Based upon classical and contemporary theory and empirical research, this text forms a sociological analysis of organizations, focusing on the impacts that organizations have upon individuals and society.
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Thinking About Organizations
Part II: Organizational Structure
Chapter 2: Organization Structure: Key Dimensions
Chapter 3: Organization Structure: Explanations
Part III: Organizational Processes
Chapter 4: Power and Power Outcomes
Chapter 5: Leadership
Chapter 6: Decision Making
Chapter 7: Communication
Chapter 8: Managing Organizational Environments: Conceptualizing the Environment
Chapter 9: Managing Environments: Contemporary Paradigms
Part I: Outcomes
Chapter 10: Organizational Performance and Change
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Thinking about Organizations
Overview
Why Study Organizations?
Organizational Impacts
Organizations and the World
The Nature of Organizations
The Plan of the Book
In Sum
Exercises
PART II: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Chapter 2: Organization Structure: Key Dimensions
Overview
Defining Organizational Structure
Modern Organizational Structure: The Bureaucratic Form
Sociological Studies of Formal Structure in Organizations
Dimensions of Formal Structure: Complexity
Dimensions of Formal Structure: Formalization
Dimensions of Formal Structure: Centralization
Relations between Complexity, Formalization & Centralization
Summary and Conclusions
Exercises
Chapter 3: Organization Structure: Explanations
Overview
Effects of Size
Effects of Technology
Effects of Internal Culture
Environmental Effects on Structure: External Culture
Creating Formal Structure: Debates over Process
Explaining Organizational Structure: Summary
Exercises
PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES
Chapter 4: Power and Power Outcomes
Overview
The Nature of Power in Organizations
Authority and Power
Other Types of Power
Shifts in Power
Power Outcomes: Compliance and Involvement
Power Outcomes: Conflict
The Components of Conflict Situations
The Outcomes of Conflict
Summary and Conclusions
Exercises
Chapter 5: Leadership
Overview
What Is Leadership?
The Outcomes of Leadership in Organizations
Leadership in the Voluntary Organization
Summary and Conclusions
Exercises
Chapter 6: Decision Making
Overview
Organizations as Systems of Decisions
Strategies of Power and Decision Making
Summary and Conclusions
Exercises
Chapter 7: Communication
Overview
The Importance of Communication
Individual Factors
Organizational Factors
Vertical Communication
Horizontal Communication
Communication Problems
Communication to and from Outside the Organization
Possible Solutions
Summary and Conclusions
Exercises
Chapter 8: Managing Organizational Environments: Conceptualizing the Environment
Overview
“Discovering” Organizational Environments
Defining the Environment: Core Dimensions
Defining the Environment: Interorganizational Relations
Defining the Environment: Selected Aspects
Perceiving the Environment
Summary and Conclusions
Exercises
Chapter 9: Managing Environments: Contemporary Paradigms
Overview
The Contingency Paradigm
The Resource Dependence Paradigm
The Transaction Costs Paradigm
The Institutional Paradigm
The Population Ecology Paradigm
Combining Paradigms
Summary and Conclusions
Exercises
PART III: OUTCOMES
Chapter 10: Organizational Performance and Change
Overview
Problems of Defining Organizational Goals
Approaches to Assessing Organizational Effectiveness
Evaluating Organizational Performance: Key Issues
Organizational Change and Transformation
Organizational Change: Learning
Transformational Change
Summary and Conclusions
Exercises