Orgnanization Behavior Chapter 4 (3)

The leadership VCM Model proposes that vision, commitment and management skills are three characters in leader's personal profile. To understand an organization, we have to consider all of its components. Organization are networks of related parts. six elements define organizations, stategy, plicies and procedures, organizaional structures, systems, climate, and culture.
Strategy. it describes an explicit or implicit plan for success in the marketplace.
Plicies and procedures. Policies are formal rules that , in all but small companies, are captured in a handbookd while procedures are the obervable ways in which a company conducts business,
Organizaitona structures. It is a frequent subject of discussion in corporate meetins and is also an important tool for managing organizaional behavor. Most company use some mix of structures to accomplish their goals. Line and staff employees can be organized along the following lines: functional, product, customer, geographic, divisonal, matrix and amorphous. Funcitonal form divids work by tasks, such as advertising, accounting, finance and sales, services. Divisions are independent businesses operating under the umbrella of a parent corporation. Matrix structure departs from the principle of unity of command. The matrix is common in buiness involved in large and comlex projects tht require highly specialized skills. Amorphous structure is no formal struture at all. it is free bird, highly motivated and productive managers create and dissovle reporting relationships as the task at hand requires. Hybrid are compsed of a mix of operational structures.
Systems. Each organization develops systems for allocating, controlling and monitoring money, things and people. it fall into one of six categories: money, object, people allocation, control and monitoring. future anticipation, people reward and incentives, integrative.
Climate. Refers to the emotional state of an organization's members.
Culture. It is the mix of behaviors, thoughts, beliefs symbols and artifacts that are conveyed to people throughout an organization over time.
These six elements dynamically affect one another. each element interacts with the enviroment as a business strives toward its goals.