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Editor: Antony Bryant (Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom)
Reviewer: Geoffrey Dick (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Learning objectives
- In this chapter you will be introduced to the following concepts:-
- Formal & Informal Organizations
- Horizontal & Vertical Division of Labour
- Management & Specialization
- Organizations and the impact of Information & Communications Technology [ICT]
- Globalization & the Global Economy
- Outsourcing and Off-shoring and associated business models
- The Open Source model
- Linux, Wikipedia and the Wiki model
- You will also be introduced to the ideas of:-
- Peter Drucker
- Henri Fayol
- Chester Barnard
- Henry Mintzberg
- Eric Raymond
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