open questions 814
open systems
framework 978
model 108, 1059
organisations 83, 124–5, 131
performance appraisal 765
see also external environment
operant conditioning 364, 403, 405–7,
1059
operational core 117–18
operational foundation 150
operational goals 149
operationalisation stage 677–8
operations 358, 776
opinion seeking/giving functions 566
opportunistic management 241, 243
opportunities
cost 852
management of 160–1
poor response to 621
SWOT analysis 22, 141, 159–60,
1063
Opportunity 2000 367–8
oppressive control 869
optimism 303
oral stage 347–8
order
and flexibility balanced 848–9
goals 148
management 197–8
see also control and power
orders, control by 848–9
O’Reilly, C. 902
organic system 571, 642–4, 866, 1059
organisation see organisations
organisational behaviour 8, 20, 25–64,
30, 889, 1059
behavioural science 23, 29–30, 1052
case study 56–62
change, resistance to 914–15
definition/meaning 26–7
goals and control 833–4
influences on 27–9
management as integrating activity
34–6, 195–6
metaphors 32–3, 72, 83, 888
organisational practices 40
Parkinson’s Law 41–2, 266, 1060
patterns see under contingency
approach
people, importance of 30–1
Peter Principle 40, 1060
psychoanalytic applications 348–9
psychological contract 30, 37–9,
1061
structure 622–4
work orientations/work ethic 33–4
organisational change see change,
organisational
organisational characteristics 246, 247,
979
organisational climate see climate,
organisational
organisational control see control and
power
organisational culture see culture,
organisational
organisational development 14, 799,
887–940, 1059
case studies and examples 924–7
change management 889, 890
components of see delegation;
empowerment; job design;
Managerial/Leadership Grid;
MBO; quality; socio-technical
system; T-groups; Theory X;
Theory Y
definition/meaning 888, 889
implementation 890–1
management development as 888,
889, 962
see also management development
and performance
training 760, 899, 903
see also change, organisational;
climate, organisational;
commitment and loyalty;
conflict; culture, organisational;
learning organisation
organisational effectiveness
excellence 898, 960–2, 971–5
management development and
performance 603, 942, 945,
959–60
organisational factors and job
satisfaction 701, 704
organisational goals, strategy and
responsibilities 9, 122, 124, 125,
126, 134, 137, 145–85, 1059
case studies and examples 182–3
see also goals and objectives;
responsibility; social
responsibilities; strategy
organisational ideology 130, 1059
organisational performance see
performance, organisational
organisational planning 910–13
organisational power 257, 306, 308,
782, 845–6, 847, 979, 1057
organisational practices 40
organisational setting 446–7
see also organisational goals;
organisations
organisational stakeholders see
stakeholders, organisational
organisational structure and design 12,
530, 595–632, 1059
behaviour, organisational 622–4
case studies and examples 629–30
chain of command 197, 544, 603,
611–12, 1052
charts 621–2, 650
control see span of control
deficient 619–21
definition/meaning and nature of
596–7
design 601–3
division of work 603, 605–8
formal relationships 603, 613–15
importance 597–8
inverted 617
learning 401–2
levels 598–600
line organisation 548, 603, 615–17,
1057
objectives clarified 603–4
principles 603, 609–12
project teams 617–18
task functions 537, 603, 604–5, 1063
TQM 967
see also decentralisation;
employee(s); employment
relations; flat structure;
hierarchy of needs model;
matrix structure; patterns of
structure and work organisation;
scalar chain; technology
organisational variables and leadership
297
organisations 8, 28, 35, 96, 113–43,
1059
audit 874, 976, 1059
authority types and 121–2
basic components of 117–18
behaviour see organisational
behaviour
change see change, organisational
classification 122
common factors 114–15
comparative study 127–8
context 114–15
contingency models 131
defined 114
development see organisational
development
effectiveness see organisational
effectiveness
environment, interactions with
126–7
formal see formal organisations
future 126–7, 137
goals see goals and objectives;
organisational goals, strategy
and responsibilities
human resource management 752–3
and individual 38
informal see informal organisations
management style 245, 946
see also approaches to organisation
and management
open see open systems
-oriented system 729
power 257, 306, 308, 782, 845–6,
847, 979, 1060
primary activity 123–4
prime beneficiary 122–3
production and service 120–1
responsibilities see organisational
goals
staff 548, 1063
strategy see organisational goals
structure see organisational structure
study 420
sub-systems 114, 129–30, 1059
technical change 134
1084
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