BUS 374 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Organizational Culture, Decision-Making, Cost Leadership

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 374
• Professor: Adam Cotteral

Document Summary

Illustrates how managers evaluate the effectiveness of organizational efforts: realizes its goals. Mega blok achieved goal of doubling share of the toy building block market by 30: employee development, refers to the training, promotion, safety and growth to employees. Includes both managers and workers: characteristic common to organizations that regularly show up on 50 best employer in c. Innovation and change: pertains to internal flexibility and readiness to adapt to unexpected changed s in the environment, often defined in terms of the development of specific new services, products, or production processes, ex. Puma going out of its way to be different: when managers fail to adopt a competitive strategy left with no strategic advantage and performance suffers. Hbc: analyzer, balances efficiency and learning; tight cost control with flexibility and adaptability. Does whatever actions to meet immediate needs: could lead to failed companies kodak. Other factors affecting organizational design: result of numerous continguences.