3. ORGANIZATION : MEANING & CONCEPT
An organization is a collection of
people working together in a
coordinated and structured fashion
to achieve one or more goals.
Organizations exist to allow
accomplishment of work that could
not be achieved by people alone.
As long as the goals of an
organization are appropriate,
society will allow them to exist
and they can contribute to society.
Organization
4. ORGANIZATION : MEANING & CONCEPT
The word “organization” is
derived from the Greek word
“organon” – means partition of
a job.
It is composed of people and
works on the principle of
division of work.
An organizational structure
is adopted through
management, teams and
leadership.
5. ORGANIZATION : MEANING & CONCEPT
6 M’s of an
Organization
Men
Machine
Materials
Method
Money
Market
6. ORGANIZATION : MEANING & CONCEPT
7 “S” Model
for
Organization
Superordinate
Goals
Staff
Structure
StrategySystem
Skill
Style
8. ORGANIZATION : MEANING & CONCEPT
Types of organization
There are a variety of legal types of organizations, including corporations,
governments, non-governmental organizations, international organiza- tions,
armed forces, charities, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, cooperatives,
universities, and various types of political organizations.
A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the
private sector simultaneously, fulfilling public duties and developing
commercial market activities.
A voluntary association is an organization consisting of volunteers. Such
organizations may be able to operate without legal formalities, depending on
jurisdiction, including informal clubs.
Organizations may also operate in secret and/or illegally in the case of
secret societies, criminal organizations and resistance movements.
10. ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
What is Effectiveness?
The degree to which objectives are achieved and the
extent to which targeted problems are solved.
Effectiveness means "doing the right thing.“
Effectiveness require efficiency. Takes into account the
amount of resources used to produce the desired
outcome.
13. ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Effectiveness and Efficiency in Organizations
Low Goal Attainment
Low Use of Resources
High Goal Attainment
Low Use of Resources
Low Goal Attainment
High Use of Resources
High Goal Attainment
High Use of Resources
Low High
LowHigh
EFFICIENCY
EFFECTIVENESS
16. ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Goal Approach: Effectiveness is the ability to excel at
one or more output goals.
Internal Process Approach: Effectiveness is the ability
to excel at internal efficiency, coordination, motivation,
and employee satisfaction.
System Resource Approach: Effectiveness is the
ability to acquire scarce and valued resources from the
environment.
Strategic Approach: Effectiveness is the ability to
satisfy multiple strategic constituencies both within and
outside the organization.
18. ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
DefinitionApproach
An organization is effective
to the extent that:
Goal attainment it accomplishes its statedgoals
SystemResource it acquires neededresources
Constituencies all strategic constituencies
are at least minimally
satisfied
Internal Processes combines internal efficiency
and affective health
When Used
Preferred when:
goals are clear, time
bound andmeasurable
a clear connection exists
between inputs andoutputs
constituencies have powerful
influence on the organization,
and the organization must
respond to demands
costs, outputs &satisfaction
are easily measurable
22. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIPS
Stakeholders
Stakeholders are people who have an interest in a
company's or organization's affairs.
A stakeholder is a party that has an interest in a
company and can either affect or be affected by the
business. The primary stakeholders in a typical
corporation are its investors, employees, customers
and suppliers
24. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
INSIDE STAKEHOLDERS
People who are closest to an organization and have
the strongest and most direct claim on
organizational resources
Shareholders: the owners of the
organization (Mutual Funds)
Managers: the employees who are responsible for
coordinating organizational resources and ensuring
that an organization’s goals are successfully met
The workforce: all non-managerial employees
25. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
OUTSIDE STAKEHOLDERS
People who do not own the organization, are not
employed by it, but do have some interest in it.
Customers: an organization’s largest outside
stakeholder group (Airlines & travelers—Employees
and Customers).
Suppliers: provide reliable raw materials and
component parts to organizations (Stationary supplies
for an educational institution).
The government
Wants companies to obey the rules rule & regulations.
corporate governance issues.
26. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
OUTSIDE STAKEHOLDERS
Trade unions: relationships with companies can be one
of conflict or cooperation.
Local communities: their general economic well-being
is strongly affected by the success or failure of local
businesses.
The general public
Wants local businesses to do well against overseas
competition.
Wants corporations to act in socially responsible
way.
28. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS :SATISFYING GOALS &
INTERESTS OF STAKEHOLDERS
An organization is used simultaneously by various
stakehol- ders to achieve their goals -
Shareholders: return on their investment
Customers: product reliability and product value
Employees: compensation, working conditions, career prospects
The Suppliers : Quality raw materials, effective supply chain
Each stakeholder group is motivated to contribute to the org-
anization.
Each group evaluates the effectiveness of the organization by
judging how well it meets the group’s goals.
29. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
Top Managers & Organization Authority
Top managers are responsible for setting goals and allocating
rewards.
Authority: the power to hold people accountable for
their actions and to make decisions concerning the use of
organizational resources.
Shareholders: the ultimate authority over the use of a
corporation’s resources.
They own the company
They exercise control over it through their
representatives
30. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
Top Managers & Organization Authority
The board of directors: monitors corporate managers’
activities and rewards corporate managers who pursue
activities that satisfy stakeholder goals
Inside directors: hold offices in a company’s formal
hierarchy
Outside directors: not full-time employees
Corporate-level management: the inside stakeholder
group that has ultimate responsibility for setting company
goals and allocating organizational resources.
31. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
TOPMANAGEMENT TEAM
Top-management team: a group of managers
who report to the CEO and COO and help the
CEO set the company’s strategy and its long-term
goals and objectives.
Corporate managers: the members of top-
management team whose responsibility is to set
strategy for the corporation as a whole.
32. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
OTHER MANAGERS
Divisional managers: managers who set policy only
for the division they head.
Functional managers: managers who are responsible
for developing the functional skills and capabilities that
collectively provide the core competences that give the
organization its competitive advantage.
33. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
WHAT IS BUSINESS ETHICS
Ethics: moral principles and beliefs
about what is right or wrong (utilitarian,
rights & justice)
Laws specify what people and organizations
can and cannot do
Ethics and laws are relative
No absolute or unvarying standards exist
to determine how people should behave
35. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
CREATINGAN ETHICALORGANIZATION
An organization is said to be
ethical if members behave
ethically.
Put in place incentives to
encourage ethical behavior
and punishments to discourage unethical
behaviors.
Managers can lead by setting ethical examples & should
communicate the ethical values to all inside and outside
stakeholders.
36. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
MAJOR SOURCESOFORGANIZATIONALETHICS
Societal ethics: codified in a society’s legal system, in
its customs and practices, and in the unwritten norms
and values that people use to interact with each other.
Professional ethics: the moral rules and values that a
group of people uses to control the way they perform a
task or use resources.
Individual ethics: the personal and moral standards
used by individuals to structure their interactions with
other people.
37. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
WHY DOESUNETHICALBEHAVIOROCCUR
Personal ethics: ethics developed as part of the
upbringing and education.
Self-interest: weighing our own personal
interests against the effects of our actions on
others.
Outside pressure: pressures from the reward
systems, industry and other forces.
38. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
DESIGNING AN ETHICALSTRUCTURE&CONTROL
SYSTEM
Design an organizational structure that reduces
incentives to act unethically.
Take steps to encourage whistle-blowing
– encourage employees to inform about
an organization’s unethical actions.
Establish position of ethics officer and create ethics
committee.
39. STAKEHOLDERS, MANAGERS, AND ETHICS
SUPPORTING THEINTERESTOFSTAKEHOLDERGROUPS
Find ways to satisfy the needs of various
stakeholder groups.
Pressure from outside stakeholders can also
promote ethical behavior.
The government and its agencies, industry
councils, regulatory bodies, and consumer
watchdogs all play critical roles in establishing
ethical rules.