This paper has examined two of most complex and controversial topics in-organizational theory: organizational effectiveness and development.
Both of these problems relate to the performance of the organizational system. Early organizational theorists...
This paper has examined two of most complex and controversial topics in-organizational theory: organizational effectiveness and development.
Both of these problems relate to the performance of the organizational system. Early organizational theorists defined effectiveness as the meeting or surpassing of organizational goals. Barnard, for example, viewed effectiveness in terms of goal attainment.
When a specific desired end is attained we shall say that the action is effective. This perspective has been labeled the goal model approach to the study of organizational effectiveness, since it is a view of organizations as principally concerned with the attainment of certain end products or goals.
More recently, however, a second view of organizational effectiveness has emerged. This is an approach to organizations as social systems operating in. environments of scarce resources.
Incorporating an open-systems view point, the so-called resource system model approach defines effectiveness as the degree to which an organization is successful in acquiring and utilizing scarce and valued resources.
As indicated above the purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and measurement of organizational effectiveness and is to examine relationship between organizational effectiveness and development.
Organizational development efforts are generally directed toward two ends: (1) improvement in an organization's effectiveness and (2) improvement in the satisfaction of its members. A major value issue underlying these objectives is that they can best be attained by humanizing organizations and encouraging the personal growth of people.
In doing so, it beeames obivous that organizational effectiveness and development are not a simple issue because evaluating the performance of an organization is one of the greatest challenges in organization theory.