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Political Forces
Customers
Suppliers
Distributors
Unions
Organization
Government
Competitors
Environmental Forces
Technological Forces
Economic Forces
General Forces
Specific Forces
Domain
Initially
Now
Organization Theory
Contingency theory: to manage its
environment effectively, an organization
should design its structure to fit its
environment.
Fit with environment determines success.
Environmental Uncertainty
High
Mechanistic Structure
Organic Structure
Low differentiation
Complex structure
Low integration
High differentiation
High integration
Standardization
Resource DependenceWhy?
A major environmental change can threaten
access to resources, managers seek to control
both +ve & -ve aspects of resource dependence.
On +ve side: managers here if supplying
resourcescan try to increase other
organizations dependence on their products
On ve side: managers of org who need resources
can try to minimize their demand or develop
alternative sources so that they are not at the
mercy of those org that produce needed resources
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FIGURE 6.6
Interorganizational Strategies
for Managing Symbiotic Interdependencies
Informal
Reputation
Formal
Co-optation
Strategic
alliances
Merger and
takeover
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FIGURE 6.10
Interorganizational Strategies
for Managing Competitive Interdependencies
Informal
Collusion
and cartels
Formal
Third-party
linkage
mechanisms
Strategic
alliances
Merger
and
takeover
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Uncertainty is low
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