Chapter 1

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Organization Design

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helps us explain what happened in the past, as well as what may happen in the future, so that we can manage organizations more effectively

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Efficiency

Back 2

AMOUNT of resources used to achieve the organization's goals

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Efectiveness

Back 3

The DEGREE to which an organization achieves its goals.

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Stakeholder Approach

Back 4

Balancing the needs of groups in and outside of the organization that has a stake in the organization's performance.

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Mechanistic

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Characterized by machine-like standard rules and procedures with clear authority

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Organic

Back 6

Design of organization is looser free-flowing, and adaptive

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Open Systems

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Adaptive and interact with the environment

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Sustainability

Back 8

economic development that generates wealth and meets the needs of the current generation while saving the environment so future generations can meet their needs as well.

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Social business

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refers to using social media technologies for interacting with and facilitating communication and collaboration among stakeholders.

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Big data analysis

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tech, skills and processes for searching and examining massive sets of data to uncover hidden patterns and correlations.

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Organization

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1. Social entities

2. Goal- directed

3. designed and deliberately structured and coordinated activity systems

4. linked to external environment

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Structural Dimensions

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provide labels to describe the internal characteristics of an organization. Create a basis for measuring and comparing organizations.

Formalization, Specialization, Hierarchy of authority, Complexity, and Centralization.

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Contingency Factors

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encompass larger elements that influence structural dimension including

Size, tech, environment, culture and goals.

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Scientific Management

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emphasizes scientifically determined jobs and management practices as the way to improve efficiency and labor productivity.

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Administrative Principales

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looked at the design and functioning of organization as a whole.

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Bureaucratic Organizations

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emphasized designing and managing organizations on an impersonal, rational basis through such elements as clearly defined authority and responsibility, formal record keeping, and uniform application of standard rules.

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Task

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Narrowly defined piece of work assigned to a person

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Role

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part in a dynamic social system.

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Organizational behavior

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MICRO approach to org because it focuses on the individuals within orgs as the relevant units of analysis.

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Organizational Theory and Design

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MACRO examination of orgs because it analyzes the whole org as a unit.