MGCR 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kaizen, Industrial Revolution, Adhocracy

• School: McGill University
• Department: Management Core
• Course: MGCR 222
• Professor: Mallika Banerjee

Document Summary

Cause-effect relationship: difference between causation and correlation. A causual relationship means that a prior event occurred before to cause a future event, while a correlation means that two events occur independently of each other. Example: the principles of bureaucracy are correlated with a bureaucratic organization but don"t cause it because as soon as the principles are implemented, the organization becomes a bureaucracy . There is no time gap: x y with a z influencing the middle. Division of labor basis of modern organization: dol: degree to which tasks are split into separate jobs, enabled the industrial revolution & modern society, benefits. Machine metaphor: 4) train worker to perform work, 5) monitor and control worker performance. Principles of scientific management cause (?) bureaucratic organizations. Six features of bureaucratic organizations: features are correlated with bureaucratic organization, they do not cause it. When you design an organization, you pick its features and it becomes a bureaucracy.