Organization Theory - ORGANIZINGIN A CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

3 important questions on Organization Theory - ORGANIZINGIN A CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

Transaction costs are low when these conditions exist:

  1. Organizations are exchanging nonspecific goods and services.
  2. Uncertainty is low.
  3. There are many possible exchange partners. 

Transaction costs increase when these conditions exist:

  1. Organizations begin to exchange more specific goods and services.
  2. Uncertainty increases
  3. The number of possible exchange partners falls. 

Three linkage mechanisms that help organizations to avoid bureaucratic costs while still minimizing transactions costs are:

  1. Keiretsu Is a mechanism for achieving the benefits of a formal linkage mechanism without incurring its costs.
  2. Franchising A franchise is a business authorized to sell a company’s products in a certain area.
  3. Outsourcing Is the process of moving a value creation activity that was performed inside an organization to outside where it is done by another company. 

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