Understanding Ideology Driven Organizations and Their Structure

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD

Term Paper Assignment

Understanding Ideology-Driven Organizations and their Structure.

Submitted to Prof.George Kendathil & Prof. Pradhyumana Khokhle

In Partial fulfillment of the requirements of course

Organizational Behaviour-I (Macro)

Submitted on: September 20 , 2010 By

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Abrarali Saiyed

Understanding Ideology-Driven Organizations and their Structure - Abrarali Saiyed Abstract:
Study of most organizations is based on the principles put forth by Max Webber and is applicable directly to public and private enterprises rather than the social sector organizations. Organizational structure is known to follow the strategy adopted by the organization which in turn is influenced by the ideology that the organization follows. This paper attempts to examine how the ideological structure of organizations and alternative structures of control affect different organizational interests and outputs. Two propositions are identified; the first is Organizational ideology, politics, strategy and structure have significant impacts on the NGO’s strategy formulation and implementation and the second is NGO context affects approaches to strategy formulation and implementation as well as organizational structure and relationships.

Introduction:

NGOs- Part of the Social Service Sector:
Management science attributed the study of organization to Max Weber, whose sociological agenda justified organizations as extensions of society, their organizational formats derived from religious beliefs, power and status-- organizations whose functionalism is rooted in the practical, functional disciplines that seek ways of controlling and making more efficient the organization‘s production of goods and services (Robbins 1990). Seeking the third way between government and private enterprise, the mandates of the third sector are providing services and representing the needs of civil society. Thus, the sociological and

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