Posted: February 16th, 2015

Organization Theory ch4

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

 

 

First example

“Chapter 4”

Section 1:

Managing by design questions:

 

1. The best way for an organization to cope with a complex environment is to develop a complex structure (rather than keep it simple and uncomplicated)?

I agree, to be more efficiency it has to be a complex structure that case more jobs positions and make the organization more complex environment otherwise the organization will cope a simple structure with no more efficiency.

 

2. In a volatile, fast-changing environment, serious planning activities are a waste of time and resources?

I agree with fast changing environment is a waste of time and resources but not with serious planning activities because planning is the most important thing for anyone to reach goals. And the good person who can deal with problems by preparation a plan for everything he/she think will see it on he/she ways.

 

3. Managers of business organizations should not get involved in political activities?

I disagree, managers have to know and get involved in political activities because the political is the most important to make any organization be grow or make it down. So if managers do not know about the political problems they can not make good designs for their organization.

 

 

Section 2:

How Do You Fit the Design?

Mostly             Mostly

True                   False

1. I always offered comments on my interpretation of

data or issues.                                                                                                   *

2. I welcomed unusual viewpoints of others even if we

were working under pressure.                                                                                                     *

3. I made it a point to attend industry trade shows and

company (school) events.                                                                                  *

4. I explicitly encouraged others to express opposing

ideas and arguments.                                                                                                                   *

5. I asked “dumb” questions.                                                                                                       *
6. I enjoyed hearing about ideas even when working

toward a deadline.                                                                                                                        *

7. I expressed a controversial opinion to bosses and

peers.                                                                                                                                             *

8. I suggested ways of improving my and others’

ways of doing things.                                                                                           *

 

The Result is: My mindfulness level is better suited for stable environment.

 

1. What is your plan for self-improvement based on your responses and analysis?

My plan for my self-improvement based on my responses and analysis is I like to be in stable environment that will help me to do well in my work position with comfortable mindfulness.

 

2. Goals and time frame for accomplishing them?

To accomplishing my goals to do well in my work with comfortable mindfulness, I have to choose the best environment. That will help me to push myself and my co-workers to do the good things with high quality in order to reach our organization’s goals.

 

3. Describe the application context?

The application context is about how is a thinker changed with stable environment and this context shows me how to be a helpful employee and stable mindfulness.

 

4. Identify performance measures for your plan?

my performance measures is when I can know where is the right environment that must be a stable environment that will help me to stability of my mindfulness to improve my ideas on the right way for my present and future plans.

 

Workbook: Organizations You Rely On

 

 

Organization	Backup Organization		Level of Dependence		Level of Certainty
Hyfee Grocery		Walmart Grocery		Strong	Medium
CVS		Walgreen’s		Medium	High
Toyota		Ford		Strong	High
MacDonald’s		Hardees		Strong	Medium
Apple		Samsung		Medium	High
AT&T		Sprint		Strong	Medium
Dunkin Daunt		Starbucks		Medium	Medium
Tj-maxx store		Marshalls		Medium	High

1. Do you have adequate backup organizations for those of high dependence? How might you create even more backups?

Yes, but in some time because if I have a good organization that I prefer to deal with, I will not look for other organization but in fact I have to do researches for backup’s organization for emergency time when I need to a backup. I would ask friends for other organizations or I will go online and browsing for a same product what I am looking for? Also how much it will be?

 

2. What would you do if an organization you rated high for dependence and high for certainty suddenly became high-dependence and low-certainty? How would your behavior relate to the concept of resource dependence?

I will look for other backup organization to reach my satisfaction in same amounts and characteristic. My behavior will not change for all it will change some of mine.

 

3. Have you ever used and behavior similar to those in Exhibit 4.7 to manage your relationships with the organizations listed in column 1?

Yes I have tried some of these strategies. For example Toyota and Lexus are working together even though they are competitors for each other. On the other hand Ford is not working with other competitor.

 

 

Section 3:

1. What is the learning from that week’s information?

I have learned from this chapter that the organization environment is everything can affect to an organization from outside or inside boundary of the organization. And how it is important for impacting employees in a complex or simple environment with stable or unstable environment that will show and change the employees’ thinking and their work. Although how the framework design will help.

 

1. How is this week’s information related/integrated with previous week’s information?

The related between this chapter and the previous one is the previous one talking about how to design or redesign a structure for an organization and communication. On the other hand, this chapter is about how we can control these structure and relationship between employees and the organization environment.

 

Section 4:

1. Reflect on your work environment issues that are similar to the chapter content?

I have learned from this chapter the similarity that I had in my previous knowledge every organization focus on how to make their employees comfortable when they are working and in this chapter shows how important to make a stable environment in your organization and affect it to your employer or yourself in order to achieve the goals in the organization.

 

Section 5:

1. Your career goals

My career goals are improving my skills and increasing my knowledge in how I can adapt with different environment in stable or unstable environments. And if it is unstable environment I am able to determine the problem and redesign and develop a framework to make it stable for my organization. That will help me in future to determine which place I will feel comfortable environment that will impact me to do well in my position.

 

1. Your current work experiences?

I have learned from this chapter there are several sectors can impact to any organization by indirect impacting. In my knowledge experience I know several things in the word can affect some organization for example the local or global economy will affect the business organizations on good or bad things. So that will help me to think about it if I will be in a position I have to make a decision in the future.

 

1. Any other learning points that you would like to discuss, including questions that your new knowledge raises?

I would like to discuss how is the important to unite with others because on my experience one of my friends has a company and he had hard time to work with government and he signed contract with their projects because he did not have the qualifications that allow to him to get that contracts. But after he united with his friend who has other company they were one hand with abilities. That united company opened to them a lot of things with not only the government also with big companies that have big projects.

 

 

Second example

 

Chapter 4

Section 1

How Do You Fit the Design?

                                                                                                                 Mostly     Mostly

                                                                                                                   True       False   

1. I always offered comments on my interpretation of

of data or issues.                                                                                       *                                                           

2. I welcomed unusual viewpoints of others even if we

were working under pressure.                                                                   *

 

3. I made it a point to attend industry trade shows and

company (school) events.                                                                                               *                                                                                                              

4. I explicitly encouraged others to express opposing

ideas and arguments.                                                                      *

 

5. I asked “dumb” questions.                                                                               *

 

6. I enjoyed hearing about ideas even when working

toward a deadline.                                                                            *

 

7. I expressed a controversial opinion to bosses and

peers.                                                                                                 *

 

8. I suggested ways of improving my and others’

ways of doing things.                                                                         *

 

Answer: My mindfulness level is better suited for stable environment.

 

1. What is your plan for self-improvement based on your responses and analysis?

 

I found that I totally like to work in stable environment which it will help to improve my skills.

 

2. Goals and time frame for accomplishing them?

 

To accomplishing my goals, I have to looking for a good work environment which is stable and has the all characteristics.

 

3. Describe the application context?

 

the application context, talking about how stable work environment could change our ideas and thinking. Also, it is showing the environment from simple to complex and from stable to unstable. Moreover, is talking about the competitive factors and what we have to do to make it international environment.

 

 

4. Identify performance measures for your plan?

 

I can measure my performance is that I can develop the way of thinking and create new plan for my future. I would like to improve that before I started my work life, because that will help me to be successful in school now and preparing me to my future job.

 

 

Workbook: Organizations You Rely On

 

     Organization       Backup Organization     Level of Dependence       Level of Certainty  

1   Wallmart	Target	Strong	Medium
Starbucks	Duncken	medium	Low
3       cv’s	Walgreen’s	Strong	Medium
Amazon	Ebay	Strong	Medium
Samsung Smart Phones	Blackberry	Medium	High
T-Moblie	AT&T	Strong	Medium
MacDonald’s	Burger king	Medium	Low
Toyota	Ford	Medium	Low

 

 

1. Do you have adequate backup organizations for those of high dependence? How might you create even more backups?

 

Yes, I do through the provision the internal elements.

 

2. What would you do if an organization you rated high for dependence and high for certainty suddenly became high-dependence and low-certainty? How would your behavior relate to the concept of resource dependence?

 

This is means there is problem in the organization so I will not run a way but I will try to help the organization because I am part of it to make the dependence low.

 

3. Have you ever used and behavior similar to those in Exhibit 4.7 to manage your relationships with the organizations listed in column 1?

 

No actually I have not.

 

Section III:

 

1. What is the learning from that week’s information?

 

I have learned from this chapter many things important to help me to estimate my goal and my need when I work at my organization and do I like work in a stable one even there are some deficiencies or unstable if they have offered good things to me. Also, am I more like the simple or complex organization?

 

1. How is this week’s information related/integrated with previous week’s information?

 

I learned that the this chapter and the previous one are related to each others and the best way to learn to use them both in the same time such as structure design, information sharing, group work, how these structures work, changing environment, framework, relationships and stable or unstable environments.

 

Section IV:

 

 

1. Reflect on your work environment issues that are similar to the chapter content?

 

I have learned from last chapter how the structure helps to create stable environment. Also in this chapter the environment or the external factors help the employee’s and the organization to work independently.

 

 

 

Section V:

 

1. Your career goals

 

My career goals to work at a stable company because I am not kind of person who move from company and other and looking for many offers even the company unstable or complex.

 

1. Your current work experiences?

 

I discovered many important things help me to find my goal and know what I need.

 

1. Any other learning points that you would like to discuss, including questions that your new knowledge raises?

 

I would like to know more things if I want to have my won business.

 

 

 

Third example

“Chapter 4”

 

Section I:

 

Managing by design questions:

 

1. The best way for an organization to cope with a complex environment is to develop a complex structure (rather than keep it simple and uncomplicated)?

 

I agree, because the organization should change to be complex, without getting develop it will effect the organization. The organization has to expand, add more jobs, departments.

 

2. In a volatile, fast-changing environment, serious planning activities are a waste of time and resources?

 

I disagree, because planning is one of the important thing manager should do to avoid the unexpected changing, the managers have to be prepared for these kind of challenging.

 

3. Managers of business organizations should not get involved in political activities?

 

I disagree, managers should get involved in political activities, government is one of the threats would face some of the companies, because of there are lows, roles and regulations.

 

 

“Chapter 4”

Section II:

 

 

How Do You Fit the Design?

                                                                                                                 Mostly     Mostly

                                                                                                                   True       False   

1. I always offered comments on my interpretation of

of data or issues.                                                                           *                                                           

2. I welcomed unusual viewpoints of others even if we

were working under pressure.                                                                       *

 

3. I made it a point to attend industry trade shows and

company (school) events.                                                                              *                                                                                                      

4. I explicitly encouraged others to express opposing

ideas and arguments.                                                                     *

 

5. I asked “dumb” questions.                                                                             *

 

6. I enjoyed hearing about ideas even when working

toward a deadline.                                                                                          *

 

7. I expressed a controversial opinion to bosses and

peers.                                                                                                               *

 

8. I suggested ways of improving my and others’

ways of doing things.                                                                     *

 

Answer: My mindfulness level is better suited for stable environment meaning I am more mechanical with work to be done in traditional way.

 

1. What is your plan for self-improvement based on your responses and analysis?

 

I found that I truly like to work in stable environment which it will help to improve my abilities at work. My mindfulness will create and producer better when I feel I am in a safe place and have peace in mind.

 

2. Goals and time frame for accomplishing them?

 

To accomplishing these goals, I have to find the right environment that will help my way of thinking, an open minded environment would accept my thoughts and make me secure which I can be creative.

 

 

3. Describe the application context?

 

According to the application context, the application is about how stable environment will change the thinker, give work done with a high quality. The context describe what make me creative employee and how help me to be mindfulness person at work or in reality.

 

4. Identify performance measures for your plan?

 

I can measure my performance is that I can develop the way of thinking and create new plan for my future. I would like to improve that before I started my work life, because that will help me to be successful in school now and preparing me to my future job.

 

 

“Chapter 4”

 

Workbook: Organizations You Rely On

 

     Organization       Backup Organization     Level of Dependence       Level of Certainty  

Kroger Grocery	Walmart Grocery	Strong	Medium
Starbucks	Panera	Weak	Low
Vizio Smart Tv’s	Sony Smart Tv’s	Strong	Medium
Amazon	Ebay	Strong	Medium
Samsung Smart Phones	Apple Smart Phones	Medium	High
T-Moblie	Sprint	Strong	Medium
CVS	Walgreen’s	Weak	Low
Nordstorm	Sears	Medium	Low

 

 

1. Do you have adequate backup organizations for those of high dependence? How might you create even more backups?

 

Yes, I should have a backup organizations even if I have a high dependence of some organizations that I prefer. I have to check every organization I would like to deal with then I will try to find another organization provide the same thing.

 

2. What would you do if an organization you rated high for dependance and high for certainty suddenly became high-dependence and low-certainty? How would your behavior relate to the concept of resource dependence?

 

Changing the rate not going to change a lot of my behavior.

 

3. Have you ever used and behavior similar to those in Exhibit 4.7 to manage your relationships with the organizations listed in column 1?

 

Yes I have tried this method before and I made a good plan to find my needs.

 

Section III:

 

1. What is the learning from that week’s information?

 

I have learned from this week that this chapter is one of the most important chapter in the book because it shows how the environment impact the employee’s which if the environment simple or complex. There are two things help the employee’s in the organization such if they work at stable or unstable environment. The framework design is important for the employee’s.

 

1. How is this week’s information related/integrated with previous week’s information?

 

I learned that the this chapter and the previous one are related to each others and the best way to learn to use them both in the same time such as structure design, information sharing, group work, how these structures work, changing environment, framework, relationships and stable or unstable environments.

 

Section IV:

 

 

1. Reflect on your work environment issues that are similar to the chapter content?

 

I have learned from this chapter the similarity that I had in my previous work experience, how the structure is important to create stable environment and how would impact me to reach my goals, the environment helps the employee’s to work as a team or independent.

 

 

Section V:

 

1. Your career goals

 

My career goals to improve my skills which I can adapt different environment, it will help me to understand how the environment impact me, I have to practice that in school life now, in order to be ready to work with different environment.

 

1. Your current work experiences?

 

I have learned several points from this chapter, how the stable and unstable environment will effect me, my current goal now is to develop this skills in order to help me to be successful in the future.

1. Any other learning points that you would like to discuss, including questions that your new knowledge raises?

 

I would like to discuss how important to learn about the organization environment and how that will help me to expand my way of thinking. This chapter helped me to find the different between the short-term organization and the one for long time, because there are always threats around the organization.