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ReviewsAccessible by students and tutors alike, this is a clear and comprehensible study of benefi t tostudents of business and beyond., A detailed and practical review of all the different ways that insiders could and should inquire into and about their organizational experiences. The reader will find reviews of all the individual, group, organizational, strategic, and interlevel concepts and tools of analysis that have evolved in the last fifty years for making sense of the complexities of organizational life., A detailed and practical review of all the different ways that insiders could and should inquire into and about their organizational experiences. The reader will find reviews of all the individual, group, organizational, strategic, and interlevel concepts and tools of analysis that have evolved in the last fifty years for making sense of the complexities of organizational life. -- Edgar H. Schein, Professor Emeritus Accessible by students and tutors alike, this is a clear and comprehensible study of benefi t tostudents of business and beyond. -- Carol Costley, Accessible by students and tutors alike, this is a clear and comprehensible study of benefit to students of business and beyond.
Table Of ContentIntroductionChapter 1. Being Inside OrganizationsChapter 2. Inquiring from the InsideChapter 3. Personal Learning in the WorkplaceChapter 4. Levels and Interlevel BehaviourChapter 5. Experiencing the Organizational UnderworldChapter 6. Experiencing Strategic ProcessesChapter 7. Experiencing Organizational Learning and ChangeConclusionsAppendix 1 Keeping a Learning JournalAppendix 2 Writing a Reflective Essay
SynopsisMoving away from the common/traditional focus on studying organizations from a distance, this highly engaging book introduces the idea of studying them from the inside.Inside Organizations: Exploring Organizational Experiences guides placement students, and any student undertaking part-time work in an organization, through insider inquiry, helping them to develop key reflexive and critical thinking skills for their future careers.It encourages you to pay attention to what goes on in organizations, to question what you experience and ultimately to make sense of how organizations function, helping you to develop key reflexive and critical thinking skills for your future careers.This book is ideal for students on programmes with a placement or internship element such as business and management, nursing and health, and education and is especially useful to those doing reflective journals and essays., With a strong emphasis on reflectivity and reflexivity, this book provides placement students with a guide to critically studying an organization from the inside, and is particularly suited to those needing to do a reflective journal or essay as part of their studies., Moving away from the common/traditional focus on studying organizations from a distance, this highly engaging book introduces the idea of studying them from the inside. Inside Organizations: Exploring Organizational Experiences guides placement students, and any student undertaking part-time work in an organization, through 'insider inquiry', helping them to develop key reflexive and critical thinking skills for their future careers. It encourages you to pay attention to what goes on in organizations, to question what you experience and ultimately to make sense of how organizations function, helping you to develop key reflexive and critical thinking skills for your future careers. This book is ideal for students on programmes with a placement or internship element such as business and management, nursing and health, and education and is especially useful to those doing reflective journals and essays.