Political Science 4643

Administrative Theory and Behavior

Areas of review for second exam:

            Organizational Structure

                        centralization/decentralization

                        impact on organizational outcome

                        informal vs. formal

            Organizational Communication

                        lines of communication

                        communication process

                        problems--distortion/interference/language/manipulation

            Bureaucratic Control

                        theories of control

                        evaluation

                        behavior

                        analysis--problems

            Organizational Decision Making

                        traditional methods

                        nontraditional methods

                                    problems

                                    limitations