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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