Organizational Adaptation: Choice vs. Determinism By L.G. Hrebiniak & W.F. Joyce; summarized by Tristan Latour Introduction There were two views concerning organizational adaptation: * It’s a process reflecting choice and selection * It’s a necessary reaction to peremptory environmental forces/conditions (Note: in this paper‚ adaptation is interpreted as simply “change”‚ including both proactive & reactive behavior) This paper: 1) Choice and determinism are not two opposite ends
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advantage based on exclusive access to advanced technology and a well trained workforce. (2) RELAVANCE IN TODAY’S ERA: Creativity has traditionally been viewed as the gift of a small number of talented people. The concept that groups and organizations can function creatively reflects the growing importance of creativity as a driver of innovation and organisational success As the global playing field becomes increasingly level‚ many business forecasters are predicting that workforce creativity
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developing and implementing plans to reach goals and objectives. Strategic planning‚ more than anything else‚ is what gives direction to an organization and actions necessary to improve its performance (O’Regan‚ N & Ghobadian‚ A‚ 2002). This paper sets out to determine the importance of strategy‚ fundamentally the differences between 3 forms of strategy‚ namely the planned strategy‚ emergent strategy and scenario planning. In accordance with this‚ the advantages and disadvantages of these strategic thought
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Cultures and Organizations Software of the mind Geert Hofstede Institute for Research on Intercultural Cooperation (IRIC) University of Limburg at Maastricht‚ The Netherlands MpGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY London • New York • St Louis • San Francisco • Auckland • Bogota • Caracas Lisbon • Madrid • Mexico • Milan • Montreal • New Delhi • Panama Paris • San Juan • Sao Paulo • Singapore • Sydney • Tokyo • Toronto Contents Published by McGRAW-HILL Book Company Europe Shoppenhangers
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Different types of organizational structure Hierarchical organizational structure Hierarchical organizational structure advantages and disadvantages Matrix organizational structure Cost and benefits of Matrix organizational structure Key points Hierarchical vs. Matrix organizational structure Challenges when adopting a Matrix structure Organizational Structure Helps improve communication‚ increase productivity Provides guidance to all employees by laying out the official reporting relationships that
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LEARNING ORGANIZATION According to Peter Senge (1990: 3) Learning organization are: “…organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire‚ where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured‚ where collective aspiration is set free‚ and where people are continually learning to see the whole together”. Senge argues that organizations should have the sort of culture which allows them to shape there own future to a far greater degree as been
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Chapter 10 Organization of the Environment Two main sub topics of Ch-10 • Organizational Ecology • Institutional approach Ecology What is Ecology? • Greek origin • OIKOS = household/environment • LOGOS = study of… • Ecology is the study of the “house/environment” in which we live. • Ecology is the study of interactions between – organisms and organisms (Biotic-Living things) – organisms and their environment (Abiotic-Non living things) Ecology Terms • Species – A specific
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systematic diagnosis to organizational situations. Diagnosing Problem Areas---Why Diagnosing? An organization need to survival or be very successful in the rapid developing socielty‚ it must have flexibility and ability for rapid transfromation. For example‚ Downsizing and restructuring are the ways to make an organization more effective‚ before downsizing and restructuring‚ the organization must digagnose its departments‚ to see what problems do they have‚ then how to solve the problems. The
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Prompting individual from within or hiring personal from other organisation‚ would have its positive and negative effects. The CEO’s decision will also affect the organisation culture‚ behaviour and profit. Some of the case of promoting from within likes Jack Welch from General Electric which is the “youngest ever chief executive officer (CEO) in 1981” (Answer). He was an individual promoted from within and worked his way up the corporate ladder. During the 20 years of his service as CEO‚ the organisation’s
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Culture in the Project Management‚ and according to the Assignment guidelines we have to identify the relationships between culture and Project management practise. Culture is a broad area of Organization culture‚ National Culture‚ Organizational climate‚ ethics…etc.. My study is mostly focused on Organization culture‚ and this study is written in order to identify how the knowledge in Organisational Culture can helpful for a better management of a project. During the study I found that Culture is
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