2 Diagnosing Organisation ASIN IO 2017
2 Diagnosing Organisation ASIN IO 2017
2 Diagnosing Organisation ASIN IO 2017
ORGANISATION
Permeable borders
Organisations exist in the context of a larger environment. This affect how the
organisation performs and in turns is affected by how the organisation interacts with it.
Organisations operate within an external environment, takes specific inputs from the
environment, and transforms those inputs using social and technical process. The
output of the transformation process are returned to the environment and can be used
as feedback to the organisation’s functioning.
Org Asses &
Intervention
Environments
-Everything beyond the boundaries of the system
-Has indirect & direct influence to organisational performance & outcomes
-E.g: availability of labor; raw material, customer demands, competition, gov.
Regulations, political situation.
Feedback
-Information regarding the actual performance or the output results of the system
-Used to control the maintain the system in a steady state to help the organisation adapt
to changing circumstances
-E.g: changing of advertising campaign resulting from a market research
Org Asses &
Intervention
Boundaries
-Close systems have rigid & inpenetrable boundaries
-Defining tje boundaries of social systems is more difficult as there is a continuous inflow
and outflow through them`
-A social system has multiple subsystem and the boundary line for one subsystem may
not be the same as that for a different subsystem.
-Conflict over boundaries is always a potential problem within an organisation.
Equifinality
-Similar results or outputs may be achieved with different initial conditions and in many
different ways
-The function of management is not to seek a single rigid solution but rather to develop a
variety of satisfactory options
-Systems theory suggest there is no universal best way to design an organisation.
Allignment
-The fit between the organisation and its environment, between inputs and
transformations, between transformation and outputs, & among the subsystems ot the
transformational process.
-The extent to which the features, operations and characteristics of one system support
the effectiveness of another system
Org Asses &
Intervention
A Comprehensive Model for Diagnosing Organisation
A. ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL
Inputs Design Components Outputs
System Organization
General Effectiveness
Environment Strategy Structure
e.g., performance,
Stakeholder productivity,
expectations People Culture stakeholder
satisfaction
B. GROUP LEVEL
Inputs Design Components Outputs
Goal Clarity
Team
Task Team Effectiveness
Organization
Structure Functioning
Design
e.g., quality of
Components work life,
Group Group performance
Composition Norms
C. INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
Inputs Design Components Outputs
Organization Individual
Skill Variety
Design Effectiveness
Task Autonomy
Identity e.g., job
Group Design
satisfaction,
performance,
Personal Task Feedback about personal
Characteristics Significance Results development
Self-Learning Session:
Finding Diagnostic Models for Organisation
What is Self-Learning?
A group learning that enables each member contributes to learning process – aimed to enhance your
peer understanding toward the model NOT to impress the lecture
Worth 10% of your final mark
To explain the model, please refer to the standardized format provided by the
lecturer.
Reminder for nextweek’s activities:
Self-Learning Results to be submitted by March 10th 2017 (10am) at
Lecturer’s Desk