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The Modern Firm

Author : John Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198293755
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Firm written by John Roberts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business firms around the world are experimenting with new organizational designs, changing their formal architectures, their routines and processes, and their corporate cultures as they seek to improve their current performance and their growth prospects. In the process they are changing the scope of their business operations, redrawing their organization charts, redefining the allocation of decision-making authority and responsibility, revamping the mechanisms for motivating and rewarding people, reconsidering which activities to conduct in-house and which to out-source, redesigning their information systems, and seeking to alter the shared beliefs, values and norms that their people hold. In this book, John Roberts argues that there are predictable, necessary relationships among these changes that will improve performance and growth. The organizations that are successful will establish patterns of fit among the elements of their organizational designs, their competitive strategies and the external environment in which they operate and will go about this in a holistic manner. The Modern Firm develops powerful conceptual frameworks for analyzing the interrelations between organizational design features, competitive strategy and the business environment. Written in a non-technical language, the book is nevertheless based on rigorous modeling and draws on numerous examples from eighteenth century fur trading companies to such modern firms such as BP and Nokia. Finally the book explores why these developments are happening now, pointing to the increase in global competition and changes in technology. Written by one of the world's leading economists and experts on business strategy and organization, The Modern Firm provides new insights into the changes going on in business today and will be of interest to academics, students and managers alike.

Managing the Modern Law Firm

Author : Laura Empson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019929674X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Managing the Modern Law Firm written by Laura Empson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last ten years have been a period of extraordinary change for law firms. The rapid growth of corporate law firms and the emergence of global mega-firms such as Clifford Chance, Linklaters, and Freshfields, have strained the traditional partnership model of management. Some managers of law firms are appalled at the creeping 'corporatism' that they fear may result. However a growing number believe that it is time to move on and adopt more contemporary forms of structure andmanagement.Successfully meeting the challenges of this new business environment is vital for the continuing prosperity of law firms. Featuring contributions from both management researchers and legal practitioners, Managing the Modern Law Firm presents the latest insights from Management Studies in an approachable, practical, and relevant manner for lawyers and other professionals involved directly and indirectly with the management of law firms.

The Firm

Author : Duff McDonald
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439190984
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Firm written by Duff McDonald and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star financial journalist Duff McDonald uncovers how the managing consulting firm of McKinsey & Company and its high-powered, high-priced business savants have ushered in waves of structural, financial, and technological shifts to the biggest and best American organizations, revealing a list of world-shaping successes and striking failures.

The Modern Firm, Corporate Governance and Investment

Author : Per-Olof Bjuggren
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848449054
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (484 download)

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Book Synopsis The Modern Firm, Corporate Governance and Investment by : Per-Olof Bjuggren

Download or read book The Modern Firm, Corporate Governance and Investment written by Per-Olof Bjuggren and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the revolutionary development of the theory of the firm over the past 35 years. Despite rapid progress in the field, new developments in the microeconomic and industrial organization literature have been relatively scant. This book attempts to redress the balance by providing a comprehensive overview of the theory of the firm before moving on to explore firms and the organization of their economic activities. The contributors investigate the impact of ownership structure and board composition on firm performance, and examine how the institutional framework of an economy affects investment decisions. More specifically, detailed studies of topics including contracts, authority, competence blocs, institutional impacts and corporate governance mechanisms are presented. This unique blend of financial economics and industrial organization perspectives on the corporate firm will prove a stimulating read for scholars and researchers of economics, business administration and law.

The Modern Law Firm: How to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Technological Change

Author : Heinan Landa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734576412
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (764 download)

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Book Synopsis The Modern Law Firm: How to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Technological Change by : Heinan Landa

Download or read book The Modern Law Firm: How to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Technological Change written by Heinan Landa and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not all law firms will survive the tumult headed their way.Over the past three decades, the legal industry has been turned upside down. Increasingly rapid advances in technology have radically changed everything about the way law firms operate-from attracting and retaining clients, to researching relevant case law, collaborating with colleagues, and filing documents. With competition coming not just from other traditional law firms but also from online legal services, it's more important than ever to differentiate your firm in a crowded marketplace. Yet the majority of firms continue down the path of "business as usual" despite the whirlwind of change roaring outside their windows.Will your firm be blindsided by the threats at hand and pay the price in lost business, lost talent, and lost revenue? Or will you face these threats head-on and learn how to turn them to your advantage so you can not just survive, but thrive?If you'd prefer the latter, this book is your comprehensive, actionable roadmap for navigating this new landscape. Let's dive in!

The Modern Firm

Author : John Roberts
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019162246X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Firm written by John Roberts and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-09-06 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business firms around the world are experimenting with new organizational designs, changing their formal architectures, their routines and processes, and their corporate cultures as they seek to improve their current performance and their growth prospects. In the process they are changing the scope of their business operations, redrawing their organization charts, redefining the allocation of decision-making authority and responsibility, revamping the mechanisms for motivating and rewarding people, reconsidering which activities to conduct in-house and which to out-source, redesigning their information systems, and seeking to alter the shared beliefs, values and norms that their people hold. In this book, John Roberts argues that there are predictable, necessary relationships among these changes that will improve performance and growth. The organizations that are successful will establish patterns of fit among the elements of their organizational designs, their competitive strategies and the external environment in which they operate and will go about this in a holistic manner. The Modern Firm develops powerful conceptual frameworks for analyzing the interrelations between organizational design features, competitive strategy and the business environment. Written in a non-technical language, the book is nevertheless based on rigorous modeling and draws on numerous examples from eighteenth century fur trading companies to such modern firms such as BP and Nokia. Finally the book explores why these developments are happening now, pointing to the increase in global competition and changes in technology. Written by one of the world's leading economists and experts on business strategy and organization, The Modern Firm provides new insights into the changes going on in business today and will be of interest to academics, students and managers alike.

Serving Two Masters

Author : Janine Griffiths-Baker
Publisher : Hart Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1841132292
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Serving Two Masters written by Janine Griffiths-Baker and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 2002-12-05 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on interviews with lawyers and their clients, this book considers how conflicts of interest are handled within law firms.

The Modern Construction Firm

Author : Jacqueline Cannon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134913628X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book The Modern Construction Firm written by Jacqueline Cannon and published by Springer. This book was released on 1990-02-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A refreshing and useful addition to the folklore of management. All in all this is a worthwhile insight into the management views and structure of some of our leading construction companies.' - J.J. Farrow, Chartered Builder This volume describes and analyses the behaviour of large UK construction firms in the determination and implementation of their strategy. It covers, in addition to the selection of objectives and the methods for their achievement, policies on growth and diversification, finance, marketing and bidding, international operations, management and labour and subcontracting. Throughout the book the relationship is examined between the theory outlined in the companion volume and the actual behaviour of firms. The final chapter concludes with a discussion of the means to bridge the gaps which are found to exist between theory and practice.

Modern Concepts of the Theory of the Firm

Author : Günter Fandel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662087995
Total Pages : 651 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)

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Book Synopsis Modern Concepts of the Theory of the Firm by : Günter Fandel

Download or read book Modern Concepts of the Theory of the Firm written by Günter Fandel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors analyse the New Economy from a scientific point of view. The success and the failure of enterprises of the new economy form a challenge to the modern business management and to the theory of the firm. This conference transcript answers the question in which way well-established concepts of the theory of the firm should be modified or new approaches should be created, in order to run enterprises of the new economy successfully. The discussion includes various fields of the theory of the firm and is therefore divided into the six essential disciplines of economic research, which are Production and Procurement, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Human Resource Management and Economic Organization and Corporate Governance. The international orientation of the book addresses the world-wide scientific community.

Managing People in Today's Law Firm

Author : Bruce H. Charnov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1567509681
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book Managing People in Today's Law Firm written by Bruce H. Charnov and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-07-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite clear evidence of a serious decline in morale, the major competitors in the law firm management marketplace have virtually ignored the motivational facet of current managerial theory and practice. As evidenced by a review of the literature dealing with law firm management, including major books, handbooks, and professional seminar outlines, there has existed until now no treatment of current management theory and practice as it pertains to law firms. In addressing human resources topics as they apply to the modern law firm, this book fills a genuine void in an area which is of major importance to law firms challenged to remain profitable in an increasingly hostile environment. Managing People in Today's Law Firm: The Human Resources Approach to Surviving Change provides a comprehensive treatment of critical aspects of modern management: motivation, communication, organizational culture, structure and strategy, power and politics, recruitment and training, the reward-performance-retention dynamic, performance appraisal, and planned change. Grounded in managerial theory and research, based on extensive practice, and exemplified by anecdotal war stories, this book makes valuable reading for partners, associates, managers, and future members of law firms—and offers important ideas for motivating members of all professional service firms. Intended for law firms and lawyers within them, solo practitioners who contemplate joining with others in a firm partnership, law school libraries, and general and professional association libraries including bar associations on the state and local levels.

The Economics of the Modern Construction Sector

Author : G. Ive
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230510914
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Economics of the Modern Construction Sector written by G. Ive and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-07-31 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will be of interest to built environment professionals and to students of the economics and management of the built environment. It shows the value of integrating ideas and data about the production of the built environment as an industrial process with theories and data about the demand for construction. The approach taken is institutional and post-Keynesian, and illuminates an important and distinctive sector of the economy, embracing design, construction and property industries. This book offers some new and important perspectives for research and teaching in construction economics and management.

Masters of the Game

Author : Kim Eisler
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781429921190
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Masters of the Game written by Kim Eisler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran legal issues reporter Kim Eisler takes us behind the scenes into mega law firm Williams & Connolly, guiding us on a journey through the many storied cases that have served to shape current policies in public and private sector alike For the past twenty years, author and journalist Kim Eisler has covered the law firm of Williams & Connolly, first at American Lawyer Magazine, then for Legal Times and since 1993 as National Editor of Washingtonian Magazine. More than any other writer, Kim has unprecedented and unusual contacts and relationships with the partners, as well as a background knowledge and familiarity with the firm's history and personnel over the past two decades. In Masters of the Game, Eisler sets out to demonstrate how the disciples of Edward Bennett Williams went beyond anyone's expectations and came to occupy key roles in American culture and business. In the last ten years of his life, Williams, the founder of Williams and Connolly, often said he was building not just a law firm but a monument. Masters of the Game is not only about a law firm, but about how the philosophy and practices of this particular law firm have spread out beyond Washington to dominate business, finance, sports and the American psyche itself through its influence with past, present and future political, corporate and media figures.

The Theory of the Firm

Author : Daniel F. Spulber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521517389
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book The Theory of the Firm written by Daniel F. Spulber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theory of the Firm presents an innovative general analysis of the economics of the firm.

Business Persons

Author : Eric W. Orts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199670919
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Business Persons written by Eric W. Orts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a scholarly and yet accessible introduction to the legal framework of modern business enterprises. It explains the legal ideas that allow for the recognition of firms as organizational "persons" having social rights and responsibilities, and how law sets the boundaries of firms.

Family Firm to Modern Multinational

Author : Charles W. Cheape
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674292611
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Family Firm to Modern Multinational written by Charles W. Cheape and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Conversational Firm

Author : Catherine Turco
Publisher : Middle Range
ISBN 13 : 9780231178990
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book The Conversational Firm written by Catherine Turco and published by Middle Range. This book was released on 2018-11-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast-growing social media marketing company, TechCo encourages all of its employees to speak up. By promoting open dialogue across the corporate hierarchy, the firm has fostered a uniquely engaged workforce and an enviable capacity for change. Yet the path hasn't always been easy. TechCo has confronted a number of challenges, and its experience reveals the essential elements of bureaucracy that remain even when a firm sets out to discard them. Through it all, TechCo serves as a powerful new model for how firms can navigate today's rapidly changing technological and cultural climate. Catherine J. Turco was embedded within TechCo for ten months. The Conversational Firm is her ethnographic analysis of what worked at the company and what didn't. She offers multiple lessons for anyone curious about the effect of social media on the corporate environment and adds depth to debates over the new generation of employees reared on social media: Millennials who carry their technological habits and expectations into the workplace. Marshaling insights from cultural and economic sociology, organizational theory, economics, technology studies, and anthropology, The Conversational Firm offers a nuanced analysis of corporate communication, control, and culture in the social media age.

Automated Organizations

Author : Nelio Oliveira
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783790827590
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Automated Organizations written by Nelio Oliveira and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to characterize a new organizational form that is now visible in many companies as a substitute of previous forms related to mechanized or mechanistic standards. The book is based on the approach of organizational structure and on Henry Mintzberg’s work on organizational configurations. As a matter of fact, it attempts to supplement and update Mintzberg's organizational taxonomy, taking into account changes in the structure and work organization of business firms. The book is written for all people whose work is related to organizations and who are interested in the subjects it deals with.