- the degree of agreement among members of an org. about the importance of specific values
- the work process that is directly related to the org. mission
- an allience among several managers who afree through bargaining about org. goals and problem prioritites
- based devotion to exemplary character of an individual and the order defined by him
- a situation in which parties in conflict directly engage one another and try to work out their differences
- a situation that occurs when a member of the board of directors of one company sits on the board of another
- external pressures to adopt structures, techniques or behaviours similar to other org.
- the negotiation of an agreement between management and worker
- activities that absorb uncertainty from the environment
- org. departments that initiate change, such as research and development, engineering, design and system analysis
- traits that characterize the whole org., including size, tech, env. and goals
- a perspective on org. effectiveness that represent competing management values
- activities that link and coordinate an org. wiith key elements in the external env.
- a scientific theory that suggests that relatinships in complex systems are made up of numreous interconnections that create unintended effects and render the environment unpredictable
- a trait of department whose role is in the primary activity of an org.
- a characteristic of an org. that can behave in both an organic and mechanistic way
- refers to the level of hierarchy with authority to make decisions
- a culture that has an internal focus and a consistency orientation for a stable environment
- a comprehensive management control system that balances traditional financial measures with operational measures relating to an organization's critical sucess factors
- a dimension of technology in which work can be reduced to mechanical steps and participants can follow objective, computationel procedure to solve problems