Week7 bolman deal_chap 11

Week7 bolman deal_chap 11

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  Chapter 11 Organizations asPolitical Arenas and Political Agents
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  Organizations as PoliticalArenas and Political Agents  Organizations as Arenas  Wal-Mart as agent and arena  Ross Johnson Barbarians at the Gate  Organizations as Political Agents  Ecosystems I  Ecosystems II  Pfeffer and Salancik The External Control of Organizations
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  Organizations as Arenas Arenas shape:  Rules of the game  Players  Stakes  Bottom-up Political Action  Labor unions and civil rights movements  Political Barriers to Control from the Top  U.S. Department of Education scenario: initiatives often lost to political opposition despite new resources and top-down support
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  Organizations as PoliticalAgents  Organizations exist in ecosystems  Organizations depend on environment for resources support  Organizations needs the skills of a politician: develop agenda, map environment, manage relationships with allies and competitors, negotiate  Ecosystem  “Organizational field” in which competitors and allies co-evolve
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  Ecosystems  Business Ecosystems Apple  IBM  “Wintel”  General Motors and General Electric  Public Policy Ecosystems  Federal Aviation Administration  Schools  Business-government ecosystems  Pharmaceutical companies, physicians and government  Fedex lobbying clout
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  Ecosystems II  Societyas Ecosystem  Business, public and government  What is and should be the power relationship between organizations and society?  Are organizations “instruments of market tyranny” or largely shaped by larger social and economic forces?  Jihad vs. McWorld
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  Pfeffer and Salancik,The External Control of Organizations  Organizations are controlled more than they control their external environment  Organizations are “other-directed”  Struggle for autonomy and discretion in the face of constraint and external control  Confront conflicting demands from multiple constituents  Organizations’ understanding of environment is often distorted, imperfect  Dilemma: alliances essential to gain influence, but reduce autonomy by increasing dependency and obligations
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  Conclusion  Organizations areboth arenas for internal politics and political agents with their own agendas, resources, and strategies  Arenas house contests, shape ongoing interplay of interests and agendas  Agents exist, compete and co-evolve in larger ecosystems (“organizational fields”)