Government of India and International Management Institute, Delhi and M k khanijo International Management Institute, Delhi

knowledge Economy addresses the challenge of transforming the Indian economy into a knowledge economy. It looks at change management of the economy and highlights issues such as:

economic trends and critical activities contributing to the desired • change educational issues for preparing the human resources • structural issues for developing institutional frameworks • societal issues for ultimately benefiting the stakeholders. •

READERSHIP Students in business and management or policy studies

February 2009 • 324 pages Cloth (978-8-17-829909-9) • £45.00

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sage direCtiOns in OrganizatiOn studies

Four-Volume Set

Edited by Stewart R Clegg University of Technology, Sydney

SAGE has unparalleled depth in journal backlists in the field of organization studies, and publishes several of the top journals in the field, including Organization , Human Relations and Organization Studies . This four-volume set brings together over 60 of the key papers published in SAGE books and journals since the turn of the millennium, many of which are not easily available in traditional library holdings. Professor Stewart R Clegg is widely recognized as a pre-eminent scholar of organization studies, and together with an international editorial board of 10 renowned scholars, has arranged this selection to help the reader better understand the developments in the field from different perspectives. Emphasis is placed on the ‘history of the present’ of organization studies, with articles that discuss contemporary issues and foreshadow further developments in the field, across popular theoretical perspectives such as discourse analysis, institutional theory and complexity theory.

SAGE LiBRARY in BUSinESS AnD MAnAGEMEnT

October 2009 • 1664 pages Cloth (978-1-84860-868-9) • £600.00

Special Introductory Offer: £550.00

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Organizing gOVernMent

Four-Volume Set

Edited by George Boyne and Rachel Ashworth both at Cardiff University

Comprising theoretical and empirical perspectives and drawn from international journals with a global focus, this four-volume set presents the key papers in macro-organizational and micro-organizational studies and their implications on public administration.

Divided into two sections, the first part of this collection adopts a sectorwide focus, concentrating on the issues of governance, politics, markets and competition, regulation and inter-organizational relations. The second section concentrates on management issues in an organizational context, addressing leadership, strategy and change management.

Drawing on experience of both academic and professional spheres, the editors incorporate a range of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives spanning organizational behaviour, organizational theory, human resource management and strategy, forming a resource that will be invaluable to all students of management in the public sector.

ORGAnizinG AnD MAnAGinG PUBLiC SERViCES

November 2009 • 1664 pages Cloth (978-1-84860-121-5) • £600.00

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Organizing health serViCes

Four-Volume Set

Edited by Graeme Currie Nottingham University Business School and Martin kitchener Cardiff University

Convergence between models of public and private sector management in recent years has turned the research of public services organizations into a fertile and expanding field. This four-volume set, part of the new Organizing and Managing Public Services series, brings together a collection of keynote papers spanning research and practice across health services worldwide, bridging the gap between organization studies and literature more specific to the sociology of health and illness, social policy and health services research.

With papers selected through a qualitative, systematic process of peer review, this collection is an essential resource for libraries, and will be an invaluable aid to teachers and lecturers in structuring courses and referring their students to the key literature.

ORGAnizinG AnD MAnAGinG PUBLiC SERViCES

November 2009 • 1664 pages Cloth (978-1-84787-900-4) • £600.00

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Organization Studies

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stOrytelling OrganizatiOns

David M Boje University of New Mexico

‘Boje does not reflect trends, he is among those who set them’ – Hervé Corvellec, Department of Service Management, Lund University

Written by the leading scholar in this field, Storytelling Organizations explores how narrative and storytelling is an important part of an organization’s strategy, development and learning processes. With excellent examples from Nike, McDonald’s and Disney, readers are shown how the theory that underpins organizational storytelling connects with storytelling in everyday organizational life.

CONTENTS Story Escaping Narrative Prison \ PART ONE: SYSTEMICITY \ Systemicity Complexity Levels \ Dialogisms \ Collective Memory \ PART TWO: STRATEGIES \ Polyphonic Strategy \ Stylistic Strategy \ Chronotopic Strategy \ Architectonic Strategy \ Polypi Strategy \ PART THREE: RESTORYING \ Developing \ Transorganization Development \ PART FOUR: STORY METHOD \ Living Story Method \ Socratic Symposium

READERSHIP Management and organization studies students

October 2008 • 288 pages Cloth (978-1-4129-2976-9) • £75.00 Paper (978-1-4129-2977-6) • £24.99

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theOries OF OrganizatiOn

henry L Tosi University of Florida

Many students have learned about the theories of organization, not by reading the original works, but by reading discussions of theories in textbooks. This sets the theories in context and provides some useful and important information, but those who take this approach to learning fail to see the more complete underlying theoretical structures, which are set forth clearly in Henry L Tosi’s Theories of Organization

READERSHIP Students of organization theory

November 2008 • 336 pages Paper (978-1-4129-2499-3) • £22.00

OrganizatiOn theOry

Ann L Cunliffe University of Hull

The SAGE Course Companion on Organization Theory will help undergraduate students in the subject to extend their understanding of theories and make the connection between these theories and and organizational practice. It will enhance their thinking skills in line with course requirements and provides support on how to revise for exams and prepare for and write assessed pieces. Readers are encouraged not only to think like a organizational theorist but also to think about the subject critically.

SAGE COURSE COMPAniOnS SERiES

2008 • 184 pages Cloth (978-1-4129-3548-7) • £45.00 Paper (978-1-4129-3549-4) • £15.99

Available as inspection copy for lecturers

FOundatiOns OF CrOss Cultural ManageMent

Four-Volume Set

Edited by Mark F Peterson Florida Atlantic University and Mikael Søndergaard University of Aarhus

International studies of cultures and organizations continue to increase in significance. This four-volume set presents researchers and academics with classic works underlying current controversies in international organization studies. It provides scholars in this field with the required understanding of the background readings of current work in key publications in anthropology, economics, sociology and psychology. The set also includes influential early publications particularly focused on cross-cultural and international issues in management.

This major work provides ready access to classic and contemporary materials for insight and understanding of current developments in international organization studies and cross-cultural management.

SAGE LiBRARY in BUSinESS AnD MAnAGEMEnT

2008 • 1488 pages Cloth (978-1-84787-348-4) • £575.00

internatiOnal enCyClOpedia OF OrganizatiOn studies

Four-Volume Set

Edited by Stewart R Clegg University of Technology, Sydney and James Bailey George Washington University

winnER OF CHOICE AwARD!

The Encyclopedia is the definitive description of the field, spanning individual, organizational, societal and cultural perspective in a crossdisciplinary manner. It is the premier reference tool for students, lecturers, academics and practitioners to gather knowledge about a range of important topics from the unique perspective of organization studies with extensive international representation.

The Encyclopedia is thoroughly cross-referenced and entries are based around a series of broad themes. Lead by Stewart R Clegg and James Bailey, a team of international contributors come from the fields of: management; psychology; sociology; communications studies; education; political science; public administration; anthropology; and law.

Key themes include: careers; structure; design; communications; cultures; diversity; innovation; change; strategy; power; leadership; learning; knowledge; ethics; theory; research; conflict; and politics.

2007 • 2008 pages Cloth (978-1-4129-1515-1) • £395.00 eReference (978-1-4129-5624-6) • £495.00

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