ADMN 2510H Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Systems Concepts, Continuous Production, Contingency Theory

• School: Trent University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: ADMN 2510H
• Professor: Caitlin Mclaughlin

Document Summary

Increasing complexity of the business environment: more competition, changing of products to succeed. Changes in business schools: changing how they want to be perceived. Changing relationship between social science and policy making: social science vs. business, strict difference between the two policies. Psychological climate: scientific management said this is the best way to do something, they found a best way for any situation. Leader member relations: how do people feel about their leader. Task structure: how much authority does their role give them. Managers are exhorted to be rational: we need to think about the different things that might be impacting our organization, how is that going to influence how we should be defining the roles. Linkage to systems concepts effectiveness contingency variables (environment is only one of these variables) Open systems environment as a key determinant of organizational. Interdependence among systems action contingent on interaction of. Equifinality a range of acceptable solutions (though some solutions are.