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5. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory > Management Theories
Subtopics: Management theory, scientific management, administrative principles, bureaucratic principles, human relations, contingency theory, complex adaptive systems theory

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to:
  1. Define organizational behavior.
  2. Describe the evolution of management theory, organization theory, and organization behavior theory
  3. Explain concepts and principles of management, organization, and organization behavior theories.
Graduate students should also be able to:
  1. Analyze and improve performance of health care organizations using management and OB theories.
  2. Apply management and OB theories and principles to a wide range of problems in a variety health care organizations.
Revised By: Kristi Donovan, MS, CAE Revised On: Nov 27, 2012 9:31 AM
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4. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory > Management Theories
This content area covers theories, principles, models, and methods of organizational behavior, organizational design, and organizational theory. It includes how to apply theoretical knowledge to health care organizations in order to improve their performance and effectiveness.

Topic: Management Theories

Subtopics: Management theory, scientific management, administrative principles, bureaucratic principles, human relations, contingency theory, complex adaptive systems theory

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to:
  1. Define organizational behavior.
  2. Describe the evolution of management theory, organization theory, and organization behavior theory
  3. Explain concepts and principles of management, organization, and organization behavior theories.
Graduate students should also be able to:
  1. Analyze and improve performance of health care organizations using management and OB theories.
  2. Apply management and OB theories and principles to a wide range of problems in a variety health care organizations.
Revised By: Kristi Donovan, MS, CAE Revised On: Nov 21, 2012 11:53 AM
Characters Edited: -1585 Total: 1667
3. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory
This content area covers theories, principles, models, and methods of organizational behavior, organizational design, and organizational theory. It includes how to apply theoretical knowledge to health care organizations in order to improve their performance and effectiveness.

Topic: Management Theories

Subtopics: Management theory, scientific management, administrative principles, bureaucratic principles, human relations, contingency theory, complex adaptive systems theory

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to:
  1. Define organizational behavior.
  2. Describe the evolution of management theory, organization theory, and organization behavior theory
  3. Explain concepts and principles of management, organization, and organization behavior theories.
Graduate students should also be able to:
  1. Analyze and improve performance of health care organizations using management and OB theories.
  2. Apply management and OB theories and principles to a wide range of problems in a variety health care organizations.
Topic: Organization Structure

Subtopics: Organization charts, vertical hierarchy, reporting relationships, flow of authority, span of control, and (de)centralization, specialization, integration, horizontal coordination, professional bureaucracy, governance, formal and informal organization, interorganizational relationships, matrix management

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to:
  1. Describe how managers design organization structure to achieve organizational mission and goals.
  2. Compare/contrast various organization structures such as functional, divisional, matrix, and modular.
  3. Contrast centralized and decentralized organizational structures.
Graduate students should also be able to
  1. Analyze structure problems in health care organizations.
  2. Evaluate the use of various structures to improve performance of various kinds of health care organizations.
Revised By: Kristi Donovan, MS, CAE Revised On: Nov 19, 2012 12:24 PM
Characters Edited: 0 Total: 3252
2. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory
This content area covers theories, principles, models, and methods of organizational behavior, organizational design, and organizational theory. It includes how to apply theoretical knowledge to health care organizations in order to improve their performance and effectiveness.

Topic: Management Theories

Subtopics: Management theory, scientific management, administrative principles, bureaucratic principles, human relations, contingency theory, complex adaptive systems theory

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to:
  1. Define organizational behavior.
  2. Describe the evolution of management theory, organization theory, and organization behavior theory
  3. Explain concepts and principles of management, organization, and organization behavior theories.
Graduate students should also be able to:
  1. Analyze and improve performance of health care organizations using management and OB theories.
  2. Apply management and OB theories and principles to a wide range of problems in a variety health care organizations.
Topic: Organization Structure

Subtopics: Organization charts, vertical hierarchy, reporting relationships, flow of authority, span of control, and (de)centralization, specialization, integration, horizontal coordination, professional bureaucracy, governance, formal and informal organization, interorganizational relationships, matrix management

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to:
  1. Describe how managers design organization structure to achieve organizational mission and goals.
  2. Compare/contrast various organization structures such as functional, divisional, matrix, and modular.
  3. Contrast centralized and decentralized organizational structures.
Graduate students should also be able to
  1. Analyze structure problems in health care organizations.
  2. Evaluate the use of various structures to improve performance of various kinds of health care organizations.
Revised By: Kristi Donovan, MS, CAE Revised On: Nov 19, 2012 12:02 PM
Characters Edited: 1505 Total: 3252
1. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Theory
This content area covers theories, principles, models, and methods of organizational behavior, organizational design, and organizational theory. It includes how to apply theoretical knowledge to health care organizations in order to improve their performance and effectiveness.

Topic: Management Theories

Subtopics: Management theory, scientific management, administrative principles, bureaucratic principles, human relations, contingency theory, complex adaptive systems theory

Learning Objectives:

Undergraduates should be able to:
  1. Define organizational behavior.
  2. Describe the evolution of management theory, organization theory, and organization behavior theory
  3. Explain concepts and principles of management, organization, and organization behavior theories.
Graduate students should also be able to:
  1. Analyze and improve performance of health care organizations using management and OB theories.
  2. Apply management and OB theories and principles to a wide range of problems in a variety health care organizations.
Revised By: Kristi Donovan, MS, CAE Revised On: Nov 19, 2012 11:07 AM
Characters Edited: 0 Total: 1747