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Core attributes of key organisation theories (Systems theory (All…
Core attributes of key organisation theories
Classical theory
Focused on efficiency and productivity
Does not consider employee behavioural attributes :forbidden:
Combines aspects of scientific management & bureaucratic theory and administrative theory
Focused on best resources, production process, hierarchy, power and management principles :red_flag:
Organisation seen as closed, mechanical system :red_cross:
Entropic - tendency to deteriorate
Neoclassical theory
Focused on human needs - happiness of employees :<3:
Happy employees result in increased creativity, individual growth, motivation, productivity & profits :fire:
Managers manipulate work environment to get positive results
Systems theory
All organisational components seen as interrelated
Changes in one component affects others
Open systems :check:
Dynamic equilibrium - constantly adapting to environment & circumstances
Non-linear relationships
Biological metaphor, living organism as a model to understand organisation
:star:
Intra- and inter-organisational relations - wholes within wholes
Contingency theory
No universal ideal leadership style, flexible :check:
Each organisation faces unique internal & external circumstances
Productivity linked to manager's ability to adapt to environmental changes
Managerial authority important for volatile industries
Organisation and environment in state of mutual influence and interdependence
The organisation has a series of functional, interdependent
subsystems
Based on open systems view - organisation exists in context of wider environment