Summary
Contents
Subject index
Organizations: Management Without Control provides a comprehensive understanding of the functions of formal organizations and the challenges they face. The most effective organizations provide members with opportunities to achieve their personal goals while pursuing the organization's objectives. Using a practical approach with minimal jargon, author Howard P. Greenwald covers the basic features of organizations such as roles, structure, reward systems, power and authority, and culture and introduces important theoretical perspectives related to these features.
Key Features
Emphasizes the theme of “management without control”: This volume differs from most standard texts by highlighting both the challenges and opportunities that result from the independence of the individuals in the organization's ranks.; Stresses the importance of individual motivation and self-fulfillment: Recognizing the individual's responsibility for their own success, the book helps readers evaluate clues to whether the organization to which they belong is an adequate opportunity.; Offers a critical perspective on current fads and management ideologies: Proposing no formulaic solutions, the book provides the perspectives required to understand each organization's uniqueness and to develop remedies to issues as they arise.; Makes theory accessible through numerous real-life examples: Chapters include examples from life in business organizations, government agencies, non-profits, clubs, friendship groups, and families.; Examines multinational corporations: Challenges involved in management on an international scale are explored as the book applies the principle of individual and group independence to global matters.; Underscores multidisciplinary interest in organizations: Content is drawn from sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and management science.
Intended Audience
This introductory textbook on formal organizations is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Organizational Behavior, Managing Complex Organizations, Sociology of Organizations, and Government/Non-profit Management in the departments of business, public administration, health administration, social work, sociology, and psychology.
Instructor's Resources
An Instructor's Resource CD is available upon request. This CD provides PowerPoint presentations, test questions, additional examples and cases, suggested exercises, and much more!
The Rule of Structure
The Rule of Structure
Learning Objective
To understand the importance and operation of organizational structure.
Principles
- While roles guide the thinking and action of individuals, structure coordinates the roles. The structure of a well-functioning organization helps focus individual roles on the organization's objectives. Structure constitutes the organization's stable core.
- Organizational structure is sometimes deliberately created by entrepreneurs and planners. Sometimes, however, structure evolves through spontaneous human action.
- Structure varies among organizations. Organizational structures differ in characteristics such as hierarchy, centralization, and complexity.
- A variety of factors account for structural differences among organizations. These include size, technology, age, environment, and leadership. The organization's environment often influences its structure.
- While an essential part of every organization, structure poses challenges in many instances. An organization's existing structure, ...
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