What is an Organization?
Groups of people working in the same environment
Groups of people acting together in order to achieve their various aims
Groups of people that have the same mindset and opinions
What sectors can an organization be in?
Business
Work
Public
Non-governmental
A formal Organization...
has publicly stated or official goals, procedures and activities of the organization
has unofficial goals, practices and activities within the organization
A informal Organization...
Why are the differences between formal and informal organisations significant?
Because organisations cannot be understood without recognizing both
Because the two will often e incompatible or in tension
Because much management activity is concerned with trying to align the two
What is at the heart of the Organization?
the creation of regular, standardised behaviour and orderly structure
the key structure of the environment that the Organization is functioning in
What is Management?
Being in charge and responsible for the smooth running of an Organization
the right to act in in the name of there Organization by the owners
leading the whole Organization in order to generate the most profit available
Why do ownership and control tend to separate?
ownerships describes the day to day controllers
Increases in organizational size and the complexity of tasks
yet, managers (and employees) can be owners too
Management counts as a profession
An employee is in a contracted relationship. (exchanging service for pay)
An employee is a subject to legislation and regulation.
negative side effects from work on an employee are
alienation
powerlessness, dependence
source of shame (dirty work)
manipulation
egoism
