ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN FOR THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

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ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN FOR THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
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NEURAL ARCH AND ORGANIZATION

• Hierarchy as structured behavioral tension
• Why?
• Impedes information flow
• Represents inequalities
• May be uses as incentives

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PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZING

• 1. Centralization vs Decentralization
• 2. Tall vs Flat Structures
• 3. Unity Chain of Command

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SOME MODERN DESIGNS--DEPARTMENTALIZATION

• 1. Functional
• 2. Product
• 3. Geographic
• 4. Customer
• 5. Matrix
• 6. Hybrid

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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS--DIMENSIONS

• 1. Simplicity Complexity
• 2. Static Dynamic
• 3. Environmental Uncertainty

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THE POPULATION ECOLOGY PERSPECTIVE

• 1. Variation
• 2. Selection
• 3. Retention

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RESOURCE DEPENDENCE MODEL

• 1. Resources
• 2. Markets
• 3. Boundary-spanning positions

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MANAGING THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

• 1. Establishing favorable linkages
• Interlocking directorates
• Vertical integration
• 2. Controlling Environmental Domains
• Conglomerates
• Keiretsu
• Strategic Alliances

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CONTINGENCY VIEW OF ORGDESIGN

• 1. Open vs Closed systems
• 2. Structural Dimensions
• 3. Contextual Dimensions
• 4. Goal of Contingency ViewHow above differences
  are related

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MECHANISTIC VS ORGANIC

• Mechanistic -- rules procedures, hierarchy of
  authority
• Organic free-flowing, decentralized

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TECHNOLOGY WOODWARD

• UNIT -- Organic
• MASS -- Mechanistic
• LONG RUN PROCESS -- Organic

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INTRAORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES

• 1. Empowerment
• 2. Behavioral informality
• 3. Behavioral formality
• 4. Reengineering

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INTRAORGANIZATIONAL PROCESSES, contd

• 1. Open office systems
• 2. Shared spaces
• 3. Private spaces