Context of the organisation

Organisations Goals and Objectives

1. Objectives
2. The nature of organisational goals
3. The functions of goals
4. Integration of goals
5. Classification of organisational goals
6. Organisational ideologies and principles
7. Objectives and policy
8. The profit objective
9. Fallacy of the single objective
10. The need for Strategy
11. The concept of synergy
12. SWOT analysis
13. The management of opportunities and risks
14. Social responsibilities of management
15. Main areas of social responsibility
16. Social reports
17. Profit and effective performance
18. Synopsis
19. Review and discussions
20. Bibliography

Organisations structures and systems

1. Objectives
2. The meaning of organisation and structure
3. Levels of organisation
4. Dimensions of structure
5. The importance of good structure
6. The design of organisational structure
7. Clarification of the objectives
8. Task and element functions
9. The division of work
10. Co-ordinating mechanisms
11. Centralisation and decentralisation
12. Principles of organisation
13. Span of control
14. The Scala chain
15. Flatter organisational structures
16. Formal organisational relationships
17. Line and staff organisation
18. Project teams and matrix organisation/li>
19. Effects of a deficient organisational structure
20. Organisational charts
21. Synopsis
22. Review and discussions
23. Bibliography

Contingency approach to organisation and management

1. Objectives
2. The meaning and nature of the contingency approach
3. Size of the Organisation
4. Technology
5. The Woodward study
6. The major dimensions of Technology – Perrow
7. Environment
8. Burns and Stalker study
9. Mixed forms of Organisational structure
10. Lawrence and Lorch study
11. Evaluation of the contingency approach
12. Contribution of the Contingency theory
13. Is Culture a contingency Factor
14. Organisational practices
15. Parkinson’s Law
16. The Peter Principle
17. Synopsis
18. Review and Discussion
19. Bibliography