Organization Theory - 5th edition (Stephen P. Robbins and Neil Barnwell)
Summary Organization theory: concepts and cases chapters 3 and 4 - Organisational Structure
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8-10-2015
Chapter 11 and 12
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Organisational Structure
Group 7, Team 2
, Chapter 11 – Managing the environment
Every organisation faces some degree of environmentally uncertainty because it
cannot isolate itself from environmental forces.
Managers quest to control environment
Managers do not like unpredictability and uncertainty. Management does not
have to accept environments as it fnds them. The larger the organization is, the
more resources, skills and infuence it will typically have.
Classifying strategies
There are two diferent types of strategies to lessen environmental uncertainty.
The former we call internal strategies and the latter external strategies.
Internal strategies
Organisations do not have to change the environment but adapt and change
organisational practices to better ft the environment.
External strategies
Strategies that seek to change the environment directly.
Internal Strategies External Strategies
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