Organization Structure
Executive MM Program
Class 41
May 7-August 10, 2012
AGENDA:
What is an organization
Ways of looking organizations
Organizational Design,
Organizational Structure
Organizational Design and Strategy
Organizational Design and Technology
Organizational Design and Environment
Organizational Trend
ORGANIZATION
???
A tool used by people to coordinate their actions to obtain something they desire or value
A response to and a means of satisfying some human needs
A value creation systems that take inputs from the environment and use skills & knowledge to transform these inputs into finished goods and services
Organizational
Characteristics
Goals
Structure
&
Culture
People
Ways of Looking at
Organizations
The Open System Perspective
◦ Recognizes the dynamic interaction of the system with its environment
The Life-Cycle Perspective
◦ There are distinct stages through which organizations proceed
Importance of the System
Perspective
Organization is viewed as a whole with interdependent parts
Prevents managers from viewing their jobs as managing static, isolated elements
Encourages managers to identify and understand the environment in which their system operates
Directs managers’ attention to alternative inputs and processes for reaching the goals
Importance of the Life-Cycle
Perspective
Prevents
to look organizations as static
entities
Organizations evolve and change
Management can do to make an organization more effective – which can be different at each stages
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE
How job tasks are formally divided, grouped and coordinated
The division of labor as well as the patterns of coordination, communication, work flow, and formal power that direct organizational activities.
Interacting Contextual and Structural Dimension of
Organizational Design
The Organization
Environment
Goals &
Strategy
Size
Structure
Culture 1.
Class 41
May 7-August 10, 2012
AGENDA:
What is an organization
Ways of looking organizations
Organizational Design,
Organizational Structure
Organizational Design and Strategy
Organizational Design and Technology
Organizational Design and Environment
Organizational Trend
ORGANIZATION
???
A tool used by people to coordinate their actions to obtain something they desire or value
A response to and a means of satisfying some human needs
A value creation systems that take inputs from the environment and use skills & knowledge to transform these inputs into finished goods and services
Organizational
Characteristics
Goals
Structure
&
Culture
People
Ways of Looking at
Organizations
The Open System Perspective
◦ Recognizes the dynamic interaction of the system with its environment
The Life-Cycle Perspective
◦ There are distinct stages through which organizations proceed
Importance of the System
Perspective
Organization is viewed as a whole with interdependent parts
Prevents managers from viewing their jobs as managing static, isolated elements
Encourages managers to identify and understand the environment in which their system operates
Directs managers’ attention to alternative inputs and processes for reaching the goals
Importance of the Life-Cycle
Perspective
Prevents
to look organizations as static
entities
Organizations evolve and change
Management can do to make an organization more effective – which can be different at each stages
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE
How job tasks are formally divided, grouped and coordinated
The division of labor as well as the patterns of coordination, communication, work flow, and formal power that direct organizational activities.
Interacting Contextual and Structural Dimension of
Organizational Design
The Organization
Environment
Goals &
Strategy
Size
Structure
Culture 1.