TABLE OF CONTENT
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR3
BEHAVIOUR AND ORGANISATIONS3
Organisational behaviour3
Development of organisations and definitions3
The many questions4
Timeline of management theories4
Scientific management theory4
Classical management theory5
The Human relations school5
Open-system theory6
Socio-technical theory6
Human resource management6
Managerial competencies6
ATTRIBUTES OF INDIVIDUALS7
Values, attributes, needs and expectations7
Trait approaches to personality7
The structure of personality7
Environmental approaches to personality7
Cognitive theories8
Perception8
THEORIES OF MOTIVATION9
Content theories9
Maslow's hierarchy of needs9
Acquired needs theory by D. McClelland10
Herzberg's dual factory theory10
ERG Theory by C. ALDERFER10
Process theories of motivation10
Equity theory10
Expectancy theory of motivation11
Reinforcement theory11
Structural modification: job design11
GROUP BEHAVIOUR11
Role theory, roles and interactions11
Role incompatibility and conflict12
Counter-strategies12
Interaction with groups and individuals12
Implications of role theory13
DECISION MAKING IN GROUPS13
Decision-making techniques13
Goals, rationality in decision-making14
Garbage can theory14
Decision model14
GROUPS IN THE ORGANISATION15
Types and purpose of groups15
Group development15
Group effects on individuals16
Intergroup behaviour16
Conformity and Obedience16
Conformity and Obedience experiments17
Solomon Asch's conformity experiment17
Stanley Milgram: Obedience to Authority17
Management implications17
POWER AND LEADERSHIP IN ORGANISATIONS17
Leadership theories18
Trait theories of leadership18
Behavioural styles theory18
Contingency theories19
Transformational leadership versus transactional19
New trait theories19
Power and influence20
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE20
Dimensions approaches to cultural difference21
Tomas's cultural standards and critical incidents21
Structural view of organisational culture22
THE STRUCTURE OF ORGANISATIONS22
Contingency approach to organisational structure22
Technology and organisational structure23
Size and organisational structure23
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
Behaviour and organisations
Organisational behaviour
In order to understand what how an organisation is functioning we have to concentrate on a broader perspective and we have to analyse the people that are actually building blocks of the organisations.
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