Prepared by
V.N. Asopa,
Indian Institute of Management
and
G. Beye,
Research and Technology Development Service
Research, Extension and Training Division, FAO
FOOD AND NUTRITION ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1997
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Session 1. Organizational theories
Session guide: Organizational theories
Exhibit 1: Organization theories
Exhibit 2: Taylor's principles of scientific management
Exhibit 3: Weber's bureaucratic approach
Exhibit 4: Fayol's principles of management: Administrative theory
Exhibit 5: Principles of the neoclassical approach
Exhibit 6: Characteristics of modern approaches to the organization
Exhibit 7: Modern approaches to organization: The systems approach
Exhibit 8: The research organization as a social system
Exhibit 9: The importance of goal settings
Exhibit 10: The process of goal setting (management by objectives)
Exhibit 11: The need for integration
Exhibit 12: Methods of integration
Exhibit 13: Organization-based power
Exhibit 14: Communication in the organization
Exhibit 15: The process of decision making
Exhibit 16: Models of decision makingReading note: Organizational theories
Taylor's scientific management approach
Weber's bureaucratic approach
Administrative theoryThe systems approach
Socio-technical approach
The contingency or situational approachThe research organization as a social system
Session 2. Structure of an organization
Session guide: Structure of an organization
Exhibit 1: The concept of an organization
Exhibit 2: Features of an organization
Exhibit 3: Structure of an organization
Exhibit 4: Considerations in designing organizational structure
Exhibit 5: Principles of organizational structure
Exhibit 6: Rationale for assembling institutional units
Exhibit 7: Types of organizational structure
Exhibit 8: Line-discipline organization
Exhibit 9: Line-commodities and production areas organization
Exhibit 10: Hierarchical structure of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia
Exhibit 11: Matrix organization
Exhibit 12: Where the matrix approach is best
Exhibit 13: Requirements for a matrix organization
Exhibit 14: Responsibilities and interests of matrix research organisations
Exhibit 15: Questions concerning the management of a matrix research organization
Exhibit 16: Modified matrix organization
Exhibit 17: An integrated national research system - Chart 1
Exhibit 18: An integrated national research system - Chart 2
Exhibit 19: Executive and other committeesReading note: Structure of an organization
Structure
Designing organizational structures
Principles of organization structureType of organizational structure
Classical organizational structure
Modern organization designs
Session 3. Organizational design and change
Session guide: Organizational design and change
Exhibit 1: Interlocking systems of an organization
Exhibit 2: Processes towards organizational effectiveness
Exhibit 3: Attributes of an effective organization
Exhibit 4: Approaches to organizational development
Exhibit 5: Processes of organizational development
Exhibit 6: Socio-technical systems approach to organization re-design
Exhibit 7: Techniques of organizational developmentReading note: Organizational design and change
Organizational effectiveness and efficiency
Organizational development
The OD process
Socio-technical systems approach for organization re-design
OD techniques
Session 4. Case study: Establishment of a Directorate of research at SUA
Session guide: Case study: Establishment of a directorate of research at the Soronno University of Agriculture (SUA)
Case study: Establishment of a directorate of research at Soronno University of Agriculture (SUA)
The agricultural and livestock research system of the Republic of Afritonia
Soronno University of AgricultureAgricultural research at SUA
Funding of research
Mechanism for administering SUA research funds
Formulation of research strategies and policies
Annual record of research
University budgetAppendix 1: Proposal for the establishment of a directorate of research at Soronno University of Agriculture
Appendix 2: Abstract minutes of the 5th meeting of the research and publications committee of the senate. Held on 14th September, 1995
Session 5. Case study: Organizational change at Samaru, Nigeria
Session guide: Organizational change at Samaru, Nigeria
Case study: Organizational change at Samaru, Nigeria 1The structure of the research organization
Proposals for change in the organizational structure
Appendix 1: Summary programme budgets and special expenditures, 1983
Appendix 2: Proposal for a new research project
Appendix 3: Annual review of research projects - 1982 season
Appendix 4: Current organizational structure of IAR and the Faculty of Agriculture, Samaru
Appendix 5: Proposed organizational structure of IAR and the Faculty of Agriculture, Samaru