ECON 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Sociotechnical System, Chester Barnard, Technostructure
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(unit is composed of people or groups who interact with each other), with a relatively identifiable boundary (ex. employees), which functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals. Organisation: a consciously managed and coordinated (a hierarchy is involved) social entity. Measuring this is difficult, one way to do it is by . Complexity the extent of differentiation within the organisation. Formalisation the degree to which an organisation relies on rules and procedures. Centralisation considers where the responsibility of decision making lies to direct the behaviour of employees. Closed system would not receive energy from an outside source and won"t release into its surroundings. Open system: a dynamic sustem that interacts with and responds to its environment. Organisation design: construction and change of an organisation"s structure. Organisation theory: the discipline that studies the structure and design of organisations.
