CH 16 Flashcards
Organization structure
How individual and team work within an organization is coordinated
Formal, type of levels
Matrix structure and reporting
A cross between a traditional functional structure and a product structure. Specifically, employees reporting to department managers are also pooled together to form project or product teams.
Boundaryless Organizations
A term coined by Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric Company, and refers to an organization that eliminates traditional barriers between departments as well as barriers between the organization and the external environment
What are types of boundaryless organizations
Modular Organization
Strategic Alliances
Fully remote
What is modular organization
An organization where all the nonessential function are outsourced
Strategic Alliances
A form of boundaryless design where two or more companies find an area of collaboration and combine their efforts to create a partnership that is beneficial for both parties
Fully remote
Organizing work with the assumption that employees will work from anywhere, without being tied to a physical office
Organization change
The movement of an organization from one state of affairs to another
Reactions to change
Active Resistance
Passive Resistance
Compliance
Enthusiastic
Active Resistance
the most negative reaction to a proposed change attempt
Passive Resistance
Being disturbed by changes without necessarily voicing these opinions
Compliance
Going along with the proposed changes with little enthusiasm
Enthusiastic Support
Defend the new way and actually encourage other to give support to the change effort as well
Ethics and Changes, section 16.5
