MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Organizational Culture, Media Studies, Personalization
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Critical media studies: an introduction (2nd edition: organizational analysis. Organizations: system of ordered relationships and coordinated activities directed toward specific goals describes underlying framework, shapes organization overtime. Differentiation and specialization: divisions of comparing into units, each performs specific task. Formalization: practices must conform to accepted organizational conventions. Substance how such behaviours and actions are constrained or limited to fit an organization"s needs or culture. Organizational culture(s): set of norms and customs and values and assumptions emerges as consequence of organizational member"s communicative practices. Performance: expressive displays that carry significance in particular context. Narratives: stories (found everywhere) feature of organization, stories members tell about workplace experience. Management: organizational culture is developed by managers to create satisfied customers describe norms that govern choices made by workers when. Motivated: develop from some need (may be efficiency) Professionalization: socialization of workers to do their work in certain ways to make certain products.
