week 12 Flashcards
1
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max weber’s ideal bureaucracy
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- a model for turning employees with no more than average abilities into rational decision makers serving the clients and constituencies of a bureaucracy with impartiality and efficiency
2
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division of labour - adam smith’s pin factory
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- division of labor refers to splitting the work of the organization among employees
- each of whom perform 1 task
- distributes responsibilites and assigns work tasks
- is efficient and effective
3
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division of labour today: marxist critique
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- alienation
- > workers become more and more specialized and work becomes repetitive
- leading to complete alienation from the process of production
- a man can not be defined apart from his labor
4
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hierarchy
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- distribution of authority in an organization
- > relates to legal or positional authority
- > defines formal reporting relationships
5
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differentiation by degrees of authority
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- having fewer departments ( low horizontal differentiation) but many more hierarchical levels ( high vertical differentiation)
6
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integration
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- the more complex organization, both in terms of horizontal and vertical differentiation, the greater the need for integration
- getting everyone to pull in the same direction
mechanisms
- > formal rules, procedures and scheduling cross functional teams
- > task forces
- > direct communication between departments
7
Q
basic org designs
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- flat/simple
- functional
- divisional
- matrix
8
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basic org designs; - flat simple
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adv.
- > clear view of organizational goals
- > wide spans of control and centralized authority allow quick decision making
- > inexpensive
- disadvantages
- > unfeasable for larger organizations with higher variety
9
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functional
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adv.
-> efficiencies from putting together similar specialties and people with common skills, knowledge and orientations
dis.
-> poor communication across fundamental areas
10
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divisional
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- adv.
- > allows specialization in particular products, services and geographies
- > facilitates cross-functional collaborations
dis.
- > limits learning / knowledge sharing in functional areas
- > can create unwanted rivalries / competition between divisions
11
Q
matrix
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- high information carrying capacity
- high degree of co-ordination / integration
- potentially faster decision making
- dis
- > expensive and complex
- conflicts slow down decision making
12
Q
culture
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- shared ways of thinking and doing things in a social group
13
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organizational culture
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- the implicit and emergent organizational understandings that contextualize efforts to make meaning, including internal self-definition
14
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a strong culture
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- is one which is deeply embedded into the ways a business or organization does things
- > drive commitment and motivation
- > set clear direction
- > less need for detailed politices and procedures
15
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weak culture
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- can arise when the core values are not clearly defined, communicated or widely accepted by those working for the organization
- > lead to inconsistent behaviour of people in the organization
- > lead to political games or status quo
-> greater need for detailed policies and procedures
