Friday, November 23, 2018

NATURE OF ORGANIZATION ----ORGANIZATION THEORY AND DESIGN


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•     INTRODUCTION AND MEANING
•     TRACED BACK TO THE EARLY STAGES OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION
•     AN ORGANIZATION IS BORN WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN TO COOPERATE AND COMBINE TOGETHER FOR FULFILLING THEIR REQUIREMENT.
•     ORGANIZATION FULFILL A GREATER VARIETY OF OUR SOCIETAL AND PERSONAL NEEDS AND AFFECT OUR LIVES
•     MODERN SOCIETY ALSO REQUIRE REGULATING AND SUPERVISING ORGANIZATION
•     MEANING AND DEFINITION OF THE ORGANISATION
•     TALCOT PARSONS,” ORGANIZATION AS A SOCIAL UNIT WHICH IS DELIBRATEY CONSTRUCTED AND RECONSTRUCTED TO SEEK SPECIFIC GOALS.
•     ETZOINI,THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ORGANISATION:-
•               DIVISION OF LABOUR
•               PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE POWER CENTERS
•               SUBSTITUTION OF PERSONNEL
W.R SCOTT,” ORGANIZATIONS ARE DEFINED AS COLLECTIVES—THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURSUIT OF RELATIVELY SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ON A MORE OR LESS CONTINUOUS BASIS.


•     MEANING AND DEFINITION OF ORGANIZATION
•     BARNARD VIEWS AN ORGANIZATION AS A SYSTEM OF CONSCIOUSLY CORDINATED ACTIVITIES OR FORCES OF TWO OR MORE PERSONS. AN ORGANIZATION COMES INTO EXISTENCE WHEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PERSONS IN COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER AND WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS TO EACH OTHER AND ARE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS A COMMON ENDEAVOUR.
•     ORGANIZATION HAS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERSTICS:-
•               COMMUNICATION
•               COOPERATIVE EFFORTS
•               COMMON OBJECTIVES
•               RULES AND REGULATIONS
•     STRUCTURE OF RELATIONSHIPS
•     TRADITIONAL WRITERS VIEWED ORGANIZATION IN A VERY NARROW SENSE BY DEFINING IT AS FRAMEWORK OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGH WHICH AN UNDERTAKING FUNCTIONS.
•     SIMILAR TERMS SUCH AS INSTITUTIONS, BURECRACY, FORMAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION.
•     ORGANIZATION AS SYSTEM
•     SYSTEM APPROACH RECOGNIZES THAT ORGANIZATION ARE MADE UP OF COMPONENTS( OR SUBSYSTEM) EACH OF WHICH HAS UNIQUE PROPERTIES,CAPABILITIES AND MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP
•     BASIC STRESS ON SYNERGISM AND SYSTEM IDEAS ARE INTERACTION AND INTERDEPENDENCY
•     CLELAND AND KING,” A SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF RELATED AND DEPENDENT ELEMENTS WHICH, WHEN IN INTERACTION,FORM A UNITARY WHOLE. IT IS SIMPLY AN ASSEMBLAGE OR COMBINATION OF THINGS OR PARTS
•     SYSTEM
•     MAY BE OPEN OR CLOSED.
•     OPEN SYSTEM HAS FOLLOWING CHARACTERSITICS
•               INPUTS
•               TRANSFORMATION OR THROUGHPUT
•               OUTPUT
•               ENVIRONMENT
•     NATURE OF ORGANIZATION : ORGANIZATION AS A PROCESS AND ORGANIZATION AS STRUCTURE
•     ORGANIZATION AS PROCESS:- OF DEFINING,ARRANGING AND GROUPING THE ACTIVITIES OF AN ENTERPRISE AND ESTABLISH THE RELATIONSHIP OF AUTHORITY. PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK. IT IS EXECUTIVE FUNCTION. IT BECOMES MANAGERIAL FUNCTION INVOLVING THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES:-
•               DETERMINING THE ACTIVITIES NECESSARY FOR THE ACHIEVMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES
•               DIVISON OF WORK
•               GROUPING OF INTER RELATED ACTIVITIES
•               ASSIGNING DUTIES TO PERSON WITH REQUISITE SKILLS
•               DELEGATING AUTHORITY
•               COORDINATING THE EFFORTS
•     ORGANIZATION AS PROCESS
•     CONTINUOUS PROCESS AND WHENEVER THERE IS CHANGE NEW TYPES OF ACTIVITIES COME UP
•     CONSTANT REVIEWAL
•     CONSCCIOUS RATIONALITY
•     ALSO REPRESNET HUMANISTIC VIEW
•     ORGANIZATION AS A STRUCTURE( FRAMEWORK OF RELATIONSHIP)
•     NETWORK OF INTERNAL AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY RELATIONSHIP
•     SYSTEMATIC COMBINATION OF PEOPLE,FUNCTIONS AND PHYSICAL FACILITIES
•     FORMAL STRUCTURE WITH DEFINITE AUTHORITY AND CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY
•     DECIDE ABOUT CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION AND FLOW OF AUTHORITY
•     PETER F DRUCKER SUGGESTED FOLLOWING THREE TYPES OF ANALYSIS:-
•               ACTIVITIES ANALYSIS
•               DECISION ANALYSIS
•               RELATION ANALYSIS
•     ORGANIZATION AS A STRUCTURE( FRAMEWORK OF RELATIONSHIP)
•     A HIERARCHY HAS TO BE BUILT. ORGANIZATION CHART ARE PREPARED
•     BOTH FORMALAND INFORMAL ORGANISATION

•     FEATURES OF THE ORGANIZATION
•     GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
•     ORGANIZATION AS PROCESS
•     MEANS NOT AN END
•     IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF MANAGEMENT
•     COMMON OBJECTIVES
•     COMMUNICATION IS THE LIFEOF OF THE ORGANIZATION
•     DIVISON OF LABOUR
•     INTEGRATION


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