Management and organizational behavior classics

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Management and organizational behavior classics

edited by Michael T. Matteson, John M. Ivancevich

Irwin/McGraw-Hill, c1999

7th ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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The authors focus on presenting the reader with outstanding contributions to the management and organizational behavior literature. The readings include works of recognized, respected, and pioneer scholars in the field while also broadening the understanding of management and organizational behavior topics found in textbooks. The readings also incorporate theorists from the economics, sociology, statistics, mathematics, engineering, and psychology disciplines to reflect the complex and dynamic field of management and organizational behavior.

Table of Contents

Part One Foundations for Understanding Management and Organizational Behavior1 Of the Division of Labor, Adam Smith2 What is Scientific Management?, Frederick W. Taylor3 Notes on the Theory of Organization, Luther Gulick4 The Western electric Researchers, George C. Homans5 The Human Side of Enterprise, Douglas M. McGregor6 The Management Theory Jungle, Harold KoontzPart Two Classical Management Processes: Planning, Organizing, Controlling7 Planning, Henri Fayol8 Long-Range Planning: Challenge to Management Science, Peter F. Drucker9 Classifying the Elements of Work, Frank B. Gilbreth and Lillian M. Gilbreth10 Organization Theory: An Overview and an Appraisal, William G. Scott11 The Theory of Authority, Chester I. Barnard12 The Ideal Bureaucracy, Max WeberPart Three Managing Individual and Group Behavior13 The Bases of Social Power, John R. P. French, Jr. and Betray Raven14 Role Conflict and Ambiguity in Organizations, Robert L. Kahn15 On the Folly of Rewarding A, while Hoping for B, Steven Kerr16 Overcoming Resistance to Change, Lester Coch and John R. P. French, Jr.17 How to Prevent Organizational Dry Rot, John W. Gardner18 The Development and Enforcement of Group Norms, Daniel C. FeldmanPart Five Managing Organizational Behavior: leadership, Motivation, Decision Making19 The Contingency Model - New Directions for Leadership Utilization, Fred E. Fiedler20 Decision Making as A Social Process: Normative and Descriptive Models of Leader Behavior, Victor H. Vroom and Arthur G. Jago21 A Theory of Human Motivation, Abraham H. Maslow22 That Urge to Achieve, David C. McClelland23 Participation by Subordinates in the Managerial Decision-Making Process, Robert Tannenbaum and Fred Massarik24 The Myth of Management, C.West Churchman

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