Organizational theory is the study of the structures of organizations. Four major theories contribute to this study – classical organizational theory, human relations or neo-classical theory, ...

An organization, by its most basic definition, is an assembly of people working together to achieve common objectives through a division of labor. An organization provides a means of using individual ...

The traditional corporate hierarchy developed in the industrial age. Its system of executives, managers, middle-managers, supervisors and employees worked well when companies operated in relative ...

How we view the capabilities of employees fundamentally affects how we approach organizational change. In The Human Side of Enterprise, one of the most influential management books of the 20th century ...

Sixty years ago, social psychologist Douglas McGregor developed two different theories — Theory X and Theory Y — about how managers perceive employees. Theory X managers are authoritarian. They ...