Organisational Structures and Processes provides a framework for students to examine the varied and dynamic nature of organization's structures and internal relations. The workbook looks at:
The identification, evaluation and designing of organizational structures Communications in organizations Identifying and changing organizational culture
Introduction.
Section I: Identifying Structures:.
1. Nature of organisations:.
What is an organisation?.
Organisational structures.
Understanding an organisation's design.
Organisational goals and effectiveness.
2. Designing an organisation's structure:.
Differentiation.
Hierarchy.
Grouping activities.
Integration.
Control.
Section II: Changing Structures:.
1. Organisational structures:.
Types of organisational structure.
Life cycle of the organisation structure.
Authority, power and control.
The future.
2. Organisational change and its management.
Sources of innovation and change.
Planned organisational change and the environment.
Resistance to change.
Technology and change.
Section III: Communicating in Organisations:.
1. Communication systems.
Communication.
Models of communication.
Channels and networks.
Principal communication media.
Feedback and control.
Communication, information and technology.
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