MGMT 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Robin Dunbar, Organizational Commitment, Job Performance

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Management
• Course: MGMT 3000
• Professor: charleswaynelyons

Document Summary

Three fuctions of an organization: defines the roles the of the labor force, coordinactes activities between members, identifies the borders of the firm and external relationships. Robin dunbar suggested a cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. The rule of 150 was coined by british anthropologist, robin dunbar, and is defined as the. Managers no longer know what all the employees do. Employees no longer know what all the other employees do. Division of labor the manner in which work in a firm is divided among employees. Creation of highly specialized jobs can help develop expertise or competency in a certain skill or function. Repetitive and specialized nature of jobs helps in quick and efficient training of new resources. Extreme specialization resulting in tedious repetitive work can lead to low job satisfaction. Due to high levels of job specialization, firms are unable to prevent turnover.