Organizations in Context

This comprehensive textbook offers an up-to-date account of how organizations function in a rapidly changing world. Designed as a practical and accessible guide, it combines theoretical insights with real-world applications while presenting organizations as complex social systems shaped by people, culture, power, and context. It introduces key questions such as: • What are organizations and why do they exist? • How do they define goals and strategies? • How are they structured and led? • How do people, culture, and identity shape organizational life? • How do organizations interact with their environments? Chapters feature a range of thoughtfully designed learning tools, such as case studies, reflection boxes, in-depth features, and paradox boxes that encourage students to explore tensions, dilemmas, and competing perspectives in organizational life. Readers benefit from diverse examples drawn from global contexts and sustained attention to contemporary challenges such as digitalization, sustainability, legitimacy, and organizational change. This textbook provides a strong foundation in organization theory and organizational behavior while developing the analytical and critical skills needed to understand and engage with contemporary organizations. Comprehensive online resources, including PowerPoint slides, flashcards and quizzes, are available at www.routledge.com/cw/skyttermoen.