Essential Characteristics or Features of Management By Objectives
A careful study of the above definitions bring out the following features of MBO. Management by Objectives is a philosophy or a system, and not…
Organisational Management
Organizations as Systems (of Systems of Systems)
Organization as a SystemIt helps to think of organizations are systems. Simply put, a system is an organized collection of parts that are highly integrated…
The Four capitals of Organisational Development
Overview: The development of organisations relates to improvement to the four inter-connected forms of capital: i) Tangible Capital, ii) Human Capital, iii) Organisational Capital, iv)…
Organisational Culture and Management Structures
The culture of an organisation is often referred to as the norms of an organisation, the way things are done and management structures relate to…
Strategic Planning
This relates to what an organisation wants to become, where it wants to go and, broadly, how it means to get there. Projects with outputs…
Pro-Poor Governance
Many donor agencies now embrace poverty reduction/alleviation/elimination as their overarching goal. This is often reflected in their efforts to assist in the process of organisational…
Organizing and Designing Jobs
TERMINOLOGY Autonomy – the extent to which employees are free to schedule their own activities, decide work procedures, and select necessary equipment Class– a group…
ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE
INTRODUCTION The importance of organizations for man and society can hardly be over-estimated. From life to death one or other form of organization plays a…
What do you understand by Organisational Change ? What are the reasons for Organisational
Organisational change describes a situation where there is a management driven change affecting the provision of services and which has an effect upon the employment…
Three common communication networks, or patterns of communication, that emerge in organizations
Chain Network—communication flows according to the formal chain of command, both downward and upward. If accuracy is important, the chain network works well. Wheel Network—communication…