27.08.2014 ORGANIZATION SCIENCE RATIONAL SYSTEMS Handelshøyskolen BI Thorvald Hærem‚ Ph.D‚ Associate Professor Organization Science Fall Course layout S Week H Theme Scott& Davis 1 34 4 Introduction‚ Organizations as rational‚ natural & open systems Ch 1 2 35 4 Organizations as Rational systems Hand out case 1 Ch 2 The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management.doc The introduction to Taylor’s "Scientific Management (1911). Thompson;1967_Orgs_in_action_chap_5__6
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Project 1: LEGO Codename: Childhood Gina‚ Ines‚ Raul‚ & Katja Agenda } } } } } } } } } Lego in a nutshell Evolution & devellopment Marketing Logistics Glob Communication Economics Organization Bussines law Challenges & future LEGO in a nutshell } Family owned company‚ founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932‚ Billund. } The name LEGO: “leg godt”‚ meaning “play well”. } The world’s largest toy manufacturers. Development 2000-2013 Income 20002013
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Chapter 9 Strategic Management 1) A business model describes how a company is going to make money. 2) The first step in the strategic management process is analyzing the external environment. 3) Evaluating an organization’s intangible assets is part of conducting an internal analysis in the strategic management process. 4) Activities that an organization does well or resources that it has available are called capabilities. 5) When conducting a SWOT analysis‚ threats are activities the organization
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Chapter 5 1. What is the theoretical background of international R&D management? Research has suggested that large MNCs undertake between 5 percent and 25 percent of their R&D outside their home country. International R&D units may have originally been established to undertake adaptation work or because of host country demands‚ but increasingly the evidence suggests that they are becoming active contributors to the MNC’s global innovation effort‚ and even members of the core development
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reported. All these factors made One.Tel could not stand in the crisis time. Major Issues Major issues face by OneTel is that the company structure was not developed‚ in which lead to ineffective communication. In its operation‚ One.Tel run high centralization as the managers only do what Jody told them. He creates the leadership turnover since he liked promoting the yes man and humiliated managers who brought problems to his attention‚ therefore‚ there are high staff turnover. He also did not accept
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Topic One: Introduction to Organizations and Organization Theory Dr. Carrie Lee MGT B344F (2014 Sept) 1 + Understand the meaning of organization and its importance. + Outline the evolution of organization theory. + Explain what organization theory can do for manager. Dr. Carrie Lee MGT B344F (2014 Sept) 2 + We live in an organizational world + Organizations surround us and affect us + We also affect organizations (intentionally & unintentionally) + Organizations
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OBJECTIVES 1.Principles and elements of MIS 2.The relationship between organizational structure and MIS 3.Information requirements for MIS 4.Different types of MIS 5.The process of developing a MIS 6.Criteria for MIS 7.Strategies for determining MIS design STEP 1 = MIS- MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM "An integrated user-machine system for providing information to support operations‚ management and decision making functions in an organization. The system utilizes computerized and manual
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During 1950 and 1960‚ some small group decision making developed the idea of contingency theory. At the end of 1950s‚ academic schools began to utilize the contingency idea into organization theory. The term “contingency theory was created‚ it challenged the traditional management notion: finding the one best way to organize. Together with special and united notion of subsystems‚ the contingency theory drew theorists’ attention and obtain acceptance. Then more and more researchers took part in studying
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all the power to make most of the decisions for the company‚ and subordinates are expected to follow orders. Although‚ I think that Acme has established a high level of standardization and formalization‚ they experienced difficulty abiding to their own rules. Employees at Acme exercise individual specialization‚ where employees specialize in one specific area and work individually. On the other hand‚ Omega is a decentralized organization‚ where managers and subordinates delegate important decisions
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International Journal of Contemporary Business Studies Vol: 3‚ No: 6. June‚ 2012 ISSN 2156-7506 Available online at http://www.akpinsight.webs.com A Review on the Role of Managerial Levers in Innovation Management Suriati Bt Zainal Abidin1 Sany Sanuri Bin Mokhtar2 Rushami Zien Bin Yusoff3 College of Business Universiti Utara Malaysia 06010 UUM Sintok‚ Kedah Darul Aman‚ MALAYSIA. 1‚ 2‚ 3 ABSTRACT Managerial levers are essential elements to ensure the synchronization between people and system
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