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
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Flexible, few rules
Organic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Two-way communication
Organic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Participatory Decision Making
Organic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Generalized shared tasks
Organic
MECHANISTIC OR ORGANIC: Wide span of control
Organic
Internal Environment of the organization
- Formal Subsystem
- Informal Subsystem
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: Leadership, strategy, management, goals, marketing, operations, technology, structure
Formal Subsystem
INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: Managers, culture, norms, relationships, politics, leadership
Informal Subsystem
Corporate Cultures
- Clan
- Adhocracy
- Hierarchy
- Market
CORPORATE CULTURES: Flexibility
- Clan
- Adhocracy
CORPORATE CULTURES: Internal Factors
- Clan
- Hierarchy
CORPORATE CULTURES: External Factors
- Adhocracy
- Market
CORPORATE CULTURES: Stability and Control
- Hierarchy
- Market
CORPORATE CULTURES: Family, mentoring, nurturing, participation
Clan
CORPORATE CULTURES: Dynamic, entrepreneurial, risk-taking, values innovation
Adhocracy
CORPORATE CULTURES: structure, control, coordination, efficiency
Hierarchy
CORPORATE CULTURES: Results oriented, competition, achievement, gets the job done
Market
