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The last five decades have seen a sea-change in business and in management studies. The world of business has been transformed by powerful forces: globalization. It, outsourcing, and all manner of organizational reshaping and flattening. At the same time Management Studies has seen a massive expansion in courses, students, and teachers, driven in part by a quest for new and broader models. The ground covered by Management Studies, and the way Management Studies maps this, has changed.
This book, written by specialist experts, analyses these developments in Management Studies, giving a concise guide to specific areas. Working from the broader global and technological context, it explores a range of sectors-private, public, and professional-and conclude by examining specific functions involved in management, such as Corporate Strategy, Information Technology, Operations Management, and Marketing.
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