MANA 341 Lecture 7: 341 - class notes chp 7

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Management
• Course: MANA 341
• Professor: Young- Chul Jeong

Document Summary

Chapter 7 - interorganizational relationships (organizational environment 2) Three structural options to manage organizational boundaries and external environment: how do organizations manage inter-organizational relationships, collaborative network, resource dependence, population ecology. Purposes of organizational structure: designates formal relationships, division of labor (create groups/divisions, and specify who does what, helps defi(cid:374)e (cid:271)ou(cid:374)daries (cid:894)(cid:449)hat (cid:449)e (cid:862)(cid:373)ake(cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:449)hat (cid:449)e (cid:862)(cid:271)u(cid:455)(cid:863)(cid:895) Interorgonizational framework - 3 structural options to manage organizational boundaries & external environment: collaborative network, resource dependence, population ecology. Institutionalism next class: collaborative network perspective : when companies join together to become more competitive and share scarce resources. The share risk when entering new markets, mounting expensive new programs and reducing costs, enhancing technologies, creates greater innovation, problem solving and performance. Joint ventures two or more organizations create a legally independent venture. E(cid:454)a(cid:373)ples: to(cid:455)ota"s (cid:374)et(cid:449)ork of (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) suppliers; bo(cid:373)(cid:271)ardier"s (cid:374)et(cid:449)ork of. Loss of in-house jobs and positions: resource dependence: