Understanding Organisations: Part I
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788776815370
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. Characteristics of work organisations; title: 1.1. Introduction; title: 1.2. Formal and informal organisations; title: 1.3. Private and public sectors; title: 1.4. Primary activities; title: 1.5. Task organisations; title: 2. The Nature of Managerial Work; title: 2.1. Introduction; title: 2.2. What managers do; title: 2.3. Machiavelli; title: 2.4. Taylor; title: 2.5. Fayol; title: 2.6. Luther Gullick; title: 2.7. Peters and Waterman; title: 2.8. Pedler, Burgoyne and Boydell; title: 3. Organisational Structure; title: 3.1. Introduction; title: 3.2. Structures; title: 4. Organisational culture; title: 4.1. Introduction; title: 4.2. What is corporate culture?; title: 4.3. Determinants of corporate culture; title: 4.4. Schools of Thought; title: 4.5. Deal and Kennedy; title: 4.6. Work hard/play hard; title: 4.7. Bettering; title: 4.8. Process; title: 4.9. Handy; title: 5. Managing Behaviour; title: 5.1. Introduction; title: 5.2. How do we receive information and learn?; title: 5.3. Learning styles – General descriptions; title: 5.4. Motivational Theorists; title: 5.5. Motivational theories; title: 5.6. Problems; title: 5.7. Summary; title: 6. Effective Leadership; title: 6.1. Introduction; title: 6.2. What is leadership?; title: 6.3. Shackleton; title: 6.4. The Leadership; title: 6.5. Leadership in times of Crises; title: 6.6. Edwardes; title: 6.7. Contemporary Practice; title: 7. Managing Groups and teams; title: 7.1. Introduction; title: 7.2. Formal and informal groups; title: 7.3. Practicality; title: 7.4. Tuckman; title: 7.5. Janis; title: 7.6. Belbin; title: 8. Bibliography