Organizations in Industry: Strategy, Structure, and Selection

Organizations in Industry offers an in-depth look at historical organizational reality. It is a supplementary textbook providing real-world case-studies for courses which involve the theoretical analysis of formal organizations. Each chapter is written by experts in a particular industry and discusses developments from the origin of the industry to the near present. Industries covered include: automobile manufacture, biotechnology, financial services, health care, labour organization, microcomputer manufacture, art museums, newspaper publishing, radio broadcasting, railways, and telephones.