ADMS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Organizational Chart

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Peter Tsasis

Document Summary

Chapter 1 the context of business: a framework for study. An organization consists of people with formally assigned roles, who work together to achieve stated goals within an identifiable boundary. Composed of people, interacting with each other to perform essential functions. In an identifiable boundary, maintaining itself as an entity distinct from the environment. Characterized by formally assigned roles deliberately divided into sets of activities. It must interact with the environment to survive. It must continuously interpret and act on environmental change. The internal context - the mckinsey 7-s framework. A plan or a course of action leading to the allocation of the organization"s resources in reaching an identifiable goal(s) A pattern of relationships that exist between individuals in the organization. It is characterized by the organizational chart (i. e. functional, decentralized) Reflects the formal hierarchy of authority in the organization. Procedures and routinized processes controlling and coordinating behavior in the organization.