Problem Solving in Organizations
A Methodological Handbook for Business and Management Students
By Joan Ernst Van Aken | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
About the book
An indispensable guide enabling business and management students to develop their professional competences in real organizational settings, this new and fully updated edition of Problem Solving in Organizations equips the reader with the necessary toolkit to apply the theory to practical business problems. By encouraging the reader to use the theory and showing them how to do so in a fuzzy, ambiguous and politically charged, reallife organizational context, this book offers a concise introduction to designoriented and theoryinformed problem solving in organizations. In addition, it gives support for designing the overall approach to a problemsolving project as well as support for each of the steps of the problemsolving cycle: problem definition, problem analysis, solution design, interventions, and evaluation. Problem Solving in Organizations is suitable for readers with a wide range of learning objectives, including undergraduates and graduates studying business and management, M.B.A students and professionals working in organizations.
Editions of Problem Solving in Organizations
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781108416269
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781108402774
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An indispensable guide enabling business and management students to develop their professional competences in real organizational settings, this new and fully updated edition of Problem Solving in Organizations equips the reader with the necessary toolkit to apply the theory to practical business problems. By encouraging the reader to use the theory and showing them how to do so in a fuzzy, ambiguous and politically charged, reallife organizational context, this book offers a concise introduction to designoriented and theoryinformed problem solving in organizations. In addition, it gives support for designing the overall approach to a problemsolving project as well as support for each of the steps of the problemsolving cycle: problem definition, problem analysis, solution design, interventions, and evaluation. Problem Solving in Organizations is suitable for readers with a wide range of learning objectives, including undergraduates and graduates studying business and management, M.B.A students and professionals working in organizations.
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An indispensable guide enabling business and management students to develop their professional competences in real organizational settings, this new and fully updated edition of Problem Solving in Organizations equips the reader with the necessary toolkit to apply the theory to practical business problems. By encouraging the reader to use the theory and showing them how to do so in a fuzzy, ambiguous and politically charged, reallife organizational context, this book offers a concise introduction to designoriented and theoryinformed problem solving in organizations. In addition, it gives support for designing the overall approach to a problemsolving project as well as support for each of the steps of the problemsolving cycle: problem definition, problem analysis, solution design, interventions, and evaluation. Problem Solving in Organizations is suitable for readers with a wide range of learning objectives, including undergraduates and graduates studying business and management, M.B.A students and professionals working in organizations.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Problem Solving in Organizations?
Economics, Finance, Business and Management > Business and Management > Business studies: general
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Problem Solving in Organizations?
Joan Ernst Van Aken
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Problem Solving in Organizations is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781108416269) and paperback(ISBN 9781108402774)