Asks the question and provide some theoretical models - classic models

1. A Basic Question What is an organization: Bring together resources to achieve desired goals and outcomes Produce goods and services efficiently Facilitate innovation Use modern manufacturing and computer-based technology Adapt to and influence a changing environment Create value for owners, customers and employees Accommodate ongoing challenges of diversity, ethics, and the motivation and coordination of employees

2. Models for Organization Boundary Spanning Boundary Spanning Production Maintenance Adaptation Management

3. Models for Organization Top Management Middle Management Technical Support Administrative Support Technical Core Source: Based on Henry Mintzberg, The Structuring of Organizations (Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1979) 215-297; and Henry Mintzberg, “Organization Design: Fashion or Fit?” Harvard Business Review 59 (Jan. – Feb. 1981): 103-116.

4. Models for Organization Structure: Formalization Specialization Hierarchy of Authority Centralization Professionalism Personnel Ratios Daft, Organization Theory and Design 7/e

5. Organizational Design Paradigms Natural System Paradigm Mechanical System Paradigm Vertical Structure Horizontal Structure Routine Tasks Rigid Culture Adaptive Culture Empowered Roles Competitive Strategy Formal Systems Collaborative Strategy Shared Information Stable Environment Efficient Performance Turbulent Environment Learning Organization Organizational Change in the service of performance and survival Source: Adapted from David K. Hurst, Crisis and Renewal: Meeting the Challenge of Organizational Change (Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School)

6. Why Is It Important to Understand ?