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List of contents
PART 1: BACKGROUND TO ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Scope and method to Organisational behaviour
2. Scientific management and the classical school
3. Human relations, systems and contingency approaches
PART 2: INDIVIDUALS AND THE ORGANISATION
4. Individual differences
5. Psychological and achievement testing
6. Learning and the acquisition of skills
7. Individual orientation to work
8. Motivation, incentives and job design
9. Role theory and transactional analysis
10. Stress and conflict
11. Careers
PART 3: ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT
12. Groups
13. Leadership
14. Communication
15. Decision making
16. The management of organisations
17. Change in organisations
18. Work study and the behavioural effects of operating systems
PART 4: THE DESIGN OF ORGANISATIONS
19. Nature of organisations
20. The design of organisations
21. Recent developments in the practice of organisational design
22. Appendices: Bibliography
23. Examination technique
24. Sample examination questions
Index
Summary
This brief book successfully assimilates the wide variety of topics that make up this area including: the individual and the organisation, the organisation and its management and the design of organisations. It concentrates on principles and methods rather than on particular empirical studies or organisational techniques and takes a step by step guide.
