Includes bibliographical references and index.

Organizations and organizational effectiveness -- Stakeholders, managers, and ethics -- Organizing in a changing global environment -- Basic challenges of organizational design -- Designing organizational structure : authority and control -- Designing organizational structure : specialization and coordination -- Creating and managing organizational culture -- Organizational design and strategy in a changing global environment -- Organizational design, competences, and technology -- Types and forms of organizational change -- Organizational transformations : birth, growth, decline, and death -- Decision making, learning, knowledge management, and information technology -- Innovation, intrapreneurship, and creativity -- Managing conflict, power, and politics.