SOC300H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Poliomyelitis, Satisficing, Bounded Rationality
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Distinguishing characteristics of organizations: specific goals and soc300 lecture 2. Analogy for crim theory. today: rational/natural/open perspectives of organizational theory. Rational approach: taylor"s scientific management (u. s. ) would photograph/record workers at a factory. How can we improve this task? took every aspect of organizations and rearranged them/set up rules and procedures to maximize goal achievement. Tradition. need a new bad-ass person but there may not be an departmentalization principle (homogenous units) line-staff principle (achieve goals vs. giving advice) typology of authority: charismatic leadership positions. one exceptional person. do, and the line workers do) And specialization may be too contradictory or ambiguous to be useful. Herbert simon"s approach provides sufficient satisfaction of one"s needs, but is not the optimal choice, b/c of the limitations of human cognition. to do the best you can in your own capacity, to achieve your goals. we can be. Administrative behaviour. economic vs. administrative man satisficing vs. optimizing.
