Organizational Adaptation: Choice vs. Determinism By L.G. Hrebiniak & W.F. Joyce; summarized by Tristan Latour Introduction There were two views concerning organizational adaptation: * It’s a process reflecting choice and selection * It’s a necessary reaction to peremptory environmental forces/conditions (Note: in this paper‚ adaptation is interpreted as simply “change”‚ including both proactive & reactive behavior) This paper: 1) Choice and determinism are not two opposite ends
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* For both organizations sampled in your investigation‚ compare and contrast Electrolux and LG Electronics Inc. different organizational structures and culture. (1.1) 1. Definitions and type of organization structures * Definition * Type of organization structure * Advantages and disadvantages of different organizational structures 2. Definition and type of culture * Definition * Development of culture? * Characteristics of different organizational cultures 3
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respected within the organization‚ they are more likely to contribute positively to the achievements of the business outcomes. Creating a healthy organizational climate requires attention to the factors which influence employee’s perceptions‚ including the quality of leadership‚ the way in which decisions are made and whether the efforts of employees are recognized. In fact “Climate may be thought of as the perceptions of the characteristics of an organization”. “Climate for an organization is somewhat
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In current globalize business environment; companies are more than ever before finding it necessary to implement the concept of Learning Organization either by theory or by intuition because in this present complicated business environment a non-learning organization cannot compete with a learning organization which simply means the organization will run out of existence or probably barely surviving. Apple Inc is American manufacturer of personal computers‚ computer peripherals‚ music player‚
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outcome of a decision. Feeling uncertainty about a situation that can’t predict with complete confidence what the outcomes of the managers actions will be . 5. Why do you think organizations have increased the use of groups for making decisions? When would you recommend using groups to make decisions? Organization have increased the use of groups for making decisions because group decision making can provide more information‚ generates more alternatives‚ increase legitimacy of the decision
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Ethics of IT Organizations Need For Non-Traditional Workers * Number of enrollment in computer science dept. is half in 2007 than in 2000 * Employment in computer system design and related service will grow by 38.3% between 2006 and 2014 * Growth is driven by the increasing reliance of businesses on IT and the continuing importance of maintaining system and network security Need For Non-Traditional Workers Need For Non-Traditional Workers * It is likely for IT organizations to have
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delivering the information: formal and informal communication channels. Formal Communication in the Workplace Formal communication is organized and managed information that is shared with relevant individuals in order to secure coordinated action throughout the organization. Formal communication channels are based on an individual’s role in the organization and distributed in an organized way according to the established chain in organizational charts. Typically‚ formal communication flows “downward”
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Power in organizations: A look through the TQM lens Carson‚ Paula Phillips‚ Carson‚ Kerry David‚ Knight‚ E Leon Jr‚ Roe‚ C William. Quality Progress. Milwaukee: Nov 1995. Vol. 28‚ Iss. 11; pg. 73‚ 6 pgs Copyright American Society for Quality Control Nov 1995 IN A TOTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENT‚ THE empowered employee alters the traditional supervisor-subordinate relationship. Instead of passively executing orders‚ empowered employees assume both the responsibility and authority necessary to anticipate
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A proper flexible organization provides its work force arrangements where employees are given greater freedom to balance their work and personal commitments such as family‚ higher education‚ community activities‚ religious commitments‚ professional development‚ and general interests. Above is Atkinson’s model of a flexible firm. He argued that firms increasingly seek 4 kinds of flexibility functional‚ numerical‚ pay‚ distancing. Functional flexibility is a qualitative approach to work‚ and
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Stern School of Business‚ New York University Management and Organizations Spring 2013 Professor: Aiwa Shirako Office: Tisch‚ Suite 701D Phone: (212) 990-4005 Email: ashirako@stern.nyu.edu Office hours: By appointment SECTIONS: MGMT-UB.0001.02 MGMT-UB.0001.03 MW 9:30-10:45am UC24 MW 2:00-3:15pm: UC24 TF: Esther Leibel : eleibel@stern.nyu.edu TF: Junghyun Suh: jsuh@stern.nyu.edu Course Blackboard (BB) site: http://sternclasses.nyu.edu Slides‚ announcements‚ and some course materials will be
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