Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives

I needed the book urgently for a paper I had to write for my doctorate and it had all the information I was looking for. However, the company did not ship it 2 day shipping, but just 2 day priority, which caused it to be 2 days later than I was told. I was refunded the shipping fees. I like the book. I read other people comment that it's dry, but when you talk about theories, there is just not a plot involved and nothing to keep you on the edge of your seat. For the topic, it was written very well and it's not hard to keep the mind on the subject while reading it instead of thinking of all the good stuff I could be doing instead, like eating ice-cream at the beach. Hope this is helpful

Clear explanation of organization issues with good examples from current decade to the last few decades. Excellent!

This is a really, really dense read. It takes a lot of concentration and thought to read through the chapters, but I think it's organized well, provides great information and is broken into great chapters with key terms.

A great book, but for whom this specific studying Organizational Theory, its didactic method is very interesting because it incorporates three perspectives, the modern , the symbolic and postmodern. I had read the second edition of this book and I think there was a great evolution for the third edition.

Quick, awesome delivery-no issues with the text! I'll need it at the end for my capstone. Thank you so much.

This book is very useful for students who are learning to advocate for specific populations and need guidelines on how to organize themselves to do so.

The authors present a very good outline in understanding organizations. I would recommend every individual to get a copy of this book and read it.

The book itself is probably excellent and I'm not giving this product one star in that regard. As a doctoral student preparing for my seventh class, I've relied heavily on Kindle versions for all my textbook readings for my previous classes and been just fine reading them on my phone because I could just increase the font size. For this class though, it appears this is an eBook which does not allow font size to be changed and instead it reads like a large PDF file where you can zoom in and out with your fingers in a traditional "pinch method". This might work fine for a page or two, but trying to read an entire text like this is really irritating. To be fair, if you look up Amazon's description of an eBook, this functionality is made very crystal clear, but for those of you who just think that everything sold in Amazon's Kindle section has this functionality, beware! Unfortunately I've noticed that several other books I need this semester are also going to be eBooks, so I might have to switch on over to a larger reading device to not drive myself insane. Regarding the book, I only have chapter 1 a quick read through and it actually seems quite good. I really wish I could adjust the font size though.

Great book which being a new vision on organizations!

O livro chegou em boas condições de uso e apresentação, dentro do prazo estimado.

Organizing is, on the one hand, such a boring topic, as there are few important variations to be seen in practice. On the other hand, it is one of the greatest topics of all, as it allows both great things to be achieved, and each work day to be a great experience. Well, after you read this book, I think you will be inspired to try something of the latter: To make work a better place - because you know how important it is to focus more on the way people work together, instead of just on the things to be done next. That's a great accomplishment for a textbook, I think.

Very well written and informative. I’m using this text as my primary text for management of information organizations that I teach at graduate level.

Excellent