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Organization: increase of order
Reducing complexity, constraints of capabilities, facilitation of orientation and coordination, stability of conditions, predicability of occurrences
Organization vs. Organism
Targets vs instincts, configured targets vs determinated instincts, easy vs hard to modify, seeking vs having homeostasis (balance within self regulating systems), structure vs culture
Characteristics of a company
Economic organization (covering long term expense through income, payoffs through resource shifts)
Specific value added (bring value for other systems, fulfill stakeholder needs)
Socio-technical systems (humans supplemented through technical auxiliaries
Economic competition (creation of new shortages, shortage removal)
Organizational characteristics
1 justified for durability, aim to last long (need stability, flexibility and ability to learn and innovate)
2 Order (maybe rigid but mantains regularity and guides behavior)
3 various elements, consist of different parts (legal bodies, people, units)
4 Collective, works together as a whole (requires coordination and cooperation, also involves balancing conflicts and competing interests)
5 efficient delivery of purpose (choosing the right targets and finding solutions while balancing stakeholder needs)
Three issues of organizations
Organizational purpose (targets, performance creation, tendency to grow, necessary adaptability)

Integrity/synergy (performance, production (also ideas knowledge, growth, effectiveness) (governing) (adaptation)

Structure (
Efficiency
Profitability benchmark (output input relation)
Sales
Profit
Total process length
ROI
Productivity
Effectiveness
Capability targets
Profitability targets (flexibility, growth)
Outcome targets (Roi)
Behavioral targets (loyalty, promotion)
Process of Scientific de-problemization
1. Personalization (enterprise/entrepreneurs)
2 simplification (entrepreneurs/one entrepreneur)
3 ideal typicalization (entrepreneur/ one ideal entrepreneur)
Corporate target modes
Formal
Material
Formal targets
Bonitary targets (not monetary, qualitative
Office
Smallest organizational unit
Intangible and tangible elements
Dissociation from other offices

Synthesis criteria
Provider (humans, equipment)
Place
Time
Bureaucracy
Origin: France
Corner Stone: Max Weber
RATIONALITY
Behaviour becomes PREDICTABLE like machines
Three forms of sovereignty
Charismatic (appreciation, adoration, Napoleon)

Legal (bound to rules, rational and fair, superior subordinate, BUREAUCRACY)

Traditional (social standing, master servant, monarchy)
Characteristics of bureaucracy
Restriction of rules
Documentation
Hierarchy
Labor division & specialization
Specialized personnel
Separation of private sector and office
Advantages of bureaucracy
Stable
Predictable consistent
Gaining specific knowledge
Efficient employment of specific equipment
Disadvantages of bureaucracy
Restricting individual freedom
Hard to oversee, limited control
Difficult equal treatment
Hazard of misuse, self justice
Avoids individual accountability
High cost and time effort