Organizational theory

Bureaucracy ( ) is a system of organization where laws or regulatory authority are implemented by civil servants (non-elected officials). Historically, a bureaucracy was a government administration managed by departments staffed with non-elected officials. Today, bureaucracy is the administrative system governing any large institution, whether publicly owned or privately owned. The public administration in many jurisdictions is an example of bureaucracy, as is any centralized hierarchical structure of an institution, including corporations, societies, nonprofit organizations, and clubs.

friction, disagreement, or discord within a group or between different groups

theoretical concept in sociology

type of work-related stress, with symptoms characterized by feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one's job; and reduced professional efficacy

book and concept by Laurence J. Peter that states that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence"

adage that work expands to fill the time available

thumb|Diagrams of systems in various degrees of centralisation. From left to right: centralisation, decentralisation, distribution, and distributed decentralisation. Centralisation or centralization (American English) is the process by which the activities of an organisation, particularly those regarding planning, decision-making, and framing strategies and policies, become concentrated within a particular group within that organisation. This creates a power structure where the said group occupies the highest level of hierarchy and has significantly more authority and influence over the other

theory of organizations

Political theory claiming that all organizations will eventually become oligarchic

conflict of interest when one agent makes decisions on another's behalf

voluntary exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit

Sociocracy is a theory of governance that seeks to create psychologically safe environments and productive organizations. It draws on the use of consent, rather than majority voting, in discussion and decision-making by people who have a shared goal or work process.

organizational structure

Proactivity or proactive behavior refers to self-initiated behavior that endeavours to solve a problem before it has occurred. Proactive behavior involves acting in advance of a future situation, rather than reacting. It refers to taking control of a situation and making early changes, rather than adjusting to a situation or waiting for something to happen.

field of study in communication studies

article about human relation

unit of workload devoted to a task or project, equivalent to one person working full-time

study and implementation of practices, systems, and techniques that affect organizational change

theory of organizational decison-making

process of creating, retaining, and transferring knowledge within an organization

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state that is both a democracy and a republic

someone who provides guidance, instruction, direction and leadership to a group of other individuals

organizational theory concerning companies

satirical observation by Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams

In critical theory, abjection is the state of being cast off and separated from norms and rules, especially on the scale of society and morality. The term has been explored in post-structuralism as that which inherently disturbs conventional identity and cultural concepts. Julia Kristeva explored an influential and formative overview of the concept in her 1980 work Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, where she describes subjective horror (abjection) as the feeling when an individual experiences or is confronted by the sheer experience of what Kristeva calls one's typically repressed "corp

processes to manage performance vs. goals

organizational model that seeks to engage stakeholders in self-determined change

organisational method of working together in groups, supported by a moderator

Intrapreneurship is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization. Intrapreneurship is known as the practice of a corporate management style that integrates risk-taking and innovation approaches, as well as the reward and motivational techniques, that are more traditionally thought of as being the province of entrepreneurship. Corporate entrepreneurship is a more general term referring to entrepreneurial actions taking place within an existing organization whereas Intrapreneurship refers to individual activities and behaviors.

represents the mutual beliefs, perceptions, and informal obligations between an employer and an employee

core function of Human Resource Management

theory of work design

set of managerial and production principles

Types of governing bodies

capability of an organization to purposefully adapt an organization's resource base to address changes in the environment

theoretical and empirical approach in the social sciences that is considered a sub-field of organizational studies

former German science of administration

POSDCORB is an acronym widely used in the field of management and public administration that reflects the classic view of organizational theory. It appeared most prominently in a 1937 paper by Luther Gulick (in a set edited by himself and Lyndall Urwick). However, he first presented the concept in 1935. Initially, POSDCORB was envisioned in an effort to develop public service professionals. In Gulick's own words, the elements are as follows: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, co-ordinating, reporting and budgeting.

Broad term for all forms of value in businesses

the use of economics to understand organizations

ability of a firm to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends

organizational paradigm that advocates enabling employee autonomy and adapting it according to the size of an organization

Effect in organizational theory

concept organizations use to gauge how effective they are at reaching intended outcomes

Test to assess the burn-out experience of a person

Concept in developmental psychology

A theory that examines how an organization's external resources affect its behavior