Organizational management theory

Most organizations today are based on the scientific management theory, yielding the bmeaucratic model. The bureaucracy is the typical organizational structure, which is founded on the principles of logic, order, and legitimate authority. The characteristics of a bureaucratic organization include a clear division of labor, job specialization, a hierarchy of authority implemented... 

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Organizational Resource Management Theories, Methodologies, and Applications Jussi Kantola... 

Third year—fall semester Health/pediatric psychology Theory and practice of organizational management Advanced seminar in family and child interventions Third year—spring semester... 

Focus of much of the classical organizational theory is on output and productivity — refining the process to be the most efficient means of producing a product. Although this was attractive to most managers, many employees felt disenfranchised with the process. Often, considerations of the employee were not taken into accoxmt. From this recognition of the human factor arose some of the modem organizational theories. 

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Levitt, R.E., Thomsen, J., Christiansen, T.R., Kunz, J., Jin, Y., Nass, C. Simulating project work processes and organizations Toward a micro-contingency theory of organizational design. Management Science, Informs 45(11), 1479-1495 (1999)... 

Conger, J. A., and Kanimgo, R. N. (1987), Toward a Behavioral Theory of Charismatic Leadership in Organizational Settings, Academy of Management Review, VoL 12, pp. 637-647. 

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