Organizational Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Process^ RAYMOND E. MILES University of California‚ Berkeley CHARLES C. SNOW The Pennsylvania State University ALAN D. MEYER University of Wisconsin‚ Milwaukee HENRY J. COLEMAN JR. University of California‚ Berkeley Organizational adaptation is a topic that has received only limited and fragmented theoretical treatment. Any attempt to examine organiza-^ tional adaptation is difficult‚ since the process is highly complex and changeable. The proposed theoretical
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Organizational Behavior Chapter 1: Organizational Behavior and Opportunity 4. Briefly describe the elements of the formal and the informal organization. Give examples of each. Formal structure is the way that the organization is operated by those with responsibility for managing the organization. They create formal structures to ensure that the standard operating procedures are followed and the duties are streamed down by a hierarchical approach. I work in a formal structure (government
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Organizational Culture and Communication Sabina Dovlati Com530 August 26‚ 2010 Maureen Murthy Abstract Organizational Culture and Communication According to Robbins and Judge‚ authors of Organizational Behavior textbook‚ there are seven primary characteristics which combine and summarize the real meaning of an organizational culture: innovation and risk taking‚ attention to detail‚ outcome orientation‚ people orientation‚ team orientation‚ aggressiveness‚ and stability. Organizational
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Organizational culture influences many aspects of work life. Workplace cultures that are grounded in strong and formally articulated values and modes of behavior define an organization. Well-communicated values influence employee behavior and drive how employees relate with all stakeholders within the organizationfrom co-workers‚ management and members of the board to clients‚ shareholders and the community at large. When organizations seek to change their culture‚ HRas change agent and educator
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1. What is an organization? At what three levels is organizational behavior usually examined?More specifically‚ organization design is a formal‚ guided process for integrating the people‚ information and technology of an organization. It is used to match the form of the organization as closely as possible to the purpose(s) the organization seeks to achieve. Through the design process‚ organizations act to improve the probability that the collective efforts of members will be successful. Typically
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There is no single definition for organizational culture. The topic has been studied from a variety of perspectives ranging from disciplines such as anthropology and sociology‚ to the applied disciplines of organizational behaviour‚ management science‚ and organizational communication. Some of the definitions are listed below: A set of common understandings around which action is organized; finding expression in language whose nuances are peculiar to the group (Becker and Geer 1960). A set of understandings
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Organizational Behavior Organizational Power‚ Culture‚ and Politics Question 1: What power tactics can employees use to translate their power bases into specific actions and how does each one work? There are nine tactics that an employee can use to translate their power bases into specific actions. The tactics are legitimacy‚ rational persuasion‚ inspirational appeals‚ consultation‚ exchange‚ personal appeals‚ ingratiation‚ pressure‚ and coalitions. The first tactic‚ legitimacy is
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International Journal of Business and Management December‚ 2008 Organizational Culture and Its Themes Shili Sun School of Foreign Languages‚ Ludong University No.186 Hongqi Middle Road‚ Zhifu District‚ Yantai 264025‚ Shandong Province‚ China Tel: 86-535-668-1098 Abstract E-mail: shilisun@hotmail.com As one of the key ‘stable factors’‚ culture within an organization is playing a critical role in the organization’s everyday operations. Although the culture literature has at times focused
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Case Study Critique of Pfizer Incorporated and Intel Corporation HRMN 495 ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION Pfizer is the world’s largest pharmaceutical company‚ with a workforce of 82‚000. The company grew rapidly in the 1990s through sales‚ along with the acquisition of Warner-Lambert and Pharmacia. After the acquisitions of the other companies‚ Pfizer’s HR department experienced problems because the three separate HR departments did not combine into one department. They operated with different
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How Culture Affects Productivity Organizational culture and productivity are closely related. Simply stated‚ productivity is the art of getting the company ’ ’s products and/or services to the customer at the lowest possible cost. But it is more than that - it is related to quality‚ to customer needs and to labour relations. In other words‚ productivity and good management are inseparable. Productivity is a result of motivation‚ and motivation thrives in a good climate. If management is to transform
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