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1.5 Metaphors on Organization - Coggle Diagram
1.5
Metaphors on Organization
Organisations as machines
Taylorism and the principles of scientific management
Planning
Division of labour
Command
Coordination
Control
Organisations were to be run like machines with standardised production, clear and precise processes, and job and task design that facilitated monitoring and contro
ensuring maximum efficiency and minimal wastage.
Organisations as organisms
This idea views the organisation as a living system that interacts with its environment and its specific conditions.
The organisation will adapt to its environment and produce the optimal organisational form suited for that environment
organisations are open systems and the emphasis is on exchange and adaptability.
This is called the population ecology view, which explains that organisations evolve through a process of the struggle of the fittest to survive within a given environment.
Organisations as instruments of domination
throughout history, organisations have been associated with social domination
where individuals or groups find ways of imposing their will on others. This is about the pursuit of the goals of the few
Types of Domination:
charismatic
This is when a leader rules solely on the merit of their own personal qualities.
traditional
This form of domination is founded on a respect for customs and tradition.
rational-legal.
This occurs when rules and laws determine the exercise of power by the leader.
domination through rationalization is when someone follows rules because they believe in the process, regardless of who is giving the order