Organizational Trends, Ethical Decision Making, and Impacts of Technology
Organizational Trends, Ethical Decision Making, and Impacts of Technology
Organizations of the twenty-first century are proving that in order to stay competitive they must reorganize the old hierarchical structure and transform into separate company hybrids. The old hierarchical control is somewhat still in tact but decision making and technology now influence the ways organizations are headed. Several organizational trends are continuing to affect organizations of the twenty-first century. For example, organizations are continuing to outsource leaving fewer jobs for current employees. Because of technology, jobs are more competitive and workers require more training. The influence of ethics in decision-making and the impact of technology are two of the largest impacts of organization trends. This paper will discuss ethics in decision-making, and the impact of technology on work related stress. As a manager, there are several ethical decision-making changes with the uncertainty of the technology world. There are three decision-making changes organizations constantly face these are overcoming hierarchical management styles, cultural changes, and information technology. First, the first dilemma in an organization is that management is trying to break the habit of controlling an organization through hierarchical structure. Meaning managers input and control only travels one direction from the top down. Because of the change in technology, mangers will need to allow individuals to self manage and step into more of a consultant leadership role. Decision-making will need to be on more of a consensus collaborate effort and within teams. Along with this top management also have the opportunity to set up boundaries so that all decisions follow a checklist before implementing anything.
According to book Organizational Behavior suggestions for integrating ethical decisions should be as follows, develop a code of ethics and follow it, establish procedures for
Organizations of the twenty-first century are proving that in order to stay competitive they must reorganize the old hierarchical structure and transform into separate company hybrids. The old hierarchical control is somewhat still in tact but decision making and technology now influence the ways organizations are headed. Several organizational trends are continuing to affect organizations of the twenty-first century. For example, organizations are continuing to outsource leaving fewer jobs for current employees. Because of technology, jobs are more competitive and workers require more training. The influence of ethics in decision-making and the impact of technology are two of the largest impacts of organization trends. This paper will discuss ethics in decision-making, and the impact of technology on work related stress. As a manager, there are several ethical decision-making changes with the uncertainty of the technology world. There are three decision-making changes organizations constantly face these are overcoming hierarchical management styles, cultural changes, and information technology. First, the first dilemma in an organization is that management is trying to break the habit of controlling an organization through hierarchical structure. Meaning managers input and control only travels one direction from the top down. Because of the change in technology, mangers will need to allow individuals to self manage and step into more of a consultant leadership role. Decision-making will need to be on more of a consensus collaborate effort and within teams. Along with this top management also have the opportunity to set up boundaries so that all decisions follow a checklist before implementing anything.
According to book Organizational Behavior suggestions for integrating ethical decisions should be as follows, develop a code of ethics and follow it, establish procedures for
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