mgt ch12 midtrm 2
Terms
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- organization design
- the overall set of structural elements and the relationships among those elements used to manage the total organization
- bureaucracy
- a model of organization design based on a legitmate and formal system of authority
- behavoral model
- a model of organization design consistent with the human relations movement and stressing attention to developing work groups and concern with interpersonal processes
- system 1 design
- similar to the bureaucratic model
- system 4 design
- similar to the behavorial model
- situational view of organization design
- based on the assumption that the optimal design for any given organization depends on a set of relevant situational factors
- technology
- conversion processes used to transform inputs into outputs
- mechanistic organization
- similar to the bureaucratic or system 1 model, most frequently found in stable environments
- organic organization
- very flexible and informal model of organization design most often found in unstable and unpredictable environments
- differentiation
- extent to which the organization is broken down into subunits
- integration
- degree to which the various subunits must work together in a coordinated fashion
- organizational size
- total number of full time or full time equivalent employees
- organizational life cycle
- progression through which organizations evolve as they grow and mature
- funtional (u form) design
- based on the functional approach to departmentalization
- conglomerate (h form) design
- used by an organization made up of a set of unrelated businesses
- divisional (m form) design
- based on multiple businesses in related areas operating within a larger related areas operating within a larger organizational framwork
- matrix design
- based on two overlapping bases of departmentalization
- team organization
- an approach to organization design that relies almost exclusively on project type teams, with little or no underlying functional hierarchy
- virtual organization
- one that has little or no formal structure
- learning organization
- one that works to facilitate the lifelong learning and personal development of all of its employees while continually transforming itself to respond to changing demands and needs