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3. Organizational Concepts Flashcards

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1
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Structuring events or happenings, has no formal structure, apart from functioning

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Social System (The informal component of an organization)

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Roles

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  1. Expectations of Others
  2. Appropriate behavior in a specific position
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Are roles and jobs the same

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No. Some jobs have a lot of roles

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When an individual is faced with incompatible or competing demands

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Role Conflict

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Uncertainty about the behaviors to be exhibited in a role

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Role Ambiguity

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When an individual feels overwhelmed by having too many responsibilities

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Role overload

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The extent to which different roles are performed by employees in the same subgroup

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Role Differentiation

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Shared group expectations about appropriate behavior

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Norm

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Descriptive vs Injunctive Norms

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D: Developed via observation
I: Developed through a process of conforming to gain social approval

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Organizational Climate

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  1. Shared meaning organizational members attach to events, policies, practices, and procedures they experience
  2. How things are done in an organization
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Organizational Culture

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Languages, values, attitudes, beliefs and customs of an organization

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Three Layers of Culture

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Observable Artifacts - Symbols, language, narrative and practices
Espoused Values - Endorsed by management
Assumptions - Unobservable

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Person-Organization Fit

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  1. Process of gauging
  2. the degree of fit
  3. between the two parties is mutual
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The decision to cut jobs

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Downsize

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Horizontal vs Vertical Cut

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  1. Loss of jobs within a department
  2. Elimination of all jobs in a department
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Outsource vs Offshore

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  1. Use of external employees to perform internal fucntions
  2. Worked performed domestically is exported to cheaper labor markets
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Merger vs Acquisition

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  1. Marriage of two organization of equal status and power
  2. Procurement of property by another organization
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Acquisition: Parent vs target

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  1. Absorves
  2. The Absorved
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Phases of Acquisition

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Pre-combination
Combination
Postcombination

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Organization Structure

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Arrangement of positions in an organization and the authority and responsibility relationships among them

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Elements of Organizational Structure

CS CFM

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  1. Chain of Command
  2. Span of Control
  3. Centralization
  4. Formalization
  5. Mechanistic vs Organic Structure
22
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Coordinating Mechanisms of an Org.

FIS

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Informal Communication
Formal Hierarchy
Standardization

23
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Workers have defined jobs, not narrowly specialized positions, elaborate among workers and share skills

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Team Organization

24
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Temporary, nontraditional organization of members from different departments within a traditional structure sho are assembled to complete a specific job

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Project Task Force

25
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Managers have a smaller span of control, longer chain of command, provide a clear, distinct layers with obvious lines of responsibility and a clear promotion structure

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Tall

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The span of control is larger, with few management levels, focused on empowering employees rather than adhering to change of command by encouraging autonomy and self-direction

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Flat

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Functional vs Divisional

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  1. Divides the organization into departments based on function
  2. Divides the organization nased on type of products or clients
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Centralization vs Decentralization

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  1. Degree to which decision-making authority is concentrated at the top of the organizational hierarchy
  2. Process of taking the decision-making power out of the hands of the top level and distributing it to the lower levels
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Formalization

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The degree to which organizations standardize behavior through rules, procedures, formal training and related mechanisms

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Mechanistic vs Organic

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  1. Narrow Span of Control and High Centralization
  2. Wide Span of Control, Decentralization and Little Formalisation
31
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Specifies how employees and their activities are grouped together

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Departmentalization

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Types of Departmentalization

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Simple - few people, minimal hierarchy
Functional - organize employees around specific knowledge or other resources
Divisional - group employees around outputs or clients or geographic areas
Team-Based - Build around self-directed teams that complete an entire piece of work
Matrix - Overlay two structures to leverage the benefits of both
Network - Design and build a product to serve a client through an alliance of several organiations

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