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22 Cards in this Set
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The reason for differences in organizations (2) |
Management choices Organizations reason for being |
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Why do we have organizations? |
Society has needs |
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Production organizations |
Give products and services that allow society to adapt |
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Goal / value attainment need |
How we distribute resources Political organization |
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Socializing organization |
Needs to survive and continue Schools, churches, museums |
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Integration need |
Resolving conflict Stability maintenance organization |
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Why are there so many types or organizations? |
One cannot fill everyone's needs |
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Organizations as a technical system |
Input output throughput system |
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Organization as a social system |
If no one's at the hospital it doesn't work relatively enduring and stable. No more than two people linked with a common purpose |
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Concepts of an organization |
Technical system Social system Socio-technical system |
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Metaphors of an organization |
Set of recipes System of interrelated expectations A stream |
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Organizational needs |
Institutional need Administrative need Technical need |
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Institutional level needs and responsibilities |
Formulate Vision to justify the organization's existence Determine Society needs and how the organization will address those needs Vision formulation Convince Society to want your organization |
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Administrative level needs and responsibilities |
Integration Vision implementation Make the idea a reality Harmonize and integrate the technical core |
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Technical core needs and responsibilities |
Getting the day-to-day work done Vision implementation |
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Conceptualizations of the work of organizations |
Societal need served perspective The organizational need perspective organizational function perspective |
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Organization functions |
Production function Marketing Financial Accounting Human resource Management |
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Management as a philosophy |
Management is a set of assumptions about people work organizations and organizations processes |
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Social positions |
Managers and non managers |
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Management activities |
Plan, organize, Direct, Control |
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Management roles |
Interpersonal role Informational role Decision Decision Decision |
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Ways by which we come to know |
Direct personal experience Vicarious experiences Social information processing Faith Intuition Logical verification Science |