Compare Modernist and Symbolic Interpretive in Different Aspect
Introduction
In this modern era, the global business environment is changing so fast that organizations need to manage differently to suit customers’ unlimited wants. Organization theory is an area of study where organizations are the phenomenon of interest for theory that applies to everybody. Organization are defined as a consciously coordinated social entity, with a relatively, identifiable boundary that performs upon consciously basis to accomplish a mutual goal. Organizations are structured the way they are because different organization perceive and do things differently. Effectiveness of an organization is based on how they are being run: culture, structure and power. Nowadays, flexibility and creativity are primary elements of the changing environment, creating virtual organization other than conventional organization: Google is successful because of diversity, organization structure and innovative. The purpose of theories is to explore organization from modernist to symbolic interpretative perspective by using culture, power and structure. How modernist and symbolic interpretive are different and similar from each will be discussed in this essay.
Modernist perspective
Modernist states that goals can be achieved by discovering the truth. The effectiveness of an organization to make profit is based on the CEO’s leading and decision making ability. However, this statement was proven wrong because of the existence of charity organizations and also churches. Modernists are objectivists who believe in reality of fact which is independent to our knowledge. Its epistemology is positivism which is build based on valid conceptualization and the theorization that allows us to test knowledge against an objective world. There is always clear explanation on how things occur, through statistical method, such as hypothesis testing. The model of reasoning for modernism is deductive approach. Its objective is to govern rules in organization to ensure smooth process and
In this modern era, the global business environment is changing so fast that organizations need to manage differently to suit customers’ unlimited wants. Organization theory is an area of study where organizations are the phenomenon of interest for theory that applies to everybody. Organization are defined as a consciously coordinated social entity, with a relatively, identifiable boundary that performs upon consciously basis to accomplish a mutual goal. Organizations are structured the way they are because different organization perceive and do things differently. Effectiveness of an organization is based on how they are being run: culture, structure and power. Nowadays, flexibility and creativity are primary elements of the changing environment, creating virtual organization other than conventional organization: Google is successful because of diversity, organization structure and innovative. The purpose of theories is to explore organization from modernist to symbolic interpretative perspective by using culture, power and structure. How modernist and symbolic interpretive are different and similar from each will be discussed in this essay.
Modernist perspective
Modernist states that goals can be achieved by discovering the truth. The effectiveness of an organization to make profit is based on the CEO’s leading and decision making ability. However, this statement was proven wrong because of the existence of charity organizations and also churches. Modernists are objectivists who believe in reality of fact which is independent to our knowledge. Its epistemology is positivism which is build based on valid conceptualization and the theorization that allows us to test knowledge against an objective world. There is always clear explanation on how things occur, through statistical method, such as hypothesis testing. The model of reasoning for modernism is deductive approach. Its objective is to govern rules in organization to ensure smooth process and
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