Organization theory and design: Lecture 44

Towards Learning
Organizations

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Transformational Leadership
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Create a compelling vision
Mobilize commitment
Empower employees
Institutionalize a culture of change

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Managing Organizational Decline
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Organizational decline is a condition in
which a substantial, absolute decrease in
the organization’s resource base occurs
over a period of time.
• Causes can include:
1. Maturity (life cycle issues)

2. Shift in consumer tastes or in the
economic health of the larger community
3. Increased competition
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REVISION
• What’s an organization?
• Importance of organizations. Can we ignore them?
(examples of daily life)
• Organizations as systems, open systems
• Dimensions of organizational design: Structural and
Contextual dimensions
• Strategic management
• Organizational purpose, mission, vision, goals
• Generic strategies of organizations (Porter’s strategies)
• Organizational effectiveness
• Contingency approaches: Goal approach, RBV, Internal
process approach
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