ISBN:
9781135985790
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (876 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Organizations: Theory & Behaviour Volume 27
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Organizations Ser.
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DDC:
303.3/4
Keywords:
Leadership..
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Organization
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Leadership
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Abstract:
This book represents a selected collection of the writings, from 1950 to 1960, of members of the Human Relations Research Group (HRRG), from UCLA. The writings are followed by independent comments and appraisal from different viewpoints, prepared by distinguished experts in management theory, group psycho-therapy and psychology and sociology.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Leadership and the Influence Process -- Introduction -- 1. Some Basic Issues in Human Relations -- 2. Leadership: A Frame of Reference -- 3. Cultural Perspectives on Understanding People -- 4. The Process of Understanding People -- 5. How to Choose a Leadership Pattern -- 6. The Introduction of Change in Organizations -- 7. Participation by Subordinates -- 8. The Management of Differences -- Part Two: Sensitivity Training: A Personal Approach to the Development of Leaders -- Introduction -- 9. Looking at Ourselves: A New Focus in Management Training -- 10. A Sensitivity Training Group in Action -- 11. Sensitivity Training for the Management Team -- 12. Observations on the Trainer Role: A Case Study -- 13. Phases of Group Development -- 14. Assessing the Training Impact -- Part Three: Studies in Organization -- Introduction -- 15. A Look at Formal Organization: The Manager Concept -- 16. A Look at Formal Organization: Managerial Decision Making -- 17. Organization in Action: Bureaucracy in a Government Laboratory -- 18. Developing Objectives and Evaluation Procedures in Research Organizations -- 19. The Impact of Altered Objectives: Factionalism and Organizational Change in a Research Laboratory -- 20. Problems of Evaluation: The Impact of Interpersonal Relations on Ratings of Performance -- 21. Assessing Organizational Effectiveness: Job Satisfaction, Productivity, and Morale -- 22. Assessing Organizational Effectiveness: The Multi-relational Sociometric Survey -- 23. Relations with the Host: Social Research Faces Industry -- 24. Relations with the Subject: Problems in the Use of Indirect Methods of Attitude Measurement -- Part Four: Commentaries -- Scientific Concern for the Human Factor in Industry, by George R. Bach.
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Part One. Leadership and the Influence Process; Introduction; 1. Some Basic Issues in Human Relations; 2. Leadership: A Frame of Reference; 3. Cultural Perspectives on Understanding People; 4. The Process of Understanding People; 5. How to Choose a Leadership Pattern; 6. The Introduction of Change in Organizations; 7. Participation by Subordinates; 8. The Management of Differences; Part Two. Sensitivity Training: A Personal Approach to the Development of Leaders; Inroduction
Description / Table of Contents:
9. Looking at Ourselves: A New Focus in Management Training10. A Sensitivity Training Group in Action; 11. Sensitivity Training for the Management Team; 12. Observations on the Trainer Role: A Case Study; 13. Phases of Group Development; 14. Assessing the Training Impact; Part Three. Studies in Organization; Introduction; 15. A Look at Formal Organization: the Manager Concept; 16. A Look at Formal Organization: Managerial Decision Making; 17. Organization in Action: Bureaucracy in a Government Laboratory; 18. Developing Objectives and Evaluation Procedures in Research Organizations
Description / Table of Contents:
19. The Impact of Altered Objectives: Factionalism and Organizational Change in a Research Laboratory20. Problems of Evaluation: The Impact of Interpersonal Relations on Ratings of Performance; 21. Assessing Organizational Effectiveness: Job Satisfaction, Productivity, and Morale; 22. Assessing Organizational Effectiveness: The Multi-relational Sociometric Survey; 23. Relations with the Host: Social Research Faces Industry; 24. Relations with the Subject: Problems in the use of Indirect Methods of Attitude Measurement; Part Four. Commentaries
Description / Table of Contents:
Scientific Concern for the Human Factor in Industry, by George R. Bach.Psyche, Sensitivity, and Social Structure, by Robert Dubin; Management and Human Relations, by Lyndall F. Urwick; Bibliographies; Publication of the Human Relations Research Group, 1950-1960; Selected and Annotated Bibliography of Works by Other Authors; Name Index; Subject Index
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