MANA 341 Lecture 2: Mana 341 - Lecture 2 - Stefanie Ruel - Fall 2017
21 Sep 2018
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Lecture 2 - september 14, 2017 - organizational goals & effectiveness. Chapter 1 + 2 + an owner"s manual for google shareholders + bringing clarity to your corporate vision. Technical core: technical core - basic work, top management - direction, strategy, goals, module management - implementation and coordination, technical support - adaptation, administrative support - smooth operation and upkeep. Organization as systems: an organization is a system, a set of interrelated parts performing various tasks, parts tend to be specialized & integrated, the whole is more than the sum of parts. Thursday, september 20, 2018: think of an organization as a machine. Thursday, september 20, 2018: goals shift in response to environmental change, internal coordination and control are unstable, power is located at boundaries and shifts as the environment changes, e ectiveness is a matter of meeting environmental demands. #4: speci c commitments - stop aiming and start committing - shorter term focus - communication towards both.
