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The Foundations of the Organisation

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This chapter is the first in the section entitled ‘Understanding the Principles’. Part of the process of understanding the principles is to develop an understanding of the foundations of the organisation, so the place to start is with organisation theory and organisation structure.

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© 1995 John Kempton

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Kempton, J. (1995). The Foundations of the Organisation. In: Human Resource Management and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374799_1

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