TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Organization theory from a transformational perspective -- Organizations and organization theory -- Of paradigms and paradigm shifts -- The industrial era paradigm -- Transformational thinking: the emerging paradigm -- Creating the new-paradigm organization -- Systems thinking in organization theory -- The metamodel of organization -- Transformation and organizational effectiveness -- The structure of organizations -- Macro structural variables -- The creation and evolution of organization structure -- Emerging organizational designs -- The context of organizations -- The environment of organizations -- Organizational technology and structure -- Organizational size and structure -- Power, politics, and structure -- Strategy and structure -- The processes of organization -- The organizational life cycle -- Organizational culture -- Structural conflict in organizations -- Facilitating new-paradigm organizations.