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Impacts on Organizational Effectiveness

This paper will present a comparative essay regarding theoretical perspectives on organizational theory and behavior. In particular, the paper will be concerned with the ways in which structure, bureaucracy, development, humaneness, technology and ethics all have impact on organizational effectiveness. Organizations have been defined as "collective aggregations... designed to achieve particular goals (Simmons, 1981, p. 1). The overall effectiveness of a given organization is based on its relative success or failure in attaining its own specified goals and objectives (Hersey & Blanchard, 1977, p. 122). Effectiveness as such can be measured in terms of short-term goals such as increasing productivity or output; or in long-term goals such as improving the quality of human resources (Hersey & Blanchard, p. 122).

In addition, organizational effectiveness can be measured in terms of causal variables. These are factors which are directly influential in guiding an organization toward its goals, and which are subject to the control of the organization's leaders (Hersey & Blanchard, p. 117). Organizational structure or hierarchy has been seen as one of the most influential causal variables impacting group effectiveness. This view is seen, for example, in social analyst Elliott Jaques' statement: "The first and essential step in all organization analysis is to establish the nature, policies and structure of the association (Jaques, 1976, p. 96).

The hierarchical structure of an organization can be visualized as a pyramid upon which are arranged persons or groups making up the organization in descending order of "authority, responsibility, power, prestige and wealth" (Simmons, 1981, p. 52). Elliott Jaques has been critical of the fact that modern organizations tend to consist of too many hierarchical levels (Jaques, 1976, p. 127). Robert H. Simmons has described five levels of activity in organizational structures: the polic...

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