Organizational structure, design and bureaucracy

7 important questions on Organizational structure, design and bureaucracy

What is disenchantment? (Weber)

The loss of magical elements in society generally, also highlights the dehumanizing and stifling effect of bureaucracy.

What is the iron cage of rationality? (Weber)

Gives a sense of people being trapped; small, insignificant elements in large-scale organizations.

What are the three dysfunctions of bureaucracy?

1. Red tape (paperwork gets in the way of work, teachers, police etc.)
2. The bureaucratic personality (unquestioning adherence to rules, trained incapacity, work to rule)
3. Bending the rules and exercising discretion (mock bureaucracy)
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In which four sectors does the PEST model split the environment of organizations?

1. Political (government policies and laws)
2. Economic (e.g. The state of the economy, demand, exchange rates etc)
3. Social (consumer tastes, fashions and opinions)
4. Technological (current technology and innovation)

What is the contingency theory?

Matching the ideal organizational structure to a set of environmental variables.

What is liquid modernity?

Where organizations, workers, and consumers experience a more uncertain and precarious side to life (brexit and trump)

What are Post-bureaucratic structures?

More flexible and less hierarchical, with a matrix structure (people move between different teams) or described as structureless (radically different from traditional bureaucratic structures).

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