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Organizational Theory English

  • Författare Jørgen Lægaard
  • ISBN 87-7681-169-7
  • 1. Utgåva
  • 112 sidor

Beskrivning

This free book introduces the reader to the different theories within field of organization as well as to the different types of organizations structures which are most commonly used.

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Contents

1. Organizational theory in perspective
1.1 Requirements of future organizations
1.2 Levels and perspectives in organizational theory
1.3 The connecting thread in organizational theory
1.4 Chronological outline of organizational theories

2. Focus on task performance and structure
2.1 Scientific Management – F. W. Taylor
2.2 Administrative Theory – H. Fayol
2.3 Bureaucracy Model – M. Weber
2.4 Organizational structure
2.4.1 Simple structure
2.4.2 Hierarchical organization
2.4.3 Functional organization
2.4.4 Product organization
2.4.5 Matrix organization
2.4.6 Advantages and disadvantages of structures
2.4.7 Differences between hierarchical and flat structure
2.4.8 Mechanical and organic organizations
2.5 Theory of Administrative Behavior – H. Simon
2.6 Team organization
2.6.1 Typical team based organizations
2.7 Pitfalls in focus on task performance and structure
2.8 Literature for chapter 2

3. Focus on motivation
3.1 Theoretical approaches to motivation
3.2 Inner motivation
3.3 Motivational theory based on rational factors
3.3.1 Expectancy Theory
3.3.2 Self-efficacy
3.3.3 Management by Objectives
3.4 Motivational theory based on needs
3.4.1 Maslow’s needs model
3.4.2 Alderfer’s needs theory
3.4.3 McClelland’s motivational theory
3.5 Outer motivation
3.5.1 Job Design
3.5.2 Herzberg’s 2 Factor Hygiene and Motivation theory
3.5.3 Hackman & Oldham’s Job Characteristic model
3.5.4 Skinner’s Rewards/Reinforcement Theory
3.5.5 Pathfinder Theory
3.5.6 Organizational justice
3.6 Motivation and money
3.7 Motivation and absence due to illness
3.8 Motivation and age
3.6 Pitfalls in focus on motivation
3.7 Literature for chapter 3

4. Focus on adjustments to the external environment
4.1 Organizational model with loose couplings – K. Weick
4.2 Organizational Learning – J. G. March and J. Olsen
4.3 The Learning Organization – C. Argyris and P. Senge
4.4 Organizational culture
4.4.1 Culture as an integral part of the organization – Schein
4.4.2 The fragmented organizational culture - Martin
4.4.3 The identity of the organization – Albert & Whetten
4.5 Rational adjustment with the Contingency theory – Lawrence and Lorsch
4.6 External Environment Factors and Five Organizational Forms – Mintzberg
4.7 Pitfalls in focus on adjustment to the external environment
4.8 Litteratur til kapitel 4

5. Management
5.1 Management is both management and leadership – Kouzes and Posner
5.1.1 Characteristics of practicing leadership
5.2 Continuum of Leadership Behavior – Tannenbaum-Schmidt
5.3 Model for Situational Leadership – Hersey and Blanchard
5.4 Value-based Leadership - Fairholm
5.4.1 Bureaucratic Leadership and Value-based Leadership – Verner C. Petersen
5.5 Leading Change – John Kotter
5.6 Appreciative Inquiry - Cooperriders
5.6.1 The basic assumptions of the theory
5.6.2 The four stages of the AI method
5.7 Lean Management
5.8 Pitfalls in management approaches
5.9 Literature for chapter 5

Endnotes

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