MAN 3025 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Adhocracy, Formal System

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Management
• Course: MAN 3025
• Professor: Professor Archambeau

Document Summary

Person-organization fit: reflects the extent to which your personality and values match the climate and culture of an organization. Organizational culture (corporate culture): set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and that determines how it perceives, thinks about, and reacts to its various environments. Organizational structure: formal system of task and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates an organization"s members so that they can work together to achieve the organization"s goals. Internal focus and values flexibility rather than stability and control. Strong external focus and values stability and control. Internal focus and values stability and control over flexibility. Physical manifestations such as manner of dress, awards, myths and stories about the company, rituals and ceremonies, and decorations, as well as visible behavior exhibited by managers and employees. Explicitly stated values and norms preferred by an organization. Enacted values: represent the values and norms actually exhibited in the organization.