The Pacification of Central America: Political Change in the Isthmus, 1987-1993
Author: James Dunkerley
This unique guide to the politics and recent history of Central America by one of its most distinguished commentators opens with a succinct overview of pacification and democracy in the region.
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Organizations in Industry: Strategy, Structure, and Selection
Author: Glenn R Carroll
Organizations in Industry offers an in-depth look at historical organizational reality. Intended as a real world companion to classes that involve the theoretical analysis of formal organizations, this straightforward, accessible text presents an inside look at the actual structure and evolution of numerous different industries. Individual chapters are on specific industries and discuss developments from the origin of the industry to the near present, covering automobile manufacture, biotechnology, financial services, health care, labor organizing, microcomputer manufacture, art museums, newspaper publishing, radio broadcasting, railroad transport, and telephony. Ideal for any course in organizational behavior or theory, the benefits of this approach include practical institutional knowledge about particular industries, valuable insight into organizational society through comparative analysis, a clear understanding of the real-life difficulty associated with organizational change, and an opportunity to study the operation of selection processes among organizations.
Table of Contents:
| Contributors | ||
| I | Theoretical Issues in Studying Organizations | 1 |
| 1 | Focus on Industry: The Organizational Lens | 3 |
| 2 | An Introduction to Organizational Ecology | 17 |
| II | Environmental Selection | 33 |
| 3 | Microcomputer Manufacturers | 37 |
| 4 | Railroads | 59 |
| 5 | Art Museums | 87 |
| III | Density-Dependent Evolution | 115 |
| 6 | Labor Unions | 121 |
| 7 | Credit Unions | 137 |
| 8 | Health Maintenance Organizations | 163 |
| 9 | Newspaper Publishers | 183 |
| 10 | Automobile Manufacturers | 195 |
| IV | Resource Partitioning | 215 |
| 11 | Beer Brewers | 223 |
| 12 | Medical Diagnostic Imaging Manufacturers | 244 |
| V | Segregating Processes and Community Dynamics | 273 |
| 13 | Telephone Companies | 277 |
| 14 | Investment Banks | 290 |
| 15 | Radio Broadcasters | 308 |
| 16 | Biotechnology Firms | 332 |
| Concluding Notes | 359 | |
| Subject Index | 365 | |
| Organization Index | 373 |
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