The systems that many organization use to make decision about the future and to commit resources to support those decisions is budgeting.
Sharing Rather than
Dividing of Resources
The systems that many
organization use to make decision about the future and to commit resources to
support those decisions is budgeting. Hence many managers are preoccupied with
determining what resources they have to work with. Then, on the basis of that,
they decide what they can do in the future. They ask, “What resources do we
have under our control and what options do they allow us to pursue?” The
central theme in this orientation is the need to identify and control the
resources available.
Another
system or orientation that many organizations are beginning to take seriously
looks at the opportunities dictated by changing environments as the true starting point for making
future decisions. Managers with this orientation ask, “What opportunities are
available to us?” Only after settling on a range of opportunities do they
address the issue of resources: “What resources do we need [not ‘’’’’control;’’]
in order to pursue favorable opportunities?”. The manager who takes this
approach seeks to borrow or temporarily use resources, not to own and control
them. Resources are viewed simply as a means of pursuing attractive opportunities,
not as things to accumulate as a source of organizational power. Manages in
firms that employ this type of systems use company resources (people,
facilities, money, capacity, technology, and marketing capability) only as long
as they are needed. And because it is critical to make resources available in
time for managers to seize the opportunities they discover, this system
encourages access to resources in a manner that reduces paper work, levels of
management through which decisions must travel, and the extent of “political”
activity necessary to secure resources. Many people feel that this orientation –
sharing rather than owning resources will be the most effective orientation for
organization designs of the future.
Tags : Management Concepts & Organisational Behaviour - Emerging Trends In Corporate Structure
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