Book Description
A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern firm, this book draws on the insights of a variety of areas in modern economics and other disciplines, but presents a coherent, consistent, innovative treatment of the central problems in organizations of motivating people and coordinating their activities. KEY TOPICS: Introduces the fundamental problems organizations encounter and explains why they occur. Discusses a number of patterns of response — showing why organizations are structured as they are, why they adopt the policies they do, and how they solve organizational problems themselves.
The publisher, Prentice Hall Business Publishing
A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern firm, this book draws on the insights of a variety of areas in modern economics and other disciplines, but presents a coherent, consistent, innovative treatment of the central problems in organizations of motivating people and coordinating their activities.
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A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern firm, this book draws on the insights of a variety of areas in modern economics and other disciplines, but presents a coherent, consistent, innovative treatment of the central problems in organizations of motivating people and coordinating their activities. Introduces the fundamental problems organizations encounter and explains why they occur. Discusses a number of patterns of response showing why organizations are structured as they are, why they adopt the policies they do, and how they solve organizational problems themselves.
The Economics, Organization and Management FROM THE PUBLISHER
A systematic treatment of the economics of the modern firm, this book draws on the insights of a variety of areas in modern economics and other disciplines, but presents a coherent, consistent, innovative treatment of the central problems in organizations of motivating people and coordinating their activities. KEY TOPICS: Introduces the fundamental problems organizations encounter and explains why they occur. Discusses a number of patterns of response showing why organizations are structured as they are, why they adopt the policies they do, and how they solve organizational problems themselves.
SYNOPSIS
A systematic treatment of theeconomics of the modern firm, this book draws onthe insights of a variety of areas in moderneconomics and other disciplines, but presents acoherent, consistent, innovative treatment of thecentral problems in organizations of motivatingpeople and coordinating their activities. KEYTOPICS: Introduces the fundamental problemsorganizations encounter and explains why theyoccur. Discusses a number of patterns of response showing why organizations are structured asthey are, why they adopt the policies they do, andhow they solve organizational problems themselves.