Foundations of Organization Structure and Design
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Lecture 14 Foundations of Organization Structure and Design
(Organizational theory and design)
-Org structure forms the backbone of the org behavior
-Classical org theory/design
-Associated with bureaucracy mostly
-E.g. big companies always have some level of bureaucracy
-Bureaucratic model
-Attributed to one German name Max Webber, modern
sociologist
-He deified what an ideal organization should be
-He called it bureaucratic org
-Four of major principals of a bureaucratic model are
-A well-defined hierarchy
-Specialization and division of labor
-A system of abstract rules
-Impersonal relationship
-Additional factors of bureaucratic model
-Hiring is based of technical qualification
-Promotions are made with seniority/achievements
-Bureaucratic dysfunctions
-Karl Marx’s argument
-Bureaucracy is used by dominant capitalists
-To dominate the poor/lower class
-The dysfunctions of specialization
-Unit’s goals may be compromised with org’s goals
-The dysfunctions of hierarchy
-Hierarchy promotes
-Unity of command
-Unity of conformity
-Too much hierarchy wastes time to communicate
-Too much hierarchy means little formal
horizontal communication
-The dysfunctions of rules
-Too much red tape
-These rules often serve as the ends of dreams not the
attainment of dreams
-The dysfunctions of impersonal characteristics
-Bureaucratic models often cause behavioral
dysfunctions
-The modern view of bureaucracy
-Parkinson’s “law”
-Peter principal
*** These two scholars were mainly frustrated by the govt.
Bureaucracies and administrative incapacity under harsh
bureaucratic models. Their view was reflected from public
attitude toward bureaucracy.
*** For a larger scale operation sometimes bureaucratic models
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