COMM 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Organizational Communication, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Ideal Type
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Systematically related ideas used to describe, predict, and/or explain phenomena. Knowledge and understanding of organizations based on military and catholic church. Organizations are composed of specialized parts that enable it to function properly. Organizations are efficient, predictable machines, stability leads to positive organizational outcomes. Workers treated like easily replaceable machine parts (negative individual outcomes) Classical theories arise from the machine metaphor in an attempt to capitalize on the benefits and minimize the organizational problems . Focused on maximizing profits and worker effort and performance. Systematic soldering-employees putting in minimal effort to get their jobs done; cause by: Piecework pay-employees are paid based on individual output performing within the organization. Rule of thumb methods-employees learn by observing others. Manages are the key to a successful organization. Workers can be motivated by more than money. Gang plank goes across triangle to equal employees: espirt de corps-organizations need loyal employees who will sacrifice personal interest for the interest of the organization level.
