The Evolution of Organizational Behavior as Experienced by the American Worker
The Evolution of Organizational Behavior as Experienced by the American Worker
Jeff Harris
MAN5245 Organizational Behavior
Assignment Week 1
January 17, 2013
Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Scott
Introduction
Every generation believes they have discovered a better mouse trap. It is part of the human experience; it is what allows humanity to advance theories and technology to flourish. Part of the bi-product of advancement and technology is that past theories and technology become antiquated and even sometimes disproven. This will be the case as we evaluate the similarities and differences between the five models of organizational behavior. This paper will be targeting the five models (Autocratic, Custodial, Supportive, and Collegial system) strictly from the view point of how they have impacted businesses in the United States over the decades. (A study on developing countries as they progress in to the world market place would be interesting to document which models would be the dominant technique. Do these models actually develop over time, as societies confidences grow in relationship to how workers perceive their worth in the work place?) What are the desired outcomes that management is trying to achieve, this is the DNA for planning. Each model regardless of how different they are, where trying to achieve a desired and predictable outcome. That is the first and foremost similarities; from there the models start to evolve. Society begins to become more educated, labor gains confidence in their ability, understands that they have a percentage of power, either through federal laws, unions and collective bargaining and today’s work place becomes a partnership as such to achieve the desired outcome of productivity.
With an understanding that the main similarities is to achieve predictable and desired outcomes is the bases for the five models, now we turn our focus on the differences
Jeff Harris
MAN5245 Organizational Behavior
Assignment Week 1
January 17, 2013
Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Scott
Introduction
Every generation believes they have discovered a better mouse trap. It is part of the human experience; it is what allows humanity to advance theories and technology to flourish. Part of the bi-product of advancement and technology is that past theories and technology become antiquated and even sometimes disproven. This will be the case as we evaluate the similarities and differences between the five models of organizational behavior. This paper will be targeting the five models (Autocratic, Custodial, Supportive, and Collegial system) strictly from the view point of how they have impacted businesses in the United States over the decades. (A study on developing countries as they progress in to the world market place would be interesting to document which models would be the dominant technique. Do these models actually develop over time, as societies confidences grow in relationship to how workers perceive their worth in the work place?) What are the desired outcomes that management is trying to achieve, this is the DNA for planning. Each model regardless of how different they are, where trying to achieve a desired and predictable outcome. That is the first and foremost similarities; from there the models start to evolve. Society begins to become more educated, labor gains confidence in their ability, understands that they have a percentage of power, either through federal laws, unions and collective bargaining and today’s work place becomes a partnership as such to achieve the desired outcome of productivity.
With an understanding that the main similarities is to achieve predictable and desired outcomes is the bases for the five models, now we turn our focus on the differences
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