BUSI 3103 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Canada, International, Interaction
12 Oct 2018
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BUSI 3103
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Organizational Theory
Class 1!
Organizations in Advanced Economies where people have needs for complex products
and services!
•Complex Tasks Done Efficiently!
•getting milk!
•Available Resources!
•how do you build a bridge!
•need construction companies, engineers supplies!
•Relative Permanence!
•you can assume that the product/service will be available!
•Accountability!
•warranties and such!
•Provide livelihood!
•Downside!
•Short-term goals!
•Unethical Activities of Many!
•Movie: The Corporation!
The Job of Organizing- the root!
•One person can’t do it all!
•Division of Labor (How do you split the work, and which chunk of work gets done
by whom?)!
•Leads to the concepts of !
•Roles, Specialization, Authority, Differentiation and Integration!
This course is about Organizations!
Organization: Noun (entity)!
Organization (ordered set) of !
Roles/Relationships of!
Roles/Work/Communications/Goals!
Organize: Verb (Process)!
Organization: the ACT of organizing (dynamic)!
Roles/Relationships/Work/Communications/Goals!
have been and are being Organized!
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Thursday, September 7, 2017
So, What is an Organization?!
•Entities that we will study are!
•Social groups!
•Those looking to achieve goal/goals & Those who create “values”
•Deliberately Structured and Coordinated (Designed)!
•Linked to External Environment!
•Not Temporary!
•Each has Boundaries (sort of…)!
•^ Not in the text!
Views (Metaphors) of Organizations!
Organization is a !
•Machine!
•Prison!
•Emancipator!
•Cog in a big Scheme (i.e. Contributes to the economy)!
•Social Club (cards, lottery tickets, potluck), family!
Where do org theories and Practices come from?!
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The domain of organization theory !
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The double Interpretation:The transmission of ideas and practices!
The domain of organizational practices!
What is Organizational Theory?!
•A body of knowledge created by Good Researchers and Astute Managers after
Systematic Study of MANY Organizations.!
How do Org. Behaviour and Org Theory Differ?!
•How orgs work!
The TEXT material has three major parts: !
Introduction: Definition of Organization, its social and economic roles !
1. Description: Goals, Effectiveness, Dimensions and Structures !
2. “Design” of organizations & Influencing Factors !
3. Processes in Org.: e.g., Innovation, Change, Decision making!
Organization is a system: System transforms something!
Systems are made up of interdependent interacting subsystems!
Managers design systems!
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Document Summary
Organization is a: machine, prison, emancipator, cog in a big scheme (i. e. contributes to the economy, social club (cards, lottery tickets, potluck), family. The double interpretation:the transmission of ideas and practices. What is organizational theory: a body of knowledge created by good researchers and astute managers after. Behaviour and org theory di er: how orgs work. Introduction: de nition of organization, its social and economic roles: description: goals, e ectiveness, dimensions and structures, design of organizations & in uencing factors, processes in org. Systems are made up of interdependent interacting subsystems. Closed systems view: system does not interact with the environment, promoting from within, sticking to old ways of doing things: we"ve always done it this way . What do managers do: design to improve organizations, organize for e ectiveness and e ciency. What are their choices: goals, strategy, environment, technology, size, structure, culture, process.
