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Macro Organizational Theory and Design

Macro Organizational Theory and Design. BA 152. Dick Blackburn McColl 4613 962-3162 dick_blackburn@unc.edu. Some Course Information. Look at course syllabus Visit to the course website. http://public.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/courses/bsba/ba152. Getting Daily Class Information.

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Macro Organizational Theory and Design

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  1. Macro OrganizationalTheory and Design BA 152 Dick Blackburn McColl 4613 962-3162 dick_blackburn@unc.edu

  2. Some Course Information • Look at course syllabus • Visit to the course website http://public.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/courses/bsba/ba152

  3. Getting Daily Class Information • Don’t download anything, just take notes. • Download “empty” slides before class and take notes on these. • Print “pure black and white” • Save a tree, print two or three slides per page • After class, don’t download “full” slides, just compare full slides after class with your class notes. • Download some or all full slides after class • Print “pure black and white” • Save a tree, print two or three slides per page

  4. Getting Other Class Information • Additional class information will be made available via e-mail, so please check your e-mail regularly. • Use phone or e-mail to communicate with me. I will try and respond as soon as possible.

  5. What is an Organization? Social Entity Goal-Directed Structured Activities Linked to the Environment (Identifiable Boundaries)

  6. Characteristics of Organizations: BA 150 Perspective Goals Environment Strategies Structures FIT! Technologies Systems PEOPLE Cultures

  7. Characteristics of Organizations: BA 152 Perspective GOALS STRATEGIES STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGIES SYSTEMS People Environment FIT! Cultures

  8. Some Useful Definitions Organizational Theory - Group coordination and organizational interactions with other organizations and with the environment. Organizational Behavior - Attitudes & behaviors of individuals and groups in organizations. Management- The integration of people, groups, and divisions to achieve individual and organizational goals.

  9. Context for the course • New trends reshaping organizations • New principles for surviving in the 21st century

  10. Trends Reshaping Organizations? • Hierarchies will still work in some settings, but we will see more organizations built as Networks. • More Technicians will be dealing with greater levels of automation. • Services will represent a great proportion of output and will often be included in products • Organizations are using more Virtual activities with teams working “at a distance” • Organizations and their employees will have to generate profits ethically.

  11. Trends Reshaping Organizations? • Work requiring … • Continuous Learning • Higher-order Thinking • Non-traditional Locations • Non-traditional Hours

  12. In the Future . . . • “Everything” will get cheaper forever. • Cutting costs will not be the only answer. • Innovation to increase revenues and build profits is crucial. • Human capital (you/us) is the only real asset. It is the key source of innovation.

  13. Goals for BA 152 • To help you make better predictions about how/why you and others feel and behave the way you/they do. • To help you understand what allows us to make more accurate predictions. • To use that understanding to better control what goes on in our lives and organizations.

  14. Goals for BA 152 Prediction + Understanding = Control

  15. For Next Time • Please sit where you would like to spend the next couple of weeks. • Pictures - bring name plate • Seating chart • See you Monday.

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