MDSA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Kenneth Burke, Organizational Culture, Enculturation
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Organizations: collectively, employers and employees comprise organizations: a system (network of ordered relationships and coordinated activities directed toward specific goals, ex: at a film studio there are writers, producers, directors, editors, make-up artists, sound crews, etc. And they all have their own jobs to perform in order to reach a sole organizational goal. Paramount, like any other organization, has two basic dimensions: (1) structure & (2) process. Structure: the underlying framework that shapes an organization over time. Includes 3 key elements: (1) hierarchy, (2) differentiation & specialization, (3) formalization (1) hierarchy: the specific arrangement of job roles and positions based upon authority within an organization. Communicative practices: every organization develops a unique organizational culture: the set(s) of norms and customs, artifacts and events, and values and assumptions that emerge as a consequence of organizational members" communicative practices. This is a personal ritual because it"s not necessitated by a job: ex of organizational ritual: attending weekly faculty meetings.
