Economic Approaches to Organizations

Economic Approaches to Organizations

Author: Sytse Douma

Publisher: Pearson Education

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780273651994

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Focuses on economic decision making within the firm and helps students make the link between management and economic theories and ideas.


Socio-economic Approach To Management, The: Steering Organizations Into The Future

Socio-economic Approach To Management, The: Steering Organizations Into The Future

Author: John Conbere

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2018-04-09

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 9813233001

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Many organizational leaders may not even realize that most of their strategic decisions are made without accurate or full information. And yet more than 40 years of socio-economic research indicate that around 40% of what happens economically in organizations is not taken into consideration by traditional accounting. This lack of information affects an organization's effectiveness by turning organizational functions into dys-functions which leads to hidden costs. Socio-economic research shows that average hidden costs are more than $20,000 per employee per year.Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) is a different way to lead and manage organizations — or to put simply steer them. What differentiates SEAM from traditional management? First, SEAM focuses on both the people and economic sides of the workplace. Second, SEAM identifies and reduces hidden costs through engaging employees and developing their potential. The results are increased efficiency and profitability, sustainable organizational development, and higher employee engagement.SEAM was developed in France and is little known in the US. This book provides a sound introduction to SEAM for the English-speaking audience. The book will be of interest for organizational leaders and managers who search new ideas, techniques, and tools to increase the efficiency of their organizations. The book will also be beneficial for change management and HR practitioners.


The Handbook of Organizational Economics

The Handbook of Organizational Economics

Author: Robert Gibbons

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 1248

ISBN-13: 0691132798

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(E-book available via MyiLibrary) In even the most market-oriented economies, most economic transactions occur not in markets but inside managed organizations, particularly business firms. Organizational economics seeks to understand the nature and workings of such organizations and their impact on economic performance. The Handbook of Organizational Economics surveys the major theories, evidence, and methods used in the field. It displays the breadth of topics in organizational economics, including the roles of individuals and groups in organizations, organizational structures and processes, the boundaries of the firm, contracts between and within firms, and more.


Institutional and Organizational Analysis

Institutional and Organizational Analysis

Author: Eric Alston

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-23

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 110708637X

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Why isn't the whole world developed? This toolkit for institutional analysis explains how rules affect the performance of countries, firms, and even families.


Economic Foundations of Strategy

Economic Foundations of Strategy

Author: Joseph T. Mahoney

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1412905435

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The theoretical foundations of management strategy are identified and outlined in this text. Five theories are considered in the light of questions about how organisations operate efficiently, cost minimization, wealth creation, individual self-interest, and continued growth.


Economic Foundations of Law and Organization

Economic Foundations of Law and Organization

Author: Donald Wittman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-06-26

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0521859174

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This book serves as a compact introduction to the economic analysis of law and organization. At the same time it covers a broad spectrum of issues. It is aimed at undergraduate economics students who are interested in law and organization, law students who want to know the economic basis for the law, and students in business and public policy schools who want to understand the economic approach to law and organization. The book covers such diverse topics as bankruptcy rules, corporate law, sports rules, the organization of Congress, federalism, intellectual property, crime, accident law, and insurance. Unlike other texts on the economic analysis of law, this text is not organized by legal categories but by economic theory. The purpose of the book is to develop economic intuition and theory to a sufficient degree so that one can apply the ideas to a variety of areas in law and organization.


Self-organisation, Counter-economic Strategies

Self-organisation, Counter-economic Strategies

Author: Will Bradley

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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"This book is about the many approaches to the creation, dissemination and maintenance of alternative, "bottom-up" models for social or economic organisation, and the practical and theoretical implications, consequences and possibilities of these self-organised structures."--Publisher's website.


An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change

An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change

Author: Richard R. Nelson

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1985-10-15

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9780674041431

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This book contains the most sustained and serious attack on mainstream, neoclassical economics in more than forty years. Nelson and Winter focus their critique on the basic question of how firms and industries change overtime. They marshal significant objections to the fundamental neoclassical assumptions of profit maximization and market equilibrium, which they find ineffective in the analysis of technological innovation and the dynamics of competition among firms. To replace these assumptions, they borrow from biology the concept of natural selection to construct a precise and detailed evolutionary theory of business behavior. They grant that films are motivated by profit and engage in search for ways of improving profits, but they do not consider them to be profit maximizing. Likewise, they emphasize the tendency for the more profitable firms to drive the less profitable ones out of business, but they do not focus their analysis on hypothetical states of industry equilibrium. The results of their new paradigm and analytical framework are impressive. Not only have they been able to develop more coherent and powerful models of competitive firm dynamics under conditions of growth and technological change, but their approach is compatible with findings in psychology and other social sciences. Finally, their work has important implications for welfare economics and for government policy toward industry.


Putting Purpose Into Practice

Putting Purpose Into Practice

Author: Colin Mayer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0198870701

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This is the first book to provide a precise description of how companies can put purpose into practice. Based on groundbreaking research undertaken between Oxford University and Mars Catalyst, it offers an accessible account of why corporate purpose is so important and how it can be implemented to address the major challenges the world faces today.