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Flashcards by Nilas Möllenkamp, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Nilas Möllenkamp
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Henry Fayol - Principles of organisation | division 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 |
| Life stages | Entrepreneurial Collectivity Formalization Elaboration Decline |
| Positivism | world known & improved through research |
| Critical theory | View of organizations focuses on perceived deficiencies |
| Postmodernism | reject traditional approaches |
| Organisation structure | degree of complexity, formalization & centralization |
| Open system | Environment 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 |
| Classical theory | 1900-1930 Frederik Taylor (Scientific Management) Henry Fayol (Principles of organization) Max Weber (Bureaucracy) Ralph Davis (Rational planning) |
| Frederik Taylor | Scientific Management - clear jobs - selection & training - cooperation workers & management - "equal" division of responsibility between managers & workers |
| Max Weber | Bureaucracy - division of labor - well-defines authority - hierarchical - highly formalized - impersonal - well-defined career paths - professional & personal strictly separated |
| Ralph Davis | Rational Planning - based on development of clear goals - means to achieve them (adding value) |
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