Consider the following questions:
1.Provide your own definition of organizational culture. Explain the role culture plays in organizations, using examples from Reading 27 in Shafritz et al as support.
2.Discuss the resource dependence paradigm/perspective and its application to organizational theory.
3.Consider the following:
What does the term effective organization mean to you? Use the readings, as well as any individual theories you may have, to answer this question.Assess whether an organization to which you currently belong is effective or ineffective?
Requirements:
Response should be 3 to 4 paragraphs.
Referenves:
CHAPTERS:
Theories of Organizational Culture and Change
Managing Organizational Environments: Conceptions of the Environment
Managing Organizational Environments: General Paradigms
Organizational Performance and Change.