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Organisation theory - Chapter 2
Flashcards do conjunto (11)
- 1Henry Fayol - Principles of organisationdivision of work
authority
discipline
unity of command
unity of direction
general interest to be supreme interest
remuneration: fair pay
centralisation
scalar chain: top-down communication
order; people and stuff at right time on right place
equity: be kind and fair at work
stability of personnel: this implies personnel planning
initiative: allow initiative -> improve effort
esprit de corps: promote team spirit - 2Life stagesEntrepreneurial
Collectivity
Formalization
Elaboration
Decline - 3Positivismworld known & improved through research
- 4Critical theoryView of organizations focuses on perceived deficiencies
- 5Postmodernismreject traditional approaches
- 6Organisation structuredegree of complexity, formalization & centralization
- 7Open systemEnvironment awareness
Feedback
Cyclical
Tendency to growth
Steady state
Movement towards expansion (safety margin)
Balance maintenance with adaption
Equifinality: reaching same final form through different paths - 8Classical theory1900-1930
Frederik Taylor (Scientific Management)
Henry Fayol (Principles of organization)
Max Weber (Bureaucracy)
Ralph Davis (Rational planning) - 9Frederik TaylorScientific Management
- clear jobs
- selection & training
- cooperation workers & management
- "equal" division of responsibility between managers & workers - 10Max WeberBureaucracy
- division of labor
- well-defines authority
- hierarchical
- highly formalized
- impersonal
- well-defined career paths
- professional & personal strictly separated - 11Ralph DavisRational Planning
- based on development of clear goals
- means to achieve them (adding value)
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- FlashCards sobre Organisation theory - Chapter 2, criado por Nilas Möllenkamp em 24-09-2014.
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- Nilas Möllenkamp · set 2014
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