Summary: B&e2: Behavior In Organisations

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• 0 week 1 hoorcolleges

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• Why is work super invasive?

  > full timers spend half or their time on work 
  > private time is partly spent on work 
  > work life will be prolonged

• What is healthy life expectancy related to?

  Educational level > mensen met lager opleidingsniveau, werken meer fysiek en zijn sneller uitgeput

• What does the scientific management assumptions say

  > one best way
  > workers are stupid and lazy by nature
  > money is only motivator
  > managerial control is necessary to gain more profit

• What does the orgazinational change withhold of Cameron and Quinn?

  Zie hiernaast

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• What is the definition of a organization?

  A collection of people who work together and coordinate their actions to achieve individual and organizational goals

• What do the organizational theories say?

  - bureaucracy: authority based on rational principles rather than birthright. Separation of office and person 
  - taylorism: scientific management > detailed mapping of how employees carry out their tasks.  Employees as machines, pay based on performance
  - human relations: person directed view, human behavior influenced not only by externally imposed rules but also by attention, respect interest and interpersonal contact
  - theory X, theory Y

• What does the sociotechnical system theory withhold?

  Joint optimization (technical and social). Shift from individuals to teams; focus on self directing team

• What are the principles for structuring an organization?

  1, Division of labour
  2. Delegation of authority
  3. Span of control
  4 Line vs staff positions; who works for production and who works for employees/

• When there are more manages, there is more span of control. For the employees this means?

  > less autonomy in the workplace, less challenging work 
  > more rules, regulations and control 
  > less loyality, more turnover, less knowlegde

• What kind of organizational structures do we have?

  - functional structure; grouped by the different business functions
  - product directed structure: gericht op product > daarbinnen alle takken (sales, HR etc)
  - geographical market directed structure: beiden zijn hierin verworven