Organization Size, Life Cycle, and Decline

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Organization Size, Life Cycle, and Decline Organization Theory and Design Twelfth Edition Richard L. Daft ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Organization Size: Is Bigger Better? Pressures for Growth Industry consolidation, global expansion, and diversification have made firms grow Size enables companies to take risks Dilemmas of Large Size Large organizations can get back to business more quickly following a disaster Large companies are standardized, mechanistic, and complex Small companies are flexible and responsive Many companies want a big company/small-company hybrid ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Differences Between Large and Small Organizations ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Stages of Life Cycle Development Entrepreneurial Stage- company is created Crisis: need for leadership Collectivity Stage- identifying with the mission Crisis: need for delegation Formalization Stage- use of rules/procedures Crisis: too much red tape Elaboration Stage- collaboration/teamwork Crisis: need for revitalization

Organizational Life Cycle ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Organization Characteristics During Four Stages of Life Cycle ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

What is Bureaucracy? Weber defined bureaucracy as ─ a threat to liberty ─ the most efficient system for organizing ─ rational control ─ a new form of organization Bureaucracy includes: Rules and standard procedures Clear tasks and specialization Hierarchy of authority Technical competence ©2013 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Weber’s Dimensions of Bureaucracy ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Size and Structural Control Formalization – rules, procedures, and written documentation Centralization – level of hierarchy with authority to make decisions Personnel Ratios – clerical and professional support staff ratios ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Percentage of Personnel Allocated to Administrative and Support Activities ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Bureaucracy in a Changing World Bureaucracy worked for the industrial age The system no longer works for today’s challenges Organizations face new challenges and need to respond quickly Over-bureaucratization is evident in the inefficiencies of large U.S. government organizations Narrowly defined jobs and rules limit creativity, flexibility, and rapid response Organizations use temporary structures for crises ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Approaches to Busting Bureaucracy Google uses bullpen sessions every afternoon Small geographic based teams Increasing authority of workers The increasing professionalism of employees is attacking bureaucracy ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Three Organizational Control Strategies ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Examples of Rules at a Yacht Club ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Organizational Decline and Downsizing The decrease of an organization’s resources over time is caused by: Organizational atrophy Vulnerability Environmental decline or competition Downsizing refers to intentionally reducing the size of a company’s workforce ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Stages of Decline and the Widening Performance Gap ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Downsizing Implementation Establish Criteria for future work needs Search for Alternatives Communicate more not less Provide assistance to displaced workers Help the survivors thrive ©2017 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

Design Essentials Organizations evolve through stages of the Organizations experience pressures to grow Organizations evolve through stages of the life-cycle Larger organizations usually adopt bureaucratic characteristics All organizations require systems for control  Many organizations experience decline