Organizations: Management Without Control provides a comprehensive understanding of the functions of formal organizations and the challenges they face. The most effective organizations provide members with opportunities to achieve their personal goals while pursing the organization�s objectives. Using a practical approach with minimal jargon, author Howard P. Greenwald covers the basic features of organizations such as roles, structure, reward systems, power and authority, and culture and introduces important theoretical perspectives related to these features.

Part I. Understanding Organizations

1. Let's Get Organized!
2. The Organizational Milieu
3. Organizational Theories and Perspectives

Part II. Means of Cohesion and Coordination

4. Social Roles in Organization
5. The Rule of Structure
6. Reward and Punishment
7. Imperative Forces
8. Organizational Culture

Part III. Organizational Dynamics

9. Leadership and Followership
10. Communication and Decision Making
11. Politics, Conflict, and Change

Part IV. The Future Organization

12. Another Look at Bureaucracy
13. Innovations and Experiments

Part V. Organizations, Personal Interests, and Responsibility

14. Organizations and Individual Decisions
15. Organizations and Society

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