ADMS 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Competitive Learning, Cloning, Contingency Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Shahab Modirmassihai

Document Summary

Provide lower-level employees more decision-making power: fluid. A trait of organic structures: integrated. Cross-functional teams: work groups that bring together members from various parts of the organization. Self-managing: teams that are given the power to manage themselves and make decisions without the approval of formal management. Information sharing: workers sharing knowledge with other workers in the organization to help better meet the organization"s goals and needs. Information sharing is an important component of the team-based approach. Public/governmental organization: provides goods and services without necessarily generating a profit. Private/nongovernmental organization: including voluntary organizations, which offer goods or services without necessarily generating a profit. Private organization: produce goods or services with the intent of making a profit for the benefit of their owners or shareholders. Social: they are organizations that have been generated and are maintained by people. Interactive with their environment: an organization obtains inputs from its environment, whether in the form of people, raw materials, technology, or financial capital.