Building Efficient Management and Leadership Practices

Chapter 1 Objectives and Research Methodology

Chapter 2 Outlines of an Effective Management Model in the Light of the Economic, Social, and Moral Requirements of the Knowledge-Based Economy

Chapter 3 The Cultural Background and Socio-Economic Context in Which Barnard Developed his Theory of Executive Functions to Create an Efficient and Effective Cooperative System

Chapter 4 The Executive Process and Its Organic Functions. The Fundamental Role of Leadership

Chapter 5 The Formulation and Control of the General Purposes of a Company and Its Sub-system Objectives. The Creation of the Organizational Structure and the Information System

Chapter 6 Barnard and the Theory of Authority

Chapter 7 The Role of Executives in Making the Organization’s Goals Compatible with Members’ Goals. The Search for Equilibrium Between the Organization’s Incentives and Members’ Contributions

Chapter 8 The Compatibility of Effectiveness and Efficiency: The Pillars of Barnard’s Theory of Cooperation

Chapter 9 The Executive Process, Leadership, and the Realization of a Cooperative System: The Theoretical Model of C.I. Barnard

Chapter 10 Summary of the Present Work

Chapter 11 The Relevance of Barnard’s Theoretical System to the Economic, Social, and Moral Requirements of the Current Knowledge-Based Economy

Chapter 12 Limitations of Barnard’s Model