AIR TRANSPORT (WK4) Flashcards
The organization’s external environment
- Economic Forces
- Technological Forces
- Sociocultural Forces
- Natural Disasters and Human-Induced Problems
- Government and Political Forces
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND STRUCTURE:
1. Small number of external elements and elements are similar
2. Elements remain the same or change slowly
Simple+Stable = 1
Low uncertainty
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND STRUCTURE:
1. Large number of external elements and elements are dissimilar
2. Elements remain the same or change slowly
Complex+Unstable=2
Low to moderate Uncertainty
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND STRUCTURE:
1. Small number of external elements and elements are similar
2. Elements change frequently and unpredictably
Simple+Unstable=3
High to moderate Uncertainty
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND STRUCTURE:
1. Large number of external elements and elements are dissimilar
2. Elements change frequently and unpredictably
Complex+Unstable= 4
Organizational Designs and structures
Mechanistic
Organic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Top-Down Hierarchy
Mechanistic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Narrow span of control
Mechanistic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Specialized Task
Mechanistic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Formal Rules
Mechanistic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Vertical Communication
Mechanistic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Structured Decision Making
Mechanistic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: stable, low uncertainty environment
Mechanistic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Unstable, high uncertainty environment
Organic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Less rigid, horizontal organization
Organic
