COMMERCE 1BA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Cabinetry
29 Nov 2016
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Activities + equipment + knowledge necessary to turn organizational inputs into desired outputs. Technology should be drive by organizational strategy, not availability. E. g heavy machinery construction, health spa ( situations are seen before) Organizations with routine technology functions tend to adopt mechanistic structures with high formalization and high centralization. Organizations with non-routine technology tend to adopt organic structures. The extent to which subunits depend on each other for materials, resources or information. Mutual adjustment / organic (both sides adjust to changes) Race car design is reciprocal interdependence, therefore organic. Race car assembly is sequential interdependence, therefore mechanistic. Race car pit crew is pooling interdependence, therefore mechanistic. There has to be a fit between technology and organizational structure. Unit production - producing one thing at a time ( usually a unique item) E. g food products such as donuts, or computers. There is a constant stream of production of chemicals. When a problem occurs, it is difficult to solve.
