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Understanding College and University Organization : the State of the System.
Now available in paperback, this two-volume work is intended to help readers develop powerful new ways of thinking about organizational principles, and apply them to policy-making and management in colleges and universities. The book is written with two audiences in mind: administrative and faculty...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sterling :
Stylus Pub.,
2007.
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| Colección: | Understanding College and University Organization.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; CONTENTS; PROBLEM-TO-THEORY APPLICATION TABLE; FOREWORD; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; VOLUME I: THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM; 1 THE APPLICATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; Colleges and Universities as Complex Organizations; Objectives of the Book; Theory; Organizational Theory; Three Perspectives on Organizational Theory; Summary; References; 2 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AS COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS; Roles and Functions of Colleges and Universities; College and University National Organization.
- Internal Organization of Colleges and UniversitiesBudget Making in Academic Institutions; Personnel Decisions; Tenure and Academic Freedom; Student Participation in Decision Making; Summary; References; 3 APPROACHES TO ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS: THREE PARADIGMS; Paradigms Defined; Approaches to Paradigmatic Use; Three Paradigms: An Overview; Positivist Paradigm; The Social Construction Paradigm; Postmodern Perspectives on Organizations; Applying the Three Paradigms; Summary; Review Questions; Case Discussion Questions; References; 4 GENERAL AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS THEORY; History of Systems Theory.
- General Systems TheorySocial Systems Theory; The Social Systems Model; Expanded Social Systems Model; Proportionate Contribution of Idiographic versus Nomothetic; The ''Fit'' Between and Among System Components; Extensions of Systems Theory: Alternative Paradigms; Summary; Review Questions; Case Discussion Questions; References; 5 ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; Systems Theory and Organizational Environments; Positivist Theories of Organization-Environment Relations; Social Construction Perspectives on Environment; Postmodern Perspectives on Environment; Summary; Review Questions.
- Case Discussion QuestionsReferences; 6 CONCEPTUAL MODELS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; A Brief Definition of Organizational Design; Description and Overview of This Chapter; A Brief Review of a Typical College or University Design; Differentiation and Integration: Basic Issues in Organizational Design; Alternative Modes of Designing an Organization: Mechanistic and Organic; Determinants of Organizational Design; Summary; Review Questions; Case Discussion Questions; References; 7 BUREAUCRATIC FORMS AND THEIR LIMITATIONS; Bureaucratic Structure; Centralization, Decentralization, and Participation.
- Common Bureaucratic FormsSocial Construction of Organizational Structure; Postmodern Views on Organizational Design; Summary; Review Questions; Case Discussion Questions; References; 8 ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES; Organizational Benefits and Detriments of Precise Role Definition; Role Theory in Organizations; Roles as Functional Positions in Bureaucracies; Role as Expected Behavior; Social Construction Conceptualizations of Roles; Postmodern and Feminist Perspectives on Roles; Role Conflict; Role Ambiguity; Supplementary Role Concepts; Summary; Review Questions; Case Discussion Questions; References.