John O'Shaughnessy

Patterns of Business Organization (RLE

Organizations)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a successor to the earlier and widely-used Business Organization. In this book the author helps the student to develop his or her own critical and conceptual understanding of the subject. As the author reviews the various approaches - classical, human relations, behavioural science, systems and contingency theories - he shows that none of them offers a simple progression from error to truth, but that all of them combine to contribute to a broader view of the field. The final chapter summarizes the author's viewpoint, applying the different approaches to a particular case study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781138978003
• ISBN-10: 1138978000
• Artikelnr.: 45195220

Autorenporträt

Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. Part 1: The Classical Approach. 2. The Classical Approach
- Introduction. 3. Grouping Into Sections, Departments and Higher
Administrative Units. 4. Job Structuring. Part 2: The Human Relations and
the Behavioural Science Approaches. 5. The Human Relations and the
Behavioural Science Approaches: Introduction. 6. Individual Motivation and
Group Behaviour. 7. Supervisory Leadership and Inter-Group Behaviour. 8.
Organizational Groupings and Authority Distribution. 9. Role Delineation
and Performance. Part 3: The Systems Approach. 10. Systems - Introduction.
11. Determining Information Needs. 12. Designing the Communication Channels
For the Information Flow. Part 4: Contingency Theories of Organization. 13.
Contingency Theories. Part 5: Organizational Change and Conclusion. 14.
Organizational Change. 15. Conclusion. Appendix: Decision Schedule.
Bibliography. Discussion Questions. Index.