Organizational Origins and Methods

The Origins of Organization and Methods is one of the most important works by the author Mohamed Shaker Asfour, in which he addressed many important topics in a smooth and simple language to suit all readers.

Book description:

• Author's name: Mohamed Shaker Asfour

• Number of pages: 408 pages

• The subject of the book: Organizational Origins and Methods

The contents of the book:

1. Acknowledgments
2. Introduction
3. AFor the first chapter: Definition of organization and methods

• Organization concept and methods
• Reasons for creating organizational units and methods
• Terms of Reference for Organization and Methods Units
• Correlation of organizing devices and methods
• Relationship of central management to organizational units and methods
• Relationship of the organization and methods organs to other administrative organs

1. Chapter two: Historical evolution of organization and methods

• I: Organization and Methods in the West
• II: Organization and Methods in Arab Countries

1. Chapter Three: Management consultant

• Management Consultant Definition
• Essential Abilities, Skills and Qualities of a Management Consultant
• Management Consultant Qualifications and Experience
• Management Consultant Code of Conduct
• Types of Management Consultants
• Internal consultant
• External advisor
• Management Consultant and Change.
• The concept of change
• Types of change
• Resistance to change
• Ways to minimize or treat resistance to change
• Reasons why a management consultant fails

1. Chapter four: Management Consulting

• The concept of management consulting
• Management Consulting Characteristics
• How to Start Consulting
• Preparing for counseling
• Steps to prepare for a management consultation when the entity requesting the consultation is
• A government agency and a consultant is a governmental advisory body 
• Steps to prepare for an administrative consultation when the requesting party is a government agency and the consultant is a private management consulting firm or office 
• Management Consulting Steps
• Determine the task
• Task planning
• Gathering information (facts)
• The need to gather information
• Information to be collected
• Sources of information
• Means of collecting information
• Analyze and make recommendations
• Making recommendations
• Implementation and follow-up

1. Chapter V: Writing reports

• Types of reports 
• Report requirements
• Report Preparation Steps
• Report sections

1. Chapter Six: Management Consulting Evaluation

• Management Consulting Evaluation Criteria

1. Chapter Seven: Administrative Management - Fundamentals of Organization

• Organization concept
• Definition of the organization
• Reasons for organizing
• Organizational goals and benefits
• Who is organizing
• Principles of Administrative Organization

1. Chapter VIII: Building organizations

• Steps to Create Organizations
• Ways to build organizations
• Goal Analysis Method
• How to group activities
• The tradeoff between the two methods
• Steps to Analyze Goals
• Analyze the organization's goals
• Defining activities in the organization
• Composition of administrative units
• Methods of grouping activities
• Key considerations in grouping activities
• Defining relationships between administrative units
• Operational units 
• Advisory units 
• Auxiliary units
• Forms of organization
• Committees
• Distributing authority and assigning responsibilities (delegation of authority)
• Visualizing the organizational structure of the organization
• Organizational chart
• Names of Administrative Units

1. Chapter IX: Organization management

• Coordination between parts of the administrative organization
• The human side of organizing
• Organizational plan
• Formal Organization and Informal Organization
• Reorganization

1. Chapter Ten: Actions

• The concept of procedures
• Selection procedures 
• Goals and Benefits of the Procedures
• Disadvantages of the procedure 
• Simplify procedures
• Purposes of complexity
• Who is streamlining the process
• Simplification Program
• Streamlining Stages
• Principles of actions
• General guidance on procedures
• Office workflows
• Controlling changes in office workload
• Means of controlling changes in the amount of work

1. Chapter Eleven: Flowcharts

• First: Normal procedure flow chart
• II: Multicolumn flow chart

1. Chapter Twelve: Business Distribution Map

• Purposes for which the business distribution map is used
• Steps for setting up a work breakdown map
• Supervisor training
• Gather information on employee duties and prepare a work breakdown map
• Employee Daily Agenda
• How to fill out an employee's daily agenda 
• Employee's (weekly) list of duties
• Who fills out the to-do list
• How to fill out an assignment list
• List of activities of the unit
• Business Distribution Map 
• How to set up a business distribution map
• Analyze the business distribution map
• Business Redistribution
• Illustrative example of a work breakdown

1. Chapter Thirteen: Management development

• The concept of underdevelopment
• Manifestations of administrative underdevelopment in developing countries
• The concept of management development 
• Management Development Methods
• Elements of Management Development
• Administrative Development in Saudi Arabia
• Development Attempts in Saudi Arabia
• Administrative Development Agencies in Saudi Arabia
• Administrative Problems in Saudi Arabia
• Administrative Development in Jordan
• Development Efforts in Jordan
• Assessing the national process of administrative development

1. Chapter Fourteen: Model design and control

• Objectives of the models
• Designing models
• Model color
• Model experience
• Model design rules
• Monitoring models
• Standardization of models
• Forms and their relationship to procedures

1. Chapter Fifteen: Administrative manuals

• Types of Administrative Manuals
• Organizational guide
• Procedure manual
• Evidence from centralized state agencies
• Manuals issued by the organization Serving all employees
• Evidence from some departments in the organization

1. Supplements

• EU Code of Conduct for Management Consultant Associations
• Duties and responsibilities of management and administration jobs in Saudi Arabia 
• A sample circular from an organization's manager to employees informing them of the start of an organizational study 
• Study Questionnaire Organizational Structure (Organization Ma)
• Consulting Services Proposal Form

1. Arabic and foreign references
2. Catalog of Figures and Maps

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