This document outlines 20 units covering a range of topics in public administration and organizational theory, including: the meaning and nature of public administration; the development of administrative theories; scientific management and administrative management approaches; Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy; critiques of bureaucracy; the human relations approach; decision-making; organizational structure and functioning; socio-psychological approaches from Argyris, Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor, and Vroom; open and cooperative systems; systems approaches from Easton and Barnard; the concept of a learning organization; new organizational culture; new public administration; the public choice perspective; and the pertinence of critical theory.
This document outlines 20 units covering a range of topics in public administration and organizational theory, including: the meaning and nature of public administration; the development of administrative theories; scientific management and administrative management approaches; Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy; critiques of bureaucracy; the human relations approach; decision-making; organizational structure and functioning; socio-psychological approaches from Argyris, Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor, and Vroom; open and cooperative systems; systems approaches from Easton and Barnard; the concept of a learning organization; new organizational culture; new public administration; the public choice perspective; and the pertinence of critical theory.
This document outlines 20 units covering a range of topics in public administration and organizational theory, including: the meaning and nature of public administration; the development of administrative theories; scientific management and administrative management approaches; Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy; critiques of bureaucracy; the human relations approach; decision-making; organizational structure and functioning; socio-psychological approaches from Argyris, Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor, and Vroom; open and cooperative systems; systems approaches from Easton and Barnard; the concept of a learning organization; new organizational culture; new public administration; the public choice perspective; and the pertinence of critical theory.
Unit1 Public Administration Meaning, Nature and Scope and Importance
Unit2 Nature and Typologies of Organisation
Unit3 Development and Growth of Administrative Theories Unit4 Scientific Management Approach Unit5 Administrative Management Approach UUnit6 Max Weber's Theory of Bureaucracy Unit7 Critique of Bureaucracy Unit8 Human Relations Approach Unit9 Views of Herbert A. Simon on DecisoinMaking in an Organisation Unit10 Organisational Structure, Processes and Functioning Unit11 SocioPsychological Approach: Views of Chris Argyris Unit12 SocioPsychological Approach: Views of Abraham Maslow and Frederick Herzberg Unit13 SocioPsychological Approach: Views of Doughlas Mcgregor and Victor Vroom Unit14 Open and Cooperative Systems Unit15 Systems Approach: Views of David Easton and Chester Barnard Unit16 Concept of Learning Organisation Unit17 New Organisational Culture Unit18 New Public Administration Unit19 Perspective of Public Choice Unit20 Pertinence of Critical Theory
Paul S. Adler - Paul Du Gay - Glenn Morgan - Michael Reed (Eds.) - The Oxford Handbook of Sociology, Social Theory, and Organization Studies - Contemporary Currents-Oxford University Press, USA (2014)