BU398 Midterm: Lectures 1 - 12
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Glecture 1 introducing bu398 and organization theory. What are organizations: a social entity, that is goal directed, deliberately structured and coordinated, and linked to the environment. Closed: environment is assumed to be stable focus on internal efficiency: open: interact w (and adapt to) environment. Structural dimensions: describes the internal characteristics of an organization. Contextual dimensions: characterize the whole organization and elements of the environment. Design basics: goals, purpose of business, three types of goals, how to analyze a mission statement. Culture: definitions, culture artifacts, how to analyze culture : culture/strategy typology. Strategy: porter, miles and snow, how to analyze strategy. The purpose of business: business is social invention, human beings made it up and has evolved over the decades. Social constructionist perspective : the purpose of business is whatever ppl decide it is. 57-60): (cid:858)a(cid:272)tual(cid:859) goals specific measurable outcomes quantify the official goals ideally for every subsystem of the organization. Types of operative goals: performance, resources, market, employees.
