Organizational Management: Design, Develop, Structure and Manage your Organization for a Sustainable Advantage and Growth

Design, Develop, Structure and manage your Organization for a Sustainable Competitive Advantage and GrowthManagement is a profession. According to some, it is a profession that you cannot learn, but that you are born a manager. However, management is a profession that can be learned. Sometimes this can only be done in practice, but more often in combination with a theoretical education. Especially nowadays, it is important to know more about the theory of the profession. Globalisation and increasing complexity in the business world make theory increasingly important. These theories may give managers new insights into their job policy.You will learn how to structure organizations based on the theories of renowned researchers. You will get to see how the pieces of the puzzle are all connected. This book will teach you the foundations of Organizational and Management Sciences. More specifically:How to Organize your BusinessHow to Structure OrganizationsHow to Design OrganizationsHow to Analyze OrganizationsHow to Recognize the Characteristics of OrganizationsHow to Develop and Grow OrganizationsHow to Change OrganizationsThis book will provide you with the Organizational Theories of researchers like Gareht Morgan, Peter Senge, Lawrence & Lorsch, Galbraith, Mintzberg and Heijnsdijk for Organizational Design. You will also learn how to use the configurations of Henry Mintzberg, the theory of McKinsey and the expressions of culture and the culture typologies by Harrison. Next to all this, this book will get you acquainted with the Management Schools of thought:The Classic School including Scientific Management of Frederik Taylor, Bureaucracy by Max Weber and General Management by Henry Fayol.The Human Relations School by Elton Mayo.The Revisionism School by researchers like Likert, McGregor, Maslow and Blake & Mouton.The Systems Approach by Kenneth BouldingThe Contingency School by Paul Lawrence & Jay LorschThe Modern School by researchers like Porter, Hamel & Prahalad and Michael Hammer. Read more