Organizational Behavior and the Failure of Enron Germaine Washington LDR/531 February 13‚ 2012 James Kaczynski Organizational Design and the Failure of Enron This is an analysis of how the application of specific organizational-behavior theories could have predicted the failure of Enron. Although there are many types of core topics of organizational behavior‚ the focus of this study will be on how leader behavior and power‚ and motivation contributed to the bankruptcy of Enron. In addition
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Four models of organizational behavior are the autocratic‚ custodial‚ supportive‚ and collegial. The supportive and collegial models are more consistent with contemporary employee needs and‚ therefore‚ will predictably obtain more effect results in many situations. Managers need to examine the model they are using‚ determine whether it is the most appropriate one‚ and remain flexible in their use of alternative and emerging models. Although there are four separate models‚ almost no organization
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Organizational Behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and structure have on behavior within the organizations and its effective use for the purpose of such knowledge towards improving its performance. Similar to the evolution of man and its environment there has been a substantial change in the approach for better productivity within an organization through the brainstorming efforts applied by a good manager. Understanding organizational behavior within
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Organizational Design Article Analysis This essay will in a few words review the journal article entitled‚ “Assessing the Fit between Learning Objectives in OD&C Graduate Programs and Organizational Requirements for OD&C Practitioners”. The essay will also focus on the future of organizational design. Both practice and theory are important elements for the viability of organizational design. Future research would include investigating organizations and graduates. This can be done by sampling graduates
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Organizational design and structure allow a company to organize itself into different divisions that make work and labor occur more efficiently. Departmentalization is a method of subdividing work into separate organizational units that perform particular tasks. Pfizer uses product departmentalization in order to organize the company into separate units that produce particular products or services. Pfizer manages its operations through five divisions: Primary Care‚ Specialty Care and Oncology‚ Established
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Chapter 10 Basic Organizational Design Once managers are done planning‚ then what? This is when managers need to begin to “work the plan.” And the first step in doing that involves designing an appropriate organizational structure. This chapter covers the decisions involved with designing this structure. Focus on the following learning outcomes as you read and study this chapter. LEARNING OUTCOMES 10.1 Describe six key elements in organizational design. 10.2 Contrast mechanistic and
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Organizational Behavior – field of study that investigates the impacts of individuals‚ groups‚ and structure of behavior within organizations. Its aim is to apply such knowledge toward improving organizational awareness * Frequently applied to: absenteeism‚ turnover‚ productivity‚ motivation‚ job satisfaction‚ working in groups * Often applied by manager to manage organizations more effectively * Not just for managers and employees‚ also for entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals
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Executive Officer (CEO) charged an internal task for with the duty of exploring the major challenges that Dynacorp was facing. These included the high costs‚ slow pace of providing the market with new products‚ and the need to increase value for customers. A consulting firm that was
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Organizational Behavior - a systematic study of a person’s behavior. Several issues of interest to organizational behavior researchers: Motivation‚ Emotions‚ Personality and Communication. (Self Assessment Library? IV.G.1) Interpersonal Skills: A. Importance of Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace. Previously‚ Business School focused on technical aspects of management‚ inc: econ‚ accounting‚ finance‚ etc. Human Behavior and People skills was barely covered. Last 30 years though
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Annotated Bibliography Daft‚ L. (2010). Organization theory and design.(Tenth ed.‚ p. 374). Ohio: South-Western Cengage Learning Organizational Theory and Design is a book authored by Richard L. Daft. He is the Brownlee O. Currey‚ Jr. professor of management in the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University‚ Nashville Tennessee. The book was published by South-Western Cengage‚ 2010‚ a digital information services for academic‚ professional‚ library markets
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