MGHB02H3 Chapter Notes -Jay Lorsch, Job Enrichment, Convenience Food
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A condition that exists when the external environment is vague, difficult to diagnose, and unpredictable. Uncertainty depends on the environment"s complexity (simple versus complex) and its rate of change (static versus dynamic): Environmental uncertainty as a function of complexity and rate of change. Increasing uncertainty has several predictable effects on organizations and their decision makers: Stimulates a fair degree of political jockeying within the organization. More information must be processed by the organization to make adequate decisions. The dependency of organizations on environmental inputs, such as capital, raw materials, and human resources. Carefully managing and coping with resource dependence is a key to survival and success. Resource dependence can be fairly independent of environmental uncertainty. Organizations must develop strategies for managing both resource dependence and environmental uncertainty. Organizations devote considerable effort to developing and implementing strategies to cope with environmental uncertainty and resource dependence.
