Books in the De Gruyter Studies in Organization series

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I Introduction -- 1 Development in the Asia Pacific: Problems and Prospects -- 2 Whither Eurasia: European Wind or Pacific Wind? -- Chapter II Changes in Economic Policy -- Introduction -- 3 Internationalizing Australia: The Public Policy of Economic Development in the Southern Pacific Rim -- 4 Japan's Role in Pacific Rim Economic Cooperation: A Note of Caution -- 5 New U.S. Trade Politics and the Pacific Rim Nations -- 6 The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on U.S. State Governments: An Examination of Japan and Pacific Rim Countries -- Chapter III Environment and Sustainable Development -- Introduction -- 7 Environmental Policy-making in New Zealand: Global Images and Local Realities -- 8 Enabling Policies for Sustainable Development -- 9 Environmental Problem Solving and Policy Innovation: An Analysis of Japanese Cases1 -- Chapter IV Technology Policy and Development -- Introduction -- 10 U.S. Policy Responses to Pacific Rim Competition in High Technology -- 11 The Application of Science and Technology in Agricultural Development in China -- Chapter V Social Policy and Development -- Introduction -- 12 Immigration from the Pacific Rim: U.S. Policy on Economic Activities, Housing, and Location -- 13 Urban Development Policy: An Evaluation of the Seoul Housing Redevelopment Project -- 14 A Land Policy Reform in Korea: Introducing a Progressive Land Tax -- 15 The Family Planning Policy in Malaysia: Its Strategies and Impact -- Chapter VI Labor and Industrial Policy -- Introduction -- 16 Dynamics and Issues of Korean Labor Policy -- 17 Labor Policy in China: Past, Present, and Future -- 18 Integrating Civil and Military Production in China: Program and Policy -- 19 Metapolicy-making in a Turbulent Environment: The Case of Hong Kong -- Chapter VII Policy-making Capability and Development -- Introduction -- 20 Japan's Changing Policy Capability: Causes and Potential Consequences -- 21 Policy Inconsistency and the Paradox of Democratization in Korea -- 22 Political Consequences of Rapid Economic Development in Singapore -- Chapter VIII Understanding Comparative Policy-making -- Introduction -- 23 Interpretive Policy Analysis: Notes Toward a Theory -- 24 Bureaucratic Policy-making in Japan: Role and Function of Deliberation Councils -- 25 Policy Formulation and Implementation in China: Issues and Implications -- 26 Think Tanks and Inter-agency Policy-making in Australia: "Washminster" or "Westington"? -- Contributors -- Subject Index

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction to Human Resource Systems -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction and Theoretical Rationale -- HRM in Selected Pacific Rim Countries -- Human Resource Management in Australia -- Human Resource Management in Canada -- Human Resource Management in Hong Kong -- The Japanese Human Resource Management System: A Learning Bureaucracy -- Human Resource Management in New Zealand -- Human Resource Management in the People's Republic of China -- Human Resource Management in South Korea -- Human Resource Management Practices in Singapore -- Human Resource Management in Taiwan, The Republic of China -- Human Resource Management in Thailand -- Human Resource Management in the United States -- Conclusion -- Human Resource Management on the Pacific Rim: An Integration -- About the Contributors

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction: Capitalist-Socialist Dialogue on Organizational Behaviour -- Part I. Perspectives -- 1. Paradigms and Understandings in Comparative Organizational Research -- 2. Towards Socialist-Capitalist Comparisons of the Organizational Problem -- 3. Four Structural Problems of the Modern Enterprise: Similarities and Differences in Capitalist and Socialist Countries -- 4. Information Technology and Organizational Choice -- Part II. Innovation and the Organization -- 5. Strategic Management of Innovation in Large Czechoslovak Firms -- 6. Attitudes and Motivation of Production Managers in the Management of Technological Innovation -- 7. New Technology and New Supervisory Roles in U.K. Manufacturing Industry -- 8. Organizations and the Computer Culture: The Mismanagement of Meaning? -- Part III. Innovation and the Social Environment -- 9. Variants of the Socialist Economic Management System in Eastern Europe -- 10. The Social Frame of Innovation: The Example of Yugoslavia -- 11. Industrial Relations and High Technology: The Transformation of Telecommunications Through Deregulation -- 12. Technical Innovation and Economic Reform in Socialist Economies with Special Reference to China -- 13. Managerial Practices and Patterns of Employee Behaviour in the Soviet Enterprise -- 14. "Democracy" in Worker-Owned Enterprises: The U. S. Experience -- The Authors

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Organization Theory- A Contribution to our Understanding of the Visible Hand -- Part I. Industrial Dynamics - Some General Problems -- The World Productivity Growth Slump -- Organizational Economy - The Politics of Unanimity and Suppressed Competition -- Economic Growth and Decision-Making in Japan: The Duality of Visible and Invisible Guiding Hands -- Industry, Government and the Public - The Public Role of Big Corporations -- Mental Standardization and Industrial Development -- Part II. Industrial Development - Interrelations Between the Private and the Public Sector -- Governmental Influence Upon Decision Making in Organizations in the Private and Public Sectors in Britain -- Industrial Policy - Control and Dependence in a Systems Perspective -- Industrial Policy as Implementation or Legitimation -- Innovation in Industrial Policy Sectors - The Cases of Remote Sensing and Bioenergy -- Politics in Business - The Interaction Between Environment and Strategy Formulation -- Part III. Strategies for Industrial Development -- Leadership for new Business Conditions -- Innovation Management in Diversified Corporations: Problems of Organization -- Strategie Product Exit - The Organizing of Product Disinvestment -- The Impact of Electronic Communications on Organizations -- Third World, Third Wave? On the Information Society as a Model for Developing Countries -- Part IV. Research and Change -- How We Decide and How We Act - On the Assumptions of Viking Organization Theory -- Theories of Choice and Making Decisions? -- A Philosophy of Rationalization - The Polish Praxiology of T. Kotarbinski -- Towards a Control Theory of the Firm -- Why the World Needs Organizational Design -- Walter Goldberg's Biography -- The Authors -- Backmatter

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Part One. International Business Concepts in the Middle East -- Chapter 1. International Business in the Middle East -- Chapter 2. Comparative Study of Marketing and Management Systems in the Middle East -- Chapter 3. Managerial Gap Analysis: A Frame of Reference for Improving International Business Relations with the Middle East -- Chapter 4. Political Risk Assessment by Multinationals in the Middle East: Past Research, Current Methods, and a New Framework -- Chapter 5. International Diversification and Investments in the Middle East -- Chapter 6. International Technology Transfer in the Middle East -- Part Two. Management Practices -- Chapter 7. International Business and the Middle East: Recent Developments and Prospects -- Chapter 8. Managerial Practices in the Middle East -- Chapter 9. The Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) and Saudi Society: A Study in Interaction -- Chapter 10. The Relationship Between Managerial Decision Styles and Work Satisfaction in Saudi Arabia -- Chapter 11. Cultural Marginality in the Arab World: Implications for Western Marketers -- Part Three. Marketing Practices -- Chapter 12. Consumer Market Environment in the Middle East -- Chapter 13. An Analysis of the Current Status of Marketing in the Middle East -- Chapter 14. An Export Marketing Model for Developing Middle Eastern Countries: What Lessons Countries of the Region Learn from Each Other -- Chapter 15. The Prospects for Export Marketing to Egypt -- Part Four. The Future of International Business in the Middle East -- Chapter 16. Future Directions for Marketing and Management in the Middle East -- References -- The Editor -- The Authors -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter