CONTENTS
Part A.
Discovering Order and Disorder in Management
A 1. Variety in Management: Constructing a Typology
A 2. Types and Stereotypes
A 3. Origins of the Typology in the Social Sciences
A 4. Your World is Too Small'
A 5. Diversity of the Religious World
Part B.
Discerning Order and Disorder in Human Behaviour
B 1. As seen in Sociology
B 2. As seen in Psychology
B 3, As seen in Physiology
B 4, As seen in Epistemology
B 5, As seen in Theology
Part C.
Creating Order ... and Disorder ... in Organisations
C 1. Developing Administrative Studies
C 2. Understanding Change
C 3. Choosing Organisational Structures
C 4. Choosing Appropriate Administrative Arrangements
C 5. Choosing Leadership Styles
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About the book . . .
Peter Rudge, in his 1968 book Ministry and Management based on his PhD thesis at Leeds University, pioneered the development of a relationship between management and theology. Rather than transfer secular management techniques into the church, he provided theological criteria for assessing their relevance; and in doing so showed a correlation between the basic orientations of management thinking and theological insights. The establishment of this foundation led to practical guidelines for administration in the church.
This later book explains how he developed the analytical tools used in Ministry and Management and how they drew upon and were illustrated in a wide range of the social sciences including sociology, psychology and epistemology.
Thereafter he outlined how -- in all organisations including the church -- to deal with change, to design organisational structures, to establish administrative arrangements and to develop styles of leadership.
The title of the book highlighted his orderliness but also created an awareness of incipient disorder known in politics as anarchy and in modern thinking as chaos theory.
This Publication is available for purchase in book form.
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