Sociology 2169 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Adhocracy, Flattening, Problem Solving
8 Feb 2017
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A type of collectivity created to achieve some objective or objectives: what distinguishes the organizations, deliberately created. What are the key characteristics of organizations: collectivity with boundaries. What was the impetus for bureaucratic organizations: different than the workplaces that we have scene in the past, small organizations, craft type of work, largely came about the need for rationalization. What the intended outcomes of bureaucratic organizations : efficient. When something is efficient they are profitable: ensured the decisions are made on objective facts. The idea that people were treated fairly. This is ideal: created reliability, precision. Formal vs. informal relations: said virtually nothing about the informal nature of the workplace. In terms of relations between workers, culture of the workplace: **organizational cultures (textbook) Contingency theory: links organizational structures with more contingent aspects of the environment. In times when there is a flocculating market. Centre organizational values and policies around caring. Set reasonable goals and expectations and inform employees of goals.
