ORGS 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Railways Act 1921, A.D. Vision, Eval

• School: York University
• Department: Organization Studies
• Course: ORGS 2010
• Professor: Rhona Berengut

Document Summary

Rational bureaucratic organization: rational: actions based on impersonal rules than personal relationships, logical assessment of the relationship between means and ends than on sacred traditions. Modern bureaucracies were able to mobilize resources (including human skills and knowledge) bureaucracies in practice tend to serve the interests of the powerful; individuals powerless to change the iron cage of a bureaucracy. He assessed organizations and their external environments; moved away from internal processes. Studies: individuals, interpersonal relationships; groups and teams; orgs and orgs subunits. Liar"s poker: motivation comes from personality and the person"s interactions with fellow employees; also shaped by a particular work group, systems of evaluation and reward. Formal organization: positions, job specs, hierarchy, rules and procedures. The political perspective on organizations sees the organization as an arena for conflict and for the exercise of power and influence. Culture: what people believe and value: changes over time, more slowly than political system, harder than strategic design.