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Foundations of Organization Structure and Design

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Lecture 14         Foundations of Organization Structure and Design

(Organizational theory and design)  

-Org structure forms the backbone of the org behavior

-Classical org theory/design

        -Associated with bureaucracy mostly

-E.g. big companies always have some level of bureaucracy

-Bureaucratic model

        -Attributed to one German name Max Webber, modern

  sociologist

        -He deified what an ideal organization should be

                -He called it bureaucratic org

-Four of major principals of a bureaucratic model are

-A well-defined hierarchy

                

-Specialization and division of labor

                

-A system of abstract rules

                

-Impersonal relationship

        -Additional factors of bureaucratic model

                -Hiring is based of technical qualification

                -Promotions are made with seniority/achievements

-Bureaucratic dysfunctions

        

-Karl Marx’s argument

                -Bureaucracy is used by dominant capitalists

                -To dominate the poor/lower class

        

-The dysfunctions of specialization

-Unit’s goals may be compromised with org’s goals

        

-The dysfunctions of hierarchy

                -Hierarchy promotes

                        -Unity of command

                        -Unity of conformity

                        -Too much hierarchy wastes time to communicate

                        -Too much hierarchy means little formal

  horizontal communication

        

-The dysfunctions of rules

                -Too much red tape

                -These rules often serve as the ends of dreams not the

  attainment of dreams

        

-The dysfunctions of impersonal characteristics

                -Bureaucratic models often cause behavioral

             dysfunctions

-The modern view of bureaucracy

        

-Parkinson’s “law”

        -Peter principal

*** These two scholars were mainly frustrated by the govt.

        Bureaucracies and administrative incapacity under harsh

        bureaucratic models. Their view was reflected from public

        attitude toward bureaucracy.

*** For a larger scale operation sometimes bureaucratic models

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