FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIZATION PLANNING, DESIGN, AND DEVELOPMENT (GENERAL MANAGEMENT Book 11)

This book is No.9 in the series: “In Search of management Excellence”. The book consists of 8 chapters. Chapter 1 consists of Introduction. Chapter 2 consists of Concept of Organization Structure and includes: introduction; organization objectives; taxonomy of organization structures; organization shape; organization analysis; organization design; types of organization; and organizational relations and line of authority. Chapter 3 consists of Organization Planning and includes: the planning process; organizational goals; planning classifications; strategic planning; concept of strategy; components of strategy; strategy formulation; and planning levels of strategy which comprises of: corporate strategy, business strategy, generic strategies approach, and strategy implementation. Chapter 4 consists of Organization Design and includes: concept of organization design; key factors responsible for organization design which comprises of: technology of the organization, size of organization, age of organization, information processing, management practices and growth of organization, and organization culture; strategic approach to organization; various approaches to organizational structure which comprises of functional structure, divisional structure, matrix structure, team structure, and network structure; and designing a matrix organization.
Chapter 5 consists of Organizational Effectiveness and includes: introduction; organization malfunctions; concepts of organizational effectiveness and organizational efficiency; scope of organizational effectiveness; concepts of evaluation of organizational effectiveness; the factors contributing to organization effectiveness which comprises: organizational characteristics: (structure technology), environmental characteristics: (external and internal environment), employee characteristics: (attachment and job performance), and managerial policies and practices; evaluation criteria for organization effectiveness which comprises of: general considerations, basic pre-requisites of organizational effectiveness, and evaluation criteria; organization effectiveness versus organization change; and organizational success.
Chapter 6 consists of Organization Development and includes: organization development; management development versus organization development; strategic management versus organization development; change management vs. organization development which comprises of introduction, concept of organizational change, phases of change, forces causing change, main causes of resistance to change, coping with change, some methods and techniques for reducing resistance, frame work of organizational change, and corporate culture as barrier to change; conflicts management vs. organization development which comprises of introduction, levels of conflict, functionality of conflict, causes of organizational conflicts (or disputes), sources of conflicts, categories of a conflict episode, conflict aftermath, and approaches to conflict resolution; power and politics vs. organization development which comprises of introduction, characteristics of organizations, the concepts of power, organizational power, political power in organizations, decision making as a political process, power strategies and tactics, and managing in organizations with positive power; and role of effective utilization of human resources in organization development Chapter 7 consists of Islamic Ethics in the Business Organizations and includes: introduction; and need for an Islamic model of business which comprises of Islamic business framework, components of Islamic business model, and Islamic guidance to operation of organizations Chapter 8 consists of Summary and Conclusion. The book is supported with a comprehensive bibliography