HB 267 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Organizational Chart, Job Performance, Open Relationship
Document Summary
Computers and technology are transforming us into an information based society. The purpose of the organization is to integrate knowledge into a common task. Better able to utilize and manage knowledge. Developing alliances with suppliers, customers and competitors. Change must be included in the organizations thinking to prevent obsolescence. Challenge is the need to deal with both the old traditional and new ideas of the organization. The organizational structure is based on the objectives that management has developed and the plans and programs used to achieve the objectives. Utilizes the idea that there are leaders. Organizational chart and job descriptions define the formal relationships and duties. Differentiation and departmentalization assigns the tasks across the organization. Administrative system guides the activities through formalized controls. Organization empowers employees and relies on team-based management. Defined as the shared philosophies, values, assumptions, beliefs, expectations, attitudes and norms that help to define an organization and hold it together. Corporate culture is not always well defined.
