As Futurist writers‚ both Mina Loy and F.T. Marinetti valorize machinery as a crucial element of their writing‚ as well as the world at large. Both agree that process of actualizing oneself requires the intervention of technology. Although undoubtedly different from one another‚ both writers seem to suggest that machinery will lead to a type of immortality‚ whether literally or theoretically. In their writing‚ technology acts as an active facilitator in the process of achieving eternal life. In
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Organisational Behavior; Peer Assessment Essay Question: Compare and contrast mechanistic and organic structures highlighting the impact that each structural design can have in explaining workplace behaviors. Organisation structure can have significant effects on its employees‚ such as performance and satisfaction. Not everyone prefers the flexibility and freedom of an organic structure or the rigidness of a mechanistic structure and also the culture has to be taken into consideration; high power
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How do the four contingency variables influence organizations’ structure? During 1970s‚ the United States of America was suffering unprecedented social‚ economic and political instability‚ with the great impact posed on western society by the crisis of oil‚ and the changing environment all the industries were facing. Previous management theories‚ such as scientific management theory‚ science of behaviour management theory and so on‚ only focused on how to improve enterprises’ internal organizational
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perspectives‚ such as‚ mechanistic organization‚ organic organization‚ cultural perspective and political perspective. The content below will analysis the management approaches and the organizational perspectives in details. Body: Mechanistic organization characterized by centralization of authority‚ formalization of procedures and practices and specialization of functions (Campling et al. 2008). From those characteristics about the mechanistic organization‚ the mechanistic organization would choose
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suggest national culture influences the preference for structure.34 Organizations that operate with people from high power-distance cultures‚ such as Greece‚ France‚ and most of Latin America‚ find that their employees are much more accepting of mechanistic structures than are employees from low power-distance countries. So consider cultural differences along with individual differences when predicting how structure will affect employee performance and satisfaction. · What
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Lock up the unemployed‚ single mothers‚ defrocked priests‚ prostitutes and those living on welfare. This would be a new edict if Foucault’s concept of biopower were to be put into practice. Biopower is defined by the French scholar‚ historian‚ and social theorist‚ Michel Foucault‚ as institutional control over life and death of the human species particularly those who were deemed to be “socially unproductive or disruptive”. He has argued that it is a long-term result of the 17th century Cartesian
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1…Using the mechanistic and organic structure arguments develop in Chapter 2‚ compare and contrast the management styles at Acme and Omega. Acme’s managerial style consists of a mechanistic structure‚ while Omega’s managerial style is based on an organic structure. Acme’s vertical differentiation‚ which consists of four levels of control‚ constitutes the dispersion of authority between the organizational hierarchy levels and gears to give the organization more control over its projects and activities
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Compare‚ Contrast and Discuss Mechanistic vs. Organic Structures Vance Conyers Organizational Theory 360A 28 September 2012 Organization structure is “The formal system of task and authority relationships that control how people coordinate their actions and use resources to achieve goals”. (Jones 8) The structure that an organization forms can determine its ultimate success of failure. It sets the foundation for how the organization will function‚ make decisions‚ and respond to change. The
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Organizational Structures - Mechanistic and Organic Structures Podcast Transcript Speakers: Scott‚ Dine‚ Lock Collins Scott: Hey everybody‚ welcome! We’re going to have a great discussion today about the core components of organizational structures. Namely the mix of centralization and decentralization and how they factor into the two major types of organizations: mechanistic organizations and organic organizations. Diane: Then we’ll talk about two prime examples of each organization to
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1. Mechanistic organizations are characterized by high formalization‚ high specialization‚ and a clear chain of command with narrow spans of control. Despite its rigid structure‚ a mechanistic approach can be well suited for a company under several conditions. For a mechanistic organization‚ stability is the key; when the environment is stable enough such that the industry produces a constant and consistent stream of uniform products‚ a company will see success in adopting a mechanistic structure
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