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Essential Texts for MBA Students 2012 Essential texts for MBA Students Essential texts for MBA Students 2 ORDER TODAY +44 (0)20 7324 8703 +44 (0)20 7324 8700 www.sagepub.co.uk Welcome Welcome to the 2012 MBA catalogue from SAGE. This catalogue has been created specically with the MBA student in mind. It includes key new and classic titles of direct relevance to courses across the MBA curriculum, as well as a selection of methods and study skills titles. Particular highlights to look out for include some exciting new titles such as Key Concepts in Organization Theory by Ann L Cunliffe and John T Luhman, A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About HRM by Irena Grugulis, Discovering Statistics Using R by Andy Field, Jeremy Miles and Zoe Field, and Qualitative Organizational Research by Gillian Symon and Catherine Cassell. We are also delighted to bring you new editions of some much-loved and bestselling texts including A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Organisations Sixth Edition by Chris Grey, Leadership Sixth Edition by Peter Northouse, Public Sector Management Sixth Edition by Norman Flynn, Social Marketing Fourth Edition by Philip Kotler and Nancy R Lee and Management Research Fourth Edition by Mark Easterby-Smith, Richard Thorpe and Paul Jackson. All of our core textbooks have been fully developed and come with ancillary support. We trust that you will enjoy reading about this selection of MBA-student friendly titles. The complete backlist of books and journals can be found online at www.sagepub.co.uk Should you wish to discuss any writing plans of your own or ideas for new textbooks, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me at kirsty.smy@sage.co.uk  New and Bestselling Titles P5P8P4 Essential texts for MBA Students Essential texts for MBA Students 3Available as an inspection copy Available as an ebook Inspection Copies Request and manage your inspection copies quickly and easily. www.sagepub.co.uk/ inspectioncopy Keep up-to-date Tell us which subject areas you are interested in hearing about and we’ll keep you up-to-date with relevant products and special offers. Choose how you’d prefer to hear from us, be it by e-mail or post www.sagepub.co.uk/myaccount Green SAGE We recognise that our business operations have an impact on the environment and are committed to minimising them. 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Look out for the eBooks symbol when browsing www.sagepub.co.uk/ebooks Contents Organizational Behaviour / Organization Studies 4-6 Change Management 7 Leadership 8 -11 Human Resource Management & Development 11-13 Strategy 14-15 International Business 16 -18 Corporate Governance 19 Corporate Communication & PR 20-21 Marketing 22-25 Not-for-Prot Management 26 Accounting 27 Management Research 28-29 Research Methods 30-34 Index 35 4 ORDER TODAY +44 (0)20 7324 8703 +44 (0)20 7324 8700 www.sagepub.co.uk Organizational Behaviour / Organization Studies Organizational Behaviour / Organization Studies Managing and OrganizatiOns An Introduction to Theory and Practice Third Edition Stewart R Clegg University of Technology, Sydney, Martin Kornberger Copenhagen Business School and Tyrone Pitsis Newcastle University Business School Now in its Third Edition, this unique and highly esteemed text goes from strength to strength, continuing to offer: • seamless coverage of the essential topics of organizational behaviour • a realist’s guide to management, capturing the complex life of organizations (the paradoxical, emotional, insecure, self-confident, responsible, irresponsible) and delivering the key themes and debates in an accessible way • interactive, instructive (and fun) learning aids and features, both in the text and on the Companion Website • an attractive, easily navigable, full-colour text design • a guide to further reading including hand-selected journal articles, many of which are available on the Companion Website. As well as cutting-edge content and features, the Third Edition now includes: • clearer, more concise exposition of all you need to know about organizations • expanded coverage of public-sector, informal and non-profit organizations • additional discussion of international cultures • revised case studies to cater for readers across the world at all levels of knowledge and experience • a revisited Companion Website with longer case studies. Over the last seven years, more and more students and tutors have been won over by Managing and Organizations’ coverage, wisdom and insight, and this new edition is a yet more essential guide to negotiating and understanding the bustling and complex life of organizations. CONTENTS PART ONE: MANAGING PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS \ Managing and Organizations \ Individuals \ Managing Teams and Groups \ Managing Leading, Coaching and Motivating \ Managing Human Resources \ Managing Cultures \ PART TWO: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES \ Managing Power, Politics and Decision- Making in Organizations \ Managing Communications \ Managing Knowledge and Learning \ Managing Innovation and Change \ Managing Sustainability: Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility \ PART THREE: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES \ Managing One Best Way? \ Managing Beyond Bureaucracy \ Managing Organizational Design \ Managing Globalization READERSHIP Management and organization students    5Available as an inspection copy Available as an ebook Organizational Behaviour / Organization Studies Organizational Behaviour / Organization Studies a Very shOrt, Fairly interesting and reasOnably Cheap bOOk abOut studying OrganizatiOns Third Edition Chris Grey University of Warwick ‘This book has carved itself a permanent spot on my bookshelf as I ordered a fresh copy off Amazon after the library finally asked for their copy back’ - Tim Hannigan, Student, London School of Economics and Political Science Relevant across a range of management courses, the Third Edition of A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Studying Organizations offers students a lively, focused and challenging discussion of classical and current ideas about organizations and their management. This new edition has been updated in light of the financial crisis and shows how the resulting sovereign debt crisis has led to job cuts, more insecure employment and a move back to more traditional management techniques. Containing a new foreword, the Third Edition also covers issues such as new forms of control, identity regulation and ethics. CONTENTS Introduction: Why Studying Organizations Matters to Me \ Bureaucracy and Scientific Management \ Organizational Culture and Self-Management \ Human Relations Theory and People Management \ Post-Bureaucracy and Change Management \ The New Capitalism and the Strange Fates of Management     key COnCepts in OrganizatiOn theOry Ann L Cunliffe University of New Mexico and John T Luhman Eastern New Mexico University From agency theory to workplace democracy, this indispensable guide to the key concepts of organization theory aids navigation through the often complex and abstract theories about the design and functioning of organizations.The book will help students: • understand the basics of organization theory • check their understanding of specific concepts • fill in any gaps left by their course reading • as a powerful revision tool. READERSHIP Students of organization theory SAGE KEY CONCEPTS SERIES    6 ORDER TODAY +44 (0)20 7324 8703 +44 (0)20 7324 8700 www.sagepub.co.uk Organizational Behaviour / Organization Studies Change Management understanding OrganizatiOnal Culture Second Edition Mats Alvesson Lund University The Second Edition of this groundbreaking text has been revised and updated to keep apace with developments within organizational culture. Unlike other prescriptive books about organizations, it challenges and provokes critical thinking, giving insight into the field of organizational culture, while also using examples to develop and illustrate ideas on how cultural thinking can be used in managerial and non-managerial organizational theory and theory-supported practice. ABRIDGED CONTENTS The Concept of Organizational Culture \ Culture as a Metaphor and Metaphors for Culture \ Organizational Culture and Identity \ Organizational Culture and Performance \ Organizational Culture, Strategy and Marketing \ Organizational Culture and Leadership \ Culture as Constraint: An Emancipatory Approach \ Work and Multiple Levels of Culture \ Ambiguity of Culture \ Cultural Change READERSHIP Undergraduate and postgraduate students taking modules in organizational behaviour and organizational theory    Making sense OF ManageMent A Critical Introduction Second Edition Mats Alvesson Lund University and Hugh Willmott Cardiff Business School As well as setting the agenda for current research, the revised Second Edition has been written to appeal to a broader readership and open up critical theory for the general management student. New sections on brands, identity, ethics and leadership have been fully developed alongside the rest of the text to reflect the current state of play in critical management studies. ABRIDGED CONTENTS PART ONE: INTRODUCING CRITICAL THEORY TO MANAGEMENT \ Management in Critical Perspective \ Critical Thinking \ PART TWO: MANAGEMENT SPECIALISMS IN A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE \ Critical Conceptualizations of Management \ Critically Assessing Management Specialisms I \ Critically Assessing Management Specialisms II \ Critically Assessing Management Specialisms III \ PART THREE: RECASTING CRITICAL THEORY AND MANAGEMENT \ Recasting Emancipation in Management and Organization Studies \ Critical Theory and Management Practice READERSHIP Students and researchers on critical management and general management courses    7Available as an inspection copy Available as an ebook Organizational Behaviour / Organization Studies Change Management OrganizatiOnal Change An Action-Oriented Toolkit Second Edition Tupper F Cawsey, Gene Deszca both at Wilfrid Laurier University and Cynthia Ingols Simmons College Providing insights and practical tools for anyone involved in organizational change, this toolkit: • takes a pragmatic, action-oriented approach: frameworks are given to help students understand, plan, implement and evaluate change • emphasizes the measurement of change: students will learn that measurement is crucial not only to determine the progress of change plans but also that measurement itself is a change tool • demonstrates principles and applications: engaging, real-world examples, exercises and cases illustrate theory and concepts • offers an integrating organizational change model: each chapter is positioned in the organizational change model so students can see the connections between topics and chapters. ABRIDGED CONTENTS Changing Organizations in Our Complex World \ Change Frameworks for Organizational Diagnosis ‘How’ to Change? \ Change Frameworks for Organizational Diagnosis ‘What’ to Change? \ Building and Energizing the Need for Change \ Navigating Change through Formal Structures and Systems \ Navigating the Informal Organization \ Managing Recipients of Change and Influencing Internal Stakeholders \ Becoming a Master Change Agent \ Action Planning and Implementation \ Measuring Change \ Summary Thoughts on Organization Change READERSHIP Postgraduate students on courses including organizational change, organizational development, enhancing organizational effectiveness and leadership and change   OrganizatiOn Change Theory and Practice Third Edition W Warner Burke Teachers College, Columbia University and Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP The Third Edition of this bestselling text continues to make clear how effective organization change is grounded in sound knowledge about human behaviour in the workplace. The book combines and integrates theory and research with application for insight into all aspects of organization change. READERSHIP Change management and organization studies students   8 ORDER TODAY +44 (0)20 7324 8703 +44 (0)20 7324 8700 www.sagepub.co.uk Leadership Leadership leadership Theory and Practice Sixth Edition Peter G Northouse Western Michigan University Now with a new chapter on servant leadership, Peter G Northouse’s Sixth Edition combines an academically robust account of major theories, approaches, models and themes of leadership with an accessible style and numerous practical exercises. This allows students to apply what they learn about leadership both to themselves as individuals and to specific organizational contexts and situations. Key features include: • a new chapter on Servant Leadership, providing students with the latest research and application of an emerging theory • new cases and examples, to help students apply leadership concepts to contemporary scenarios, including examples on Steve Jobs, Paul Farmer, and Lance Armstrong as well as real world scenarios • a new ‘evolution of leadership definitions’ visual, providing students with a historical framework to understand how views of leadership have developed over time • an updated chapter on Women in Leadership, noting the latest statistics in the challenges faced by women in attaining leadership positions • an enhanced Instructor’s Teaching Site offering a computerized test-bank, PowerPoint slides, printable questionnaires from the text, a list of video resources, study and discussion questions, new cases and access to numerous SAGE journal articles that link to the chapters • an open-access Study Site featuring additional topics, exercises, projects, cases, chapter summaries, video clips and social networking tools to encourage active participation and learning among groups inside and outside the classroom. CONTENTS Introduction \ Trait Approach \ Skills Approach \ Style Approach \ Situational Approach \ Contingency Theory \ Path-Goal Theory \ Leader-Member Exchange Theory \ Transformational Leadership \ Servant Leadership \ Authentic Leadership \ Team Leadership \ Psychodynamic Approach \ Women and Leadership \ Culture and Leadership \ Leadership Ethics READERSHIP Students of leadership across disciplines   9Available as an inspection copy Available as an ebook Leadership Leadership intrOduCtiOn tO leadership Concepts and Practice Second Edition Peter G Northouse Western Michigan University This Second Edition focuses on providing readers with practical strategies for becoming better leaders. Key features of the Second Edition: • one quality of leadership addressed per chapter, making it easier for readers to understand and apply material to their own lives • examples and case studies to illustrate each fundamental aspect of leadership (creating a vision, listening to out-group members and overcoming obstacles, for example) • guides readers in examining behaviours of leaders from their own lives through each chapter’s observational exercise • includes reflection and action worksheets that encourage readers to reflect upon their own leadership styles and identify an action plan for improving their leadership skills. ABRIDGED CONTENTS Being a Leader \ Recognizing Your Traits \ Recognizing Your Philosophy and Style of Leadership \ Attending to Tasks and Relationships \ Developing Leadership Skills \ Creating a Vision \ Setting the Tone \ Listening to Out-Group Members \ Handling Conflict \ Overcoming Obstacles \ Addressing Ethics in Leadership READERSHIP Students on undergraduate leadership courses in business and management, and education departments, as well as practising managers wishing to develop their leadership skills   intrOduCtiOn tO leadership interaCtiVe e-bOOk A Practical Approach Second Edition Peter G Northouse Western Michigan University This dynamic interactive e-book version mirrors the content of the printed book and is ideal for students on online and traditional courses who prefer a more contemporary, multimedia-integrated presentation for learning. It provides students with interactive versions of the book’s questionnaires with save-able results, plus integrated links to video, audio and journal articles. Students also have access to study tools such as highlighting, note-taking and an interactive glossary. READERSHIP Students on undergraduate leadership courses in business and management, and education departments, as well as practising managers wishing to develop their leadership skills   10 ORDER TODAY +44 (0)20 7324 8703 +44 (0)20 7324 8700 www.sagepub.co.uk Leadership Leadership / Human Resource Management & Development theOry and praCtiCe OF leadership Second Edition Roger Gill The Leadership Trust Foundation, Herefordshire For students and leaders looking for a more holistic and critical take on the field, the Second Edition of this esteemed text offers an exploration of leadership from the head to the toe of an organization - whether that leadership is traditional or virtual, and whether the organization is corporate or non-profit. The previous edition has been refined to capture and delineate the essential theories in the study of leadership more clearly, with broader coverage taking in the latest developments in areas such as followership, diversity, national culture, globalization, change, politics and ethics. All of which is explored with abundant examples, illustrations and links to what it all means in practice. A critical take is maintained throughout, with evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses of current thinking and how it shapes our understanding of leadership, theory and practice. ABRIDGED CONTENTS Introduction: The Nature and Importance of Leadership \ Sectoral Similarities and Differences in Leadership \ Leadership Theory: A Critical Review, Synthesis and Redefinition \ Leadership and Vision \ Leadership and Purpose \ Leadership and Values \ Leadership and Strategy \ Leadership and Empowerment \ Leadership and Engagement \ Multiple Intelligences of Leadership \ The Assessment and Development of Leadership \ Leadership Brand: Sustaining Leadership Excellence READERSHIP Students and leaders across disciplines    a Very shOrt, Fairly interesting and reasOnably Cheap bOOk abOut studying leadership Second Edition Brad Jackson University of Auckland and Ken Parry Bond University This Second Edition of the bestselling, short, readable, critical text with coverage of contemporary debates that encourages students to think in fresh and innovative ways. This book will not only make you a better student of leadership, but a better leader too. READERSHIP Researchers, students and leaders across disciplines     [...]... 30 Wilson Essentials of Business Research 31 Worth Nonprofit Managememt, Second Edition 26 Available as an inspection copy Available as an ebook 35 ISBN: 978-1-4462-5349-6 9 781446 253496 Request one of our new catalogues online at w w w.sagepub.co.uk or phone us on +44 (0)20 7324 8500 SAGE • Essential texts for MBA Students • 2012 mailing code: DM 1K34... 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