definitons

Question 1

Organisational culture (and who)

Answer 1

Barney

A complex set of values, beliefs, assumptions and symbols that define the way in which a firm conducts its business

Question 2

Emergent strategy definition

Answer 2

The effects of external influences on the deliberate strategy

Question 3

Strategy definition - who and what?

Answer 3

Johnson et al.

‘The long term direction of an organisation’ which includes ‘deliberate, logical and more incremental emergent patterns of strategy’

Question 4

Organisational structure

Answer 4

The system that defines how a company is organised, including its hierarchy, workflows, and how work is divided and coordinated

Question 5

Emerging structural forms - definition

Answer 5

Innovative forms which have built on and adapted the more traditional structures of the 20th century.

Lynch explains these are reactive to environmental changes such as increasing computer literacy and levels of education.