Management and Organizational Behaviour Classics

By: Matteson, Michael TContributor(s): Ivanchvich, John MMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, MA : Irwin/McGraw-Hill, ©1999Edition: 7th edDescription: xv, 311 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780256264579; 0256264570 Subject(s): Industrial managementDDC classification: 658
Contents:
Foundations for understanding management and organizational behavior. Of the division of labour / Adam Smith -- What is scientific management? / Frederick W. Taylor -- Notes on the theory of organization / Luther Gulick -- The western electric researches / George C. Homans -- The human side of enterprise / Douglas M. McGregor -- The management theory jungle / Harold Koontz -- Classic management processes: planning, organizing, controlling. Planning / Henri Fayol -- Long-range planning: challenge to management science / Peter F. Drucker -- Classifying the elements of work / Frank B. Gilbreth and Lillian M. Gilbreth -- Organization theory: an overview and an appraisal / William G. Scott -- The theory of authority / Chester I. Barnard -- The ideal bureaucracy / Max Weber -- Managing individual and group behavior. The bases of social power / John R.P. French, Jr. and Bertram Raven -- Role conflict and ambiguity in organizations / Robert L. Kahn -- On the folly of rewarding A. while hoping for B / Steven Kerr -- Overcoming resistance to change / Lester Coch and John R.P. French, Jr. -- How to prevent organizational dry rot / John W. Gardner -- The development and enforcement of group norms / Daniel C. Feldman -- Managing organizational behavior: leadership, motivation, decision making. The contingency model-new directions for leadership utilization / Fred E. Fiedler -- Decision making as a social process: normative and descriptive models of leader behavior / Victor H. Vroom and Arthur G. Jago -- A theory of human motivation / Abraham H. Maslow -- That urge to achieve / David C. McClelland -- Participation by subordinates in the managerial decision-making process / Robert Tannenbaum and Fred Massarik -- The myth of management / C. West Churchman.
Summary: The authors focus on presenting the reader with outstanding contributions to the management and organizational behavior literature. The readings include works of recognized, respected, and pioneer scholars in the field while also broadening the understanding of management and organizational behavior topics found in textbooks. The readings also incorporate theorists from the economics, sociology, statistics, mathematics, engineering, and psychology disciplines to reflect the complex and dynamic field of management and organizational behavior.
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Includes index

Foundations for understanding management and organizational behavior. Of the division of labour / Adam Smith --
What is scientific management? / Frederick W. Taylor --
Notes on the theory of organization / Luther Gulick --
The western electric researches / George C. Homans --
The human side of enterprise / Douglas M. McGregor --
The management theory jungle / Harold Koontz --
Classic management processes: planning, organizing, controlling. Planning / Henri Fayol --
Long-range planning: challenge to management science / Peter F. Drucker --
Classifying the elements of work / Frank B. Gilbreth and Lillian M. Gilbreth --
Organization theory: an overview and an appraisal / William G. Scott --
The theory of authority / Chester I. Barnard --
The ideal bureaucracy / Max Weber --
Managing individual and group behavior. The bases of social power / John R.P. French, Jr. and Bertram Raven --
Role conflict and ambiguity in organizations / Robert L. Kahn --
On the folly of rewarding A. while hoping for B / Steven Kerr --
Overcoming resistance to change / Lester Coch and John R.P. French, Jr. --
How to prevent organizational dry rot / John W. Gardner --
The development and enforcement of group norms / Daniel C. Feldman --
Managing organizational behavior: leadership, motivation, decision making. The contingency model-new directions for leadership utilization / Fred E. Fiedler --
Decision making as a social process: normative and descriptive models of leader behavior / Victor H. Vroom and Arthur G. Jago --
A theory of human motivation / Abraham H. Maslow --
That urge to achieve / David C. McClelland --
Participation by subordinates in the managerial decision-making process / Robert Tannenbaum and Fred Massarik --
The myth of management / C. West Churchman.

The authors focus on presenting the reader with outstanding contributions to the management and organizational behavior literature. The readings include works of recognized, respected, and pioneer scholars in the field while also broadening the understanding of management and organizational behavior topics found in textbooks. The readings also incorporate theorists from the economics, sociology, statistics, mathematics, engineering, and psychology disciplines to reflect the complex and dynamic field of management and organizational behavior.

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