EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY IN A MODREN OFFICE
1
REPORT
of the
ORGANISATION STUDY PROGRAMME at HMT MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED KALAMASSERY
Period
23.05.2011 to 22.06.2011
Submitted by
Job Thomas
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi – 682 022
MAY-JUNE 2011
2
CONTENTS
Title Page Number
3
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISATION STUDY
INTRODUCTION
Organizational studies, sometimes known as organizational science, encompass the systematic study and careful application ofknowledge about how people act within organizations. Organizational studies sometimes is considered a sister field for, or overarching designation that includes, the following disciplines: industrial and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, human resources, and management. Whenever people interact in organizations, many factors come into play. Modern organizational studies attempt to understand and model these factors. Like all modernist social sciences, organizational studies seek to control, predict, and explain. There is some controversy over the ethics of controlling workers ' behavior, as well as the manner in which workers are treated. As such, organizational behaviour or OB have at times been accused of being the scientific tool of the powerful. Those accusations notwithstanding, OB plays a major role in organizational development, enhancing organizational performance, as well as individual and group performance/satisfaction/commitment. The orgnaisation study is the systematic learning process about an organisation to understand the diiferent roles of each members in the organization. In organisation study, the different roles, namely, interpersonal roles, decisional roles and informational roles of various members are evaluated and how it affects the functioning of the organisation is analysed. In this work, M/s HMT Machine Tool Limited at Kalamssery was selected for the organization study.
An industry, which has undergone a radical shift in
REPORT
of the
ORGANISATION STUDY PROGRAMME at HMT MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED KALAMASSERY
Period
23.05.2011 to 22.06.2011
Submitted by
Job Thomas
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi – 682 022
MAY-JUNE 2011
2
CONTENTS
Title Page Number
3
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISATION STUDY
INTRODUCTION
Organizational studies, sometimes known as organizational science, encompass the systematic study and careful application ofknowledge about how people act within organizations. Organizational studies sometimes is considered a sister field for, or overarching designation that includes, the following disciplines: industrial and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, human resources, and management. Whenever people interact in organizations, many factors come into play. Modern organizational studies attempt to understand and model these factors. Like all modernist social sciences, organizational studies seek to control, predict, and explain. There is some controversy over the ethics of controlling workers ' behavior, as well as the manner in which workers are treated. As such, organizational behaviour or OB have at times been accused of being the scientific tool of the powerful. Those accusations notwithstanding, OB plays a major role in organizational development, enhancing organizational performance, as well as individual and group performance/satisfaction/commitment. The orgnaisation study is the systematic learning process about an organisation to understand the diiferent roles of each members in the organization. In organisation study, the different roles, namely, interpersonal roles, decisional roles and informational roles of various members are evaluated and how it affects the functioning of the organisation is analysed. In this work, M/s HMT Machine Tool Limited at Kalamssery was selected for the organization study.
An industry, which has undergone a radical shift in
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