BU398 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Incident Command System, Decision-Making
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Chapter 8 organization size, life cycles, and decline. It"s (cid:271)asi(cid:272)ally a massive company with a startup feel. Informal structure but some procedures are forming: formalization, becomes bureaucratic, may add more products to the product line, goals: internal stability and market expansion, elaboration, large and bureaucratic with reward and control systems + rules and procedures. Innovation is done through r&d department: goal is to provide multiple product or service lines well. Bureaucracy in a changing world: narrowly defined, very specialized, jobs can limit innovation, adding layers to the org can make processes slower and lose details up the chain of command, organizing temporary systems for flexibility and innovation. Increasing professionalism (above) and rapidly changing environments is leading to less bureaucracy in na. Important when ambiguity is high i. e. (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)pare pri(cid:272)es a(cid:374)d put rules o(cid:374) e(cid:448)er(cid:455) pro(cid:272)edure: used in small informal orgs with strong culture.
