Management and organizational effectiveness examined : past practices and theories versus the future
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1987
Degree Name
Master of Science in Management - (M.S.)
Department
Organizational and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Anthony Kahng
Abstract
The primary objective for this thesis is to collect and analyze data on how a new model for business organizations might best be formulated. There seems to be a consensus among authorities in the field that because modern business practices are so complex, indeed they have been revolutionized in many areas in the past decade. New organizational techniques must be devised if organizations are to remain as effective and as efficient as in the previous area. Some have claimed that the present structural model has reached the point of no return-that is, no longer functional because of such factors as automation, computers, a better-educated work force, equal employment provisions, the risk of the service sector as the older industrial base, problems surrounding labor unions, and a myriad of other changes that have affected organizational conditions in today's constantly shifting environment. What "worked" in earlier more simple times may not do so at present.
Another aspect this thesis will examine is, what format might prove most effective and efficient; a view of the current state of flux that exists in American Business and Industry and finally, examining those factors that impact on the organizational environment and the main factors that exist at the time previous models were incorporated to fit needs then recognized.
Recommended Citation
Boyer, Ronald J., "Management and organizational effectiveness examined : past practices and theories versus the future" (1987). Theses. 3052.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3052
