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PAD 112 Theories of Administration and Management

ND1 level12 topics

PAD 112 covers 12 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Organization and administrative theory
  2. Origin and importance of management theories
  3. Scientific management theory
  4. Bureaucracy and models of bureaucracy
  5. Elements, merits and demerits of bureaucracy
  6. Formal organization principles
  7. Human relations theory
  8. Behavioral theory
  9. General systems theory
  10. Comparative organization theories
  11. Decision-making models and approaches
  12. Environmental factors and problems in decision making

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Organization and administrative theory

The study of organization and administrative theory equips students to understand how organisations are structured, how they function, and which theoretical lenses explain their behaviour. Mastering the classical, behavioural, systems, contingency and institutional perspectives is essential for analysing case studies and answering exam questions on organisational design, efficiency, and change.

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