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Nature IntervenesIn the name of the most high
Nature Intervenes
IIIIIISharif University of Technology
School of Management and Economicsf
1385S. Alireza Feyzbakhsh, Ph.D.
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Different organizational needsOrganizations as open systemsThe process of adapting organizations to environmentp p g gOrganizational life cyclesThe factors influencing organizational health & developmentThe factors influencing organizational health & developmentDifferent species of organizationRelation between species & their ecologyRelation between species & their ecology
survivalsurvivalorganization _environment relation
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organizational effectiveness
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IntroductionIntroduction
Distinction & Relations among:Distinction & Relations among:molecules individual
cells groupscomplex o ga isms organizationcomplex organisms organizationecology speciesysocial ecology population of
organizations
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organizations
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Discovering organizational needs Discovering organizational needs
Employees satisfied perform effectively in the workspacelead fullhealthy livesy
H th St dHawthorne StudiesHawthorne Studies
Motivation theories
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Self actualizingType of need
EgoMaslow’s hierarchy gSocial
M ySocial
SecuritySecurityPhysiologicPhysiologic
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Chris Argyris, Frederich Herzberg & Douglas McGregor :
redesigning to create conditions for personal growth
tohi i ti ’ i & bj ti achieve organization’s aims & objectives
more participate democraticdemocratic
employee_centered style of leadership
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Human resources management
Technical & human aspects of organization
Sociotechnical systems:Sociotechnical systems:
Technology humanSociotechnical systems:Sociotechnical systems:
Technology human
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Recognizing the importance of Recognizing the importance of environment::organizations as organizations as open systems
To be open to their environmentp&
st hi appropriate relation ith thmust achieve an appropriate relation with theenvironment
fforsurviving
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1: The concept of an “open system” /
2: Homeostasis 6: Requisite varietyq y
3: Equifinality 7: System evolution Eq ifin lity ystem ev l ti n
4: Structure function differenti tion & integr tion4: Structure, function, differentiation, & integration
E5: Entropy & negative entropy
Op S st s pts9 June 2007
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Open System s concepts
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“Open system” approach:
1 i1.Emphasis on the environment in which organizations exist
2.Defines an organization in terms of interrelated subsystem
3.Establishes congruencies between different systems & 3.Establishes congruencies between different systems &
identifies & eliminates potential dysfunctions
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Environmentalsuprasystem
Strategicsubsystem
Technologicalsubsystem
OrganizationalM
OrganizationaloutputsOrganizational
inputs
StructuralsubsystemHuman_cultural
subsystem
Input_outputflo
O iz ti t f Independent Subsystem
flow
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Organization as a set of Independent Subsystem
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Contingency theoryContingency theory::gadaptingadapting organizationorganization to to environmentenvironment
tOrganizations are open systemscareful management for satisfying & balancingcareful management for satisfying & balancing
internal needs&&
adapting to environment
There is no one best way of organizingy g g
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It depends on the task & environment
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Rayon Switch-gear Radio& ElectronicMill firm Television firm firm
Nature of Relatively Moderate High degree Highly y g g g yenvironment stable rate of change of change unpredictable
Nature of taskfacing the firmfacing the firm
Organization of work
Nature of authorithy
CommunicationsCommunicationssystem
Nature of employeecommitment
Mechanistic Organic
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Burns & Stalker study
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JoanWoodward’s study:J n d d ytechnologytechnology structurestructure
1 A lot of choices have to be made in organizing1 A l t f h i es have t be made in rganizing2. Effective organization depends on balancing :
t t strategy structure technologycommitments
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needs of peopleexternal environment
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Contingency theory:Contingency theory:1.Different markets & technologies need different
organizations 2.Uncertain & turbulent environments need a higher2.Uncertain & turbulent environments need a higher
degree of internal differentiation
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CConsequently:q
1.The degree of differentiation is according to the nature of industry & it’s environment f d y m
2.The importance of the modes of integration
3.The degree of organicism varies from one organization
subunit to anothersubunit to another
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The variety of species
Henry Mintzberg :Henry Mintzberg :1 hi1.machine bureaucracy2.divisionalized form3.professional bureaucracy4.simple structure5.adhocracy Matrix organization
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Mat i a i ati Matrix organization :
Combining the kind of gfunctional or departmental organization
with a project_team structure
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Business AreasFunctional Areas
Business Areas
Program Areasor
or
Specialist Areasor
orProduct Teams
Project Groupsor
Geographical Areas
Project Groups
T kEngineering
ProductionTask
Function or Skill
ProductionSales
Eastern Division Western Division
Matrix Organization
Western Division
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Matrix Organization
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A bias for action
Close to the customer
Autonomy & entrepreneurshipAutonomy & entrepreneurship
Productivity through people
Hands_on,value driven
Stick to the knitting
Simultaneous loose_tight properties
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Organizing for action&innovation
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Organizational health & developmentIdentifying organizational characteristics & determining compatibilitybetween different elements:1. What is the nature of the organizations environment ?
between different elements:
2.What kind of strategy is being employed ?
3.What kind of technology is being used ?
4.What kind of people are employed &what is dominant culture or ethos within the organization ?
5.How is the organizational structure &what are the dominant managerial philosophies ?
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A B CD Stable &certain
Turbulent &unpredictableEnvironment
A BCD Defensiveoperationalgoal setting
Routine
Pro_activecreation of
learning system
Complex
Strategic
T h l i lstem
s
Self actualizingorientation to
work
A
A B
BC
CD
D Routine
low discretionroles
EconomicInstrumental
Complex,high discretion
roles Technological
Human/culturall Su
bsys
workA
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
Instrumental orientation to work
OrganicMechanistic/Bureaucratic
Human/cultural
Structuralniza
tiona
l
A BCD Authoritarian DemocraticmanagerialOrga
n
Congruence & Incongruence between organizational subsystems
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Congruence & Incongruence between organizational subsystems
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Analytical diagnosis can be conducted at the level of subunitsat the level of subunits
but note that
th i t f th t d t t k the requirements of the parts do not take priority
over those of the wholeover those of the whole
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Organisms are endowed with a harmonious pattern ofinternal & external relationsinternal & external relations
The incongruence & conflict are oftenth l the rule
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Natural selectionNatural selection::thethe population Ecology view of organizations view of organizations
The way environments “select” organizationsy gby analysis at the level of “populations” of Organizations
and their wider “ecology”.gyDarwin’s theory of evolution
Organizations which Organizations which 1.have too much flexibility & power 2 environment has a little force in their survival 2.environment has a little force in their survival
can adapt to their environment Natural selection
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environment Natural selection
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It depends on there being variation in individual characteristics
population_ecology
evolution:
variation selection
Selection :modification retention
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Evolutionary dynamics at the level of population:1.How different species rise & decline in important ?
2 Wh th diff t ki d f i ti ? 2.Why are there so many different kinds of organizations ?
3.What factors influence their numbers & distribution ?
4.What factors influence a population’s ability to acquire or retain a
resource niche ?resource niche ?
O i ti l d hOrganizational demography
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Consequently:nseq ent y1.Critiquing the adaptation view of organization
2.The importance of the resource limitations
3.The role of successful innovations
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P bl f thi id Problems of this idea :
1.To be far to provide an explanation of how organizationsactually evolve
2 2. To ignore that resources can be abundant & self_renewing
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rganizati nal Ec l gy :Organizational EcologyOrganizational Ecology :the creation shared futures
Population ecologyPopulation_ecology&contingency views
Organization & environmentsare separate phenomena
contingency views
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the total Ecology Organisms don’t evolve by adapting to g y p g
environmental changes or as a result
of selecting
survival of the fitting not just
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Consequently:nseq ent y1.Organizations & their environments are correction
2.Collaboration is often as common as competition
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Trist & his colleagues : Trist & his colleagues :
1.Develop referent organizations to regulate relations between
stakeholderstakeholder
2 focus on informal learning to find new solutions to shared2.focus on informal learning to find new solutions to shared
problems
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problems
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hStrengthsStrengths & & glimitationslimitations
of the organismic metaphor of the organismic metaphor
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StrengthsStrengthsS g1.Relation between organization & it’s
environmentenvironment2.Focus on needs3.Identifying different species4.Stress the process of innovation4.Stress the process of innovation5.Contribute to the theory & practice of
organizationorganization6.Focus on ecology & inter_organizational
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relations
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LLimitationsLimitations1 Organizations & their environments
L1.Organizations & their environments
are far too concrete
2.Assumption of functional unity
3.The danger of the metaphor3.The danger of the metaphor
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becoming an ideology