BUSI 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Potluck, Chief Operating Officer, Decision-Making
25 Jul 2018
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Organization is a: machine, prison, emancipator, cog in a big scheme (i. e. contributes to the economy, social club (cards, lottery tickets, potluck), family. The double interpretation:the transmission of ideas and practices. What is organizational theory: a body of knowledge created by good researchers and astute managers after. Behaviour and org theory di er: how orgs work. Introduction: de nition of organization, its social and economic roles: description: goals, e ectiveness, dimensions and structures, design of organizations & in uencing factors, processes in org. Systems are made up of interdependent interacting subsystems. Closed systems view: system does not interact with the environment, promoting from within, sticking to old ways of doing things: we"ve always done it this way . What do managers do: design to improve organizations, organize for e ectiveness and e ciency. What are their choices: goals, strategy, environment, technology, size, structure, culture, process.
