Appraising and Exploring Organisations

ISBN-13: 9780415506045 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 242 str.

Shaun Tyson;K. F. Ackermann;Michel E. Domsch

Opis

This title examines the utility of organisational surveys as a method of research for the social sciences and as a support for employee relations strategies and personnel policies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: Organisation Culture  2. Towards a More Theory-Based Measurement of Organisational Climate  3. Organisational Climate: A Provisional Model for Organisational Effectivity  4. Inculture: The Organisational Character of INC  Part 2: Employee Relations  5. Organisational Surveys and Participative Management Approaches  6. Attitude Surveys as a Direct or Indirect Means Towards Participative Management  7. Measuring the Quality of Working Life, Using Institutional and Questionnaire Approaches  8. Computer Attitudes and Resistance to the Introduction of new Technologies  Part 3: Personnel Policies  9. Methodological Issues in the Assessment of Management Development  10. Determining Management Training Needs by Examining Management Qualities  11. Methods Used in the Survey of Management Career Planning: A Norwegian Project in Action Research  12. Analysing Incentive Payment Systems