MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Yellow Journalism, Organizational Culture, Stamp Duty
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Most mainstream media products are highly formulaic. One explanation as to why music videos seem so homogeneous is that it lies in the logic of safety and desire to guarantee success by minimizing risk. An organization is more than the mere arrangement of disparate parts. It is important to understand what happens at a workplace, and how what happens there influences an organization"s services and products. Our work lives are most centrally defined by whom we work with and for. Organizations: a system (network) of ordered relationships and coordinated activities directed toward specific goals. Organizations have two basic dimensions: structure: the underlying framework that shapes an organizations over time and includes three key elements. Hierarchy: the specific arrangement of job roles and positions based upon authority within an organization. Differentiation and specialization: the division of companies into units, departments, and positions, each of which performs specific tasks.
