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Adelien Decramer - Making Organisations Work

ORGANIZATIONS

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Making Organizations Work is an exploratory handbook that provides insight into organizational management and theory. In order to lead an organization, to analyze it or to give sound advice to an organization, it is crucial to understand the functioning of organizations, the dynamics of groups and the behavior of people. Therefore, this work thoroughly examines organizational management on the basis of analyses, cases, insights and evidence, always using three perspectives: the organizational perspective, the group perspective and the individual perspective.

This handbook shows the reader how to deal with evolving organizations in a volatile labor market. Social and organizational developments, such as technological changes, diversity, ageing, the emphasis on output, efficiency and effectiveness, and an increasingly competitive market, make the analysis of today’s organizations challenging but at the same time particularly nteresting.

Basic concepts as well as contemporary insights into management are ddressed in this work. Through this versatile approach, the reader eventually learns to reflect independently upon organizational management and new developments within this ever-changing domain.

Published in April 2020 | Paperback | 248 pages | ca. 76,000 words
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English edition published by Owl Press

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adelien Decramer is associate professor in HRM and Organisational Behaviour, member of the professiorial staff of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, and head of the research group HRM and Organisational Behaviour at Ghent University. She has published in prominent scientific journals such as Leadership Quarterly, Public Administration, British Journal of Management and Journal of Organizational Behaviour.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1: Looking back in history
1.1 The Rational Approach
1.2 The Human Relations Movement
1.3 Sources of Knowledge and Inspiration
1.4 Conclusion

Chapter 2: The employee in the organisation
2.1 The Personality of the Employee
2.2 The Individual Concept of Self
2.3 Values and Behaviour
2.4 Leadership Characteristics
2.5 The Happiness and Wellbeing of the Employee
2.6 Mindfulness
2.7 Conclusion

Chapter 3: Groups and teams in the organisation
3.1 Groups
3.2 Teams
3.3 Conclusion

Chapter 4: Organisational structure, culture and climate
4.1 Structure
4.2 Culture and Climate
4.3 Conclusion

Chapter 5: Performance management
5.1 Planning, Following Up and Evaluating Organisational Performance
5.2 The Performance of Teams, Departments and Divisions
5.3 Planning, Following Up and Evaluating of Employee Through an Employee Performance Management System
5.4 Conclusion

Chapter 6: Challenges and change
6.1 Digitalisation
6.2 Diversity
6.3 Generations
6.4 Employability
6.5 Conclusion

Acknowledgment
References

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