Types of Organizations
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In my week 1 reading I learned about organizing the organization. In this chapter, by author Scott and Davis they explain why organizations is critical in a study or research. The purpose of this chapter explains the independently rights and powers organizations have. Research have tools to research which include organizational forms and process that can be tracked by history, and institutionalized field of scholarly inquiry.
According to Scott and Davis (2007), "Organizations are studied for many purposes and from many points of view. Important bases of divergence include variation among types of organizations, differences in disciplinary background of the investigators, whether research is addressed to more immediate and applied problems or seeks longer-term basic understanding, and level of analysis selected. Three levels of analysis are identified: social psychological, organizational structural, and ecological. It is possible to identify a set of ingredients common to all organizations as well as to identify some of their distinctive capacities as one type of social structure" (p. 33).
In learning organizing the organization I learned the different types of organizations that include, rational, natural, and open system. The definitions are broken down by highly formalized collectives, social systems, and involving coalitions. The author explains these types of organizations because it will be important for research to use the proper framework in research of these organization in their perspective studies.
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Scott, R., & Davis, G. F. (2007). Organizations and Organizing. Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection Database.
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This detailed solution discusses the definition of organizations, and defines rational, open, and natural organizations. It also gives examples of each and includes APA formatted references.
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It was interesting to learn about the different type of organizations, as you mention. Before reading the text this week I have used the term "organization" as a simile for other words (e.g. company, corporation or group). While this is true, defining an organization in such detail, as Scott and Davis (2007) do in our text was enlightening. I liked the concept that organizations share a commonality that "differentiate them from other social forms." I was thinking about the ubiquity of organization. Scott and Davis suggest that most of us are involved in organizations, either through work, or voluntary associations. This prevalence of organizations makes the study that much more important. We must learn about the different types, their structures, rules and regulations. In part this will help us understand our world better, but it will also help us be better prepared to be ...
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