{"product_id":"the-org-9780691166513","title":"The Org","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compelling... The Org aims to explain why organizations--be they private companies or government agencies--work the way they do.\"--Eduardo Porter, New York Times \"The authors' mission to help you 'descend into better-informed cynicism'--to find the 'least dysfunctional' of all possible dysfunctional orgs--is the kind of literary stock that pays greater dividends.\"--Trevor Butterworth, Wall Street Journal \"Wonderfully entertaining.\"--Marvin Weisbord, Strategy+Business \"A voice of reasoned analysis amid the airport bookstore barkers... Fisman and Sullivan's measured approach is far more valuable; the conclusions and insights presented in The Org are ones you can actually use.\"--Sam Grobart, Bloomberg BusinessWeek \"Fisman and Sullivan write in a casual, engaging fashion, a style that makes their book an impressively easy read.\"--Erika Fry, Fortune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Paperback Edition ix  Introduction: A Machine for Getting Stuff Done 1  CHAPTER 1: The Outsider 13  CHAPTER 2: Designing the Job 34  CHAPTER 3: Putting Together the Organizational Puzzle 67  CHAPTER 4: In Praise of Squelching Innovation 92  CHAPTER 5: What Management Is Good For 128  CHAPTER 6: The View from the Corner Office 156  CHAPTER 7: The Economics of Org Culture 191  CHAPTER 8: Disaster and Change 217  Conclusion: The Future Org 249  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 267  NOTES 269  INDEX 295  ABOUT THE AUTHORS 309","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403816935767,"sku":"9780691166513","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691166513.jpg?v=1730484632","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-org-9780691166513","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}