Autore	Bess James L
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Sterling, : Stylus Publishing, 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (510 p.)
Disciplina	378.101
Altri autori (Persone)	DeeJay R
Collana	Understanding College and University Organization
Soggetto topico	Organizational sociology Universities and colleges -- Administration Universities and colleges
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-57922-771-6 1-4356-1729-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	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 9 MOTIVATION IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION WORKPLACE
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451983603321

Autore	Bess James L
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Sterling, : Stylus Publishing, 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (508 p.)
Disciplina	378.101
Altri autori (Persone)	DeeJay R
Collana	Understanding College and University Organization
Soggetto topico	Education Organizational sociology Universities and colleges -- Administration Universities and colleges Universities and colleges - Administration
ISBN	1-00-344845-3 1-000-97360-3 1-003-44845-3 1-57922-772-4 1-4356-1730-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; CONTENTS; PROBLEM-TO-THEORY APPLICATION TABLE; FOREWORD; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; 1 OVERVIEW; Overview of Volume I; Organizational Theory; Organizational Paradigms; Overview of Systems Theory; Key Concepts in Systems Theory; Contents of Volume II; Summary; References; 2 CONFLICT IN ORGANIZATIONS; Open and Closed Systems; History of the Development of Conflict Theory; Conflict as Structure; Conflict as Process; Social Constructionist Perspectives on Conflict; Postmodern Perspectives on Conflict; Gender Issues in Conflict Management; Summary; Review Questions Case Discussion QuestionsReferences; 3 POWER AND POLITICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS; Some Definitions: Power Authority and Politics; Power and Rationality; Organizational Versus Personal Determinants of Power; Organizational Determinants of Power; Horizontal Power: Strategic Contingencies Theory; Vertical Power: Partisans and Authorities; Personal Power; Social Constructionist Perspectives on Power; Empowerment; Marxist and Postmodern Alternatives; Power Politics and Unions; Summary; Review Questions; Case Discussion Questions; References; 4 ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING Decision Making as a ProcessDecision Making as Structure; Participation Theories; Risky Shift Polarization and Social Loafing in Group Decision Making; Social Constructionist Perspectives on Group Decision Making; Summary; Review Questions; Case Discussion Questions; References; 5 INDIVIDUAL DECISION MAKING; Garbage Can Model; Decisions as Role Playing; Decisions as Personality Manifestations; Decisions and Information Utilization; Risk and Uncertainty: The Gambling Metaphor; Decision Trees; Non-Decision Making; Postmodern Perspectives on Individual Decision Making; Summary; Review Questions Case Discussion QuestionsReferences; 6 ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; Conceptualizations of Organizational Learning; Processes and Stages of Organizational Learning; Linking Individual and Organizational Learning; Cultural Conceptualizations of Organizational Learning; Dialectical Perspectives on Cultural Learning; Postmodern Interpretations of Organizational Learning; Contingencies Governing the Use of Alternative Learning Models; The Learning Organization; Summary; Review Questions; Case Discussion Questions; References; 7 ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY; Strategy and the External Environment The Linear Model of StrategyThe Adaptive Model of Strategy; The Emergent Model of Strategy; The Symbolic Model of Strategy; Postmodern Models of Strategy; Curriculum as Strategy: Application of the Five Models; Heuristics for Choosing a Model of Strategy; Summary; Review Questions; Case Discussion Questions; References; 8 ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY; Conceptualizations of Effectiveness and Efficency; Model 1: The Goal Model; Model 2: The System Resource Model; Model 3: The Internal Process Model; Model 4: Strategic Constituencies Model; Model 5: Phase Models Model 6: Fit Models
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910974222603321