ADMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Competitive Learning, Contingency Theory, Outsourcing

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Shahab Modirmassihai

Document Summary

Ap/adms 1000 lecture # 4 establishing the structure of business. Modern organizations: flat elimination of hierarchical layers. Side note: market changes faster than the structure. If you have a flatter organization, decisions are made faster and that way you can easily keep up with the market. If your environment is changing constantly, it"s better to use a flatter structure. A trait of organic structures: integrated. Cross-functional teams work groups that bring together members from various parts of the organization. Self-managing teams teams that are given the power to manage themselves and make decisions without the approval of formal management. Information sharing workers sharing knowledge with other workers in the organization to help better meet the organization"s goals and needs. Information sharing is an important component of the team-based approach. Interactive with their environment organization interact with the environment. Goal-oriented organizations are created to achieve goals. Structure-based organizations possess some sort of structure. Closed systems: self-sufficient, no interaction with the environment.