COM 217 Lecture 1: COM217 EXAM1 Study Guide
5 Oct 2016
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Organizational communication: change in production processes, shift from agrarian society to industrial to information economy. Organization- social collectivity, coordinated activity, individual and collective goals, structure. ~ changed from individuals creating a whole item themselves. During this native americans still populated americans. ~ same latitude creates an easier way to produce food, makes more time to think (europe) ~ america"s had different agricultural zones so weather fluctuations create problems with making food, that"s all they focused on sustainable food source vs. spending all your time on agriculture. Standardized (replaceable, people= cogs: classical= elements & principles, bureaucracy= ideal type , scientific management= systematic - to have a plan, classical management. Organization of production in competitive enterprise (control production costs) What managers do and how they should do it. Elements: planning, organizing, command, coordination, and control. ~unity of direction- similar goals under 1 boss. ~division of labor- limited # of tasks per employee.
