1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797341603321

Autore

Malik Pravir

Titolo

The fractal organization : creating enterprises of tomorrow / / Pravir Malik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi, India ; ; Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California ; ; Singapore : , : SAGE, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

93-5150-528-6

93-5150-245-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

302.3/5

Soggetti

Organizational change - Philosophy

Organization - Philosophy

Organizational sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With Field Guide"--Cover.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Advance Praise""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: Theory""; ""1 - The Pattern""; ""2 - The Person Pattern""; ""3 - The Business Pattern""; ""4 - The Economy Pattern""; ""5 - The System Pattern""; ""6 - The Evolution Pattern""; ""7 - The Fractal Ladder""; ""8 - Fractal Properties""; ""9 - The Nature of Progress""; ""10 - Remaking the Business World""; ""11 - Creating Enterprises of Tomorrow""; ""PART II: Exercises""; ""Exercises 1 -  The Pattern""; ""Eercises 2 -  The Person Pattern""; ""Exercises 3 - The Business Pattern""

""Exercises 4 -  The Economy Pattern""""Exercises 5 - The System Pattern""; ""Exercises 6 - The Evolution Pattern""; ""Exercises 7 - The Fractal Ladder""; ""Exercises 8 - Fractal Properties""; ""Exercises 9 - The Nature of Progress""; ""Exercises 10 - Remaking the Business World""; ""Exercises 11 - Creating Enterprises of Tomorrow""; ""Bonus Exercises -  Creating Your Personal Manifesto""; ""PART III: Reflections and Analyses""; ""A Personal Experience of Fractals""; ""Reflections at the Individual Level""; ""Reflections at the Organizational Level""; ""Reflections on Organizational Design""



""Reflections on Industry Development""""Reflections on Financial Crises""; ""Reflections from the 2012 US Presidential Elections""; ""Reflections on Various Global Political Developments""; ""About the Author""

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966440803321

Titolo

Grassroots political reform in contemporary China / / edited by Elizabeth J. Perry and Merle Goldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007

ISBN

9780674042056

0674042050

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

Harvard contemporary China series ; ; 14

Classificazione

MH 50086

Altri autori (Persone)

PerryElizabeth J

GoldmanMerle

Disciplina

320.951

Soggetti

Political participation - China

Local government - China

Protest movements - China

China Politics and government 1949-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-397).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Historical reflections on grassroots political reform in China / Elizabeth J. Perry and Merle Goldman -- Village elections, transparency, and anticorruption : Henan and Guangdong provinces / Richard Levy -- The implementation of village elections and tax-for-fee reform in rural northwest China / John James Kennedy -- Fiscal crisis in China's townships : causes and consequences / Jean C. Oi and Zhao Shukai -- Direct township elections / Lianjiang Li -- The struggle for village public goods provision : informal institutions of accountability in rural China / Lily L. Tsai -- Inadvertent political reform via private associations : assessing homeowners' groups in new neighborhoods / Benjamin L. Read -- Civil resistance and rule of law in China : the defense of homeowners' rights / Yongshun Cai -- "Hope for protection and hopeless choices" : labor legal aid in the PRC / Mary E.



Gallagher -- Is labor a political force in China? / Ching Kwan Lee -- Between defiance and obedience : protest opportunism in China / Xi Chen -- In search of the grassroots : hydroelectric politics in northwest Yunnan / Ralph Litzinger -- Public opinion supervision : possibilities and limits of the media in constraining local officials / Yuezhi Zhao and Sun Wusan.

Sommario/riassunto

Observers often note the glaring contrast between China's economic progress and its stalled political reforms. This volume, written by experienced scholars, explores a range of grassroots efforts--initiated by the state and society alike--to restrain corrupt behavior and enhance the accountability of local authorities. While the authors offer varying views on the larger significance of these developments, their case studies point to a more dynamic Chinese political system than is often acknowledged.