Management : a sourcebook /

This book is about managing large and small organisations, particularly in the South Pacific. Drawing on research trends and contemporary analytical frameworks, its fourteen contributors outline and discuss key elements in the Management Process and how they are affected by Organisational Behaviour...

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Other Authors: Thomson, Murna
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Palmerston North, New Zealand : The Dunmore Press, 1989.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part one: Introducing management ; The evolution of management thought / Robyn J Walker Studying management today / Stuart Thomson and Jennifer Ali Organisations: classifications and concepts of structure / Stuart Thomson and Murna Thomson Organisation culture: concepts and issues / David Tweed. Part two: Management processes ; Planning / Neil Leiper Controlling in management systems / Neil Leiper Organising as a function over time / David Tweed Theories of leadership: an overview / Philip Dewe Decision making / Jacqui Cleland and Nick Park. Part three: Human resource management ; Different perspectives on organisational behaviour / Philip Dewe Content and process theories of motivation: a review and critique / Philip Dewe Power and politics / Jacqui Cleland Conflict / Jacqui Cleland Communications in organisations / Frank Sligo The personnel function in organisations / Paul Toulson. Part four: Design in organisations ; Health and safety at work / Ian B Campbell and Ian S Laird Organisation design and development / Stuart Thomson Job design / Carol Slappendel Information systems / John Monin User-centred design / Carol Slappendel