Friday, November 23, 2018

NATURE OF ORGANIZATION ----ORGANIZATION THEORY AND DESIGN


  
     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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