MANA 341 Lecture 7: Interorganizational Relationships

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Management
• Course: MANA 341
• Professor: Donato Totaro

Document Summary

Interorganizational relationships (organizational environment part ii: how do organizations manage inter-organizational relationships, resource dependence, collaborative network. Purposes of organizational structure: purposes of organizational structure. Division of labor (create groups/divisions and specify who does what) Helps define boundaries (what we make vs. what we buy ) Organizational boundaries and three options to manage environment uncertainty & dependence: how do organizations gain control over critical resources such as functional activities, supplies, materials, and information, three structural options to obtain these resources. Three structural options: three structural options to manage environmental uncertainty and resource dependence, three structural options to obtain critical resources, develop from scratch. Example: revisiting wal-mart"s war room: walmart used to believe pr (public relations) was a waste of time and money. But they now realize that they need this to manage and reduce uncertainty in the external environment. Maybe they don"t need to create another department, but just some people from wal-mart to coordinate.