BUSI 610 Chapter 9: Organization Size, Life Cycle, and Decline
14 Mar 2017
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Chapter 9: organization size, life cycle, and decline. Large organization (6: economies of scale, global reach, vertical hierarchy, mechanistic, complex, stable market, organization men . Small organization (6: responsive, flexible, regional reach, flat structure, organic, simple, niche finding, entrepreneurs. Life cycle: suggests that organizations are born, grow older, and eventually die, stages (4, entrepreneurial, collectivity, employees identify with the mission of the organization and spend long hours helping the organization succeed, formalization. Involves the installation and use of rules, procedures, and control systems: elaboration. Weber"s dimensions of bureaucracy (6: rules and procedures, specialization and division of labor, hierarchy of authority, technically qualified personnel, separate position from position holder, written communications and records. Centralization: level of hierarchy with authority to make decisions, decisions tend to be made at the top. Bureaucratic control: use of rules, policies, hierarchy of authority, written documentation, standardization, and other bureaucratic mechanisms to standardize behavior and assess performance. Market organizational control requirements (3: prices, competition, exchange relationship.
