People and Organizational Management in ConstructionThis work offers an extended dictionary of key management concepts for students and professionals alike. It helps the reader, through an applied approach to management, to search for the most appropriate ways of improving their organization's performance and effectiveness. With the aid of case studies drawn from the construction industry, this title discusses key management issues including management theory, strategy, organization structure and design, culture, leadership, power, work groups, motivation and personal management. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Organizational strategy | 7 |
Evolution of organization and management theory | 10 |
The environment | 29 |
The concept of strategy | 42 |
Apparent characteristics of a business strategy | 68 |
Types of organizational structure | 89 |
Factors influencing the choice of organizational structure | 95 |
Summary | 116 |
Work groups | 127 |
Organization culture | 161 |
Leadership | 192 |
Motivation and job satisfaction | 228 |
30 | 236 |
Personnel management | 262 |
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