Meta-organizationsEdward Elgar Publishing, 01.01.2008 - 200 Seiten A growing number of organizations are meta-organizations; rather than individuals they have other organizations as their members. This comprehensive book explains, in-depth, the unique way in which meta-organizations function, how they differ from organizations with individual membership, and how they are crucial agents in the process of globalization. |
Inhalt
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Many metaorganizations | 9 |
Environment members and metaorganizations | 43 |
Creating and sustaining metaorganizations | 62 |
Similarity dissimilarity and identity formation | 92 |
Conflicts and decisionmaking problems | 107 |
The dynamics of metaorganizations | 132 |
Metaorganizations and individualbased organizations | 142 |
Organized globalization | 149 |
References | 173 |
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