ADMN 1000H Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Scientific Management, Contingency Theory, Ecliptica
6 Apr 2017
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Learning how to make connections and work on social skills. Keep an unopened, unaltered copy with your original file timestamp. Sources - annotated references (quality/variety of sources). Example: i"m interested in being a corporate lawyer. While looking at admissions for a school isn"t a good source, it"s good to get context from. Examples: textbook, online readings, seminar activities, lecture, syllabus. When two or more people work together and agree to coordinate their activities to achieve common goal. Richard scott (stanford university) process of structure social and material resources accomplish shared goals. Requires appropriate, deliberate structure in order to achieve goals. These are the four dimensions of organization. Take notes from textbook for what they mean. Formalization; developing uniform practice, consistent levels of quality, resource, cost. Context: wide experience, mixed results with taylor"s scientific management or weber"s bureaucracy. This theory indicates that there is no proper way to organize an organization/lead a business/make choices.
