understanding organisations part I

Tony Greener
Understanding Organisations:
Part I
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Tony Greener
Understanding Organisations
Part I
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Understanding Organisations: Part I
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© 2010 Tony Greener &
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Understanding Organisations: Part I
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Contents
Contents
1 Characteristics of work organisations 7
1.1 Introduction 7
1.2 Formal and informal organisations 11
1.3 Private and public sectors 12
1.4 Primary activities 13

1.5 Task organisations 13
2 e Nature of Managerial Work 18
2.1 Introduction 18
2.2 What managers do 19
2.3 Machiavelli 19
2.4 Taylor 23
2.5 Fayol 25
2.6 Luther Gullick 26
2.7 Peters and Waterman 27
2.8 Pedler, Burgoyne and Boydell 28
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3 Organisational Structure 29
3.1 Introduction 29
3.2 Structures 30
4 Organisational culture 39
4.1 Introduction 39
4.2 What is corporate culture? 39
4.3 Determinants of corporate culture 40
4.4 Schools of ought 40
4.5 Deal and Kennedy 41
4.6 Work hard/play hard 41
4.7 Bettering 42
4.8 Process 43
4.9 Handy 44
5 Managing Behaviour 49
5.1 Introduction 49
5.2 How do we receive information and learn? 50
5.3 Learning styles – General descriptions 51
5.4 Motivational eorists 55
5.5 Motivational theories 58
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