The organization is a purposeful and widespread human phenomenon, representing the prevailing institutional form in contemporary societies. Its study involves multiple approaches and orientations due to varying challenges arising from successive changes and developments of the twentieth century, especially in its latter half, which have extended and intensified in the current century. The response to these changes lies in management's ability to play its crucial role in business organizations, as management is the means by which an organization, at any level or form, employs and invests its resources to achieve its goals. An organization's success in achieving distinguished business results over its competitors depends on using essential processes that play a pioneering role in investing its tangible and intangible resources, both available and anticipated. This also includes awareness of the intellectual models within the various approaches to studying organizations, which encompass the most important theories, principles, concepts, and modern practices that help in understanding the dynamics, operations, and management of organizations from a holistic, integrated perspective. This book, comprised of thirteen chapters, aims to shed light on many contemporary topics that assist those interested in managing organizations. Chapter One deals with business organizations in terms of importance, characteristics, objectives, types, functions, reasons for their study, and the challenges they face. Chapter Two covers the evolution of organizational thought and the most important classical, behavioral, and modern schools and theories of organization. Chapter Three discusses organizational goals and objectives in terms of their concept, importance, benefits, and characteristics. Chapter Four addresses the external environment, the specific external environment, and the internal environment, as well as the nature and types of strategic alternatives. Chapter Five covers the strategic management of the organization: its concept, benefits, levels, challenges, and strategic direction (vision, mission, goals). Chapter Six discusses the organizational structure: concept, design, types, models, attributes, and the foundations and dimensions of structuring. Chapter Seven deals with the organization's size and its relationship to organizational dimensions, age, and life cycle. Chapter Eight addresses technology management in organizations: concept, stages, classes, components, and the formulation and implementation of technology strategy. Chapter Nine covers information management: concept, importance, characteristics, types, information systems and their types, and the features of an information society. Chapter Ten addresses the concepts of organizational conflict, power, and politics, as well as the characteristics, types, causes, stages, and management methods of organizational conflict. Chapter Eleven deals with organizational culture: concept, importance, characteristics, types, elements, levels, formation, and its impact on the organization. Chapter Twelve discusses the concept of organizational development, its justifications, obstacles, methods for overcoming resistance to change, and the characteristics and success factors of organizational development. Finally, Chapter Thirteen addresses the management of organizational innovation: its concept, characteristics, types, elements, levels, and the signs and strategies indicative of innovation, along with its obstacles.

• Page Count: 392
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Binding Type: Paperback
• Edition Number: 2
• Printing Color: Black
• Dimensions (cm): 17x24
• Weight (kg): 0.800
• Barcode: 9789957069490