PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hawthorne Effect, Industrial Revolution, Systems Theory
27 Jul 2016
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Organizations are abstract entities yet they are real and in fact can be considered alive. Organizations are designed or create to perform work. Organizations have both structural and social components. The need to change is particularly acute at the organizational level. Organization: a coordinated group of people who perform tasks to produce good or services, colloquially referred to as companies. Organizations are collectivities of parts that cannot accomplish their goals as effectively if they operate separately. Easier to define what they are formed than what they really are. A theory developed in the early 20th century that described the form structure of organizations. When industrial revolution was happening, 1st theory. Addresses how the organization should best be structured to accomplish its objectives. There are four basic components to any organization. A system of differentiated activities activities that are similar are grouped into one thing, and the company is formed by those groups (the marketing dpt, accounting, hr )
