Organic or Mechanistic?
Abstract
Title: Organic or Mechanistic? There is virtually an endless amount of books and papers regarding management. Likewise, there is an endless supply of tools that organizations and managers can use to determine how well or poor an organization is performing. Most of these management tools and theories have been misapplied and misunderstood and therefore are not useful. What organizations and managers need today is a simple tool to evaluate the well being of an organization, as well as identify key target areas for improvement. This Capstone project provides such a tool. A compilation of existing management tools and theories were brought together and redefined in a simple to use Assessment Instrument. This Assessment Instrument identifies ten different categories to evaluate how an organization is operating. The Assessment Instrument defines each of the ten categories as either organic or mechanistic in nature. This Capstone project provides the necessary background theory and the Assessment Instrument for organizations to use. This project also provides the initial framework for defining organizations in terms of organic or mechanistic and provides recommendations for the further development of this management tool.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 04, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA356210
Entities
People
- Frank K. Miyagawa
Organizations
- University of Alabama in Huntsville