Organizational Management: Approaches and Solutions

Fusing together theory and the application of organizational management, this book provides useful and practical guidelines for planning, leading, and engaging a workforce and its resources to achieve organizational goals. The editors and chapter contributors take a detailed look at leadership, character in modern organizations, critical approaches to managing people and organizations, the role of trust and corporate social responsibility, team work and management, inter-and intra-generational trends, art-based methods for organizational change, and overcoming resistance to change. Supplemented by activities, recommended reading, online resources, and case studies from a range of industrial sectors, including construction, publishing, aerospace, and emergency services, "Organizational Management" is relevant to students entering any organizational environment, be it federal, private, or non-profit.