The Features of Organizations: What an Organization Needs

What does an organization need to have... The features of Organizations?
Let's look at what organizations (almost) always need, if they are to work effectively.
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The Nature of Organizations
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This video is part of course module number 6.1.1
Program 6: Managing within Organizations
Course 1: The Nature of Organizations
Section 1: Introduction to Organizations
Other videos in this section include:
- What is an Organization? • What is an Organizatio...
- Morgan's 8 Organizational Metaphors: An Organization is Like a... • What are Morgan's 8 Or...
- Organizations as Structures: Understanding an Organization as a Structure • Organizations as Struc...
- Organizations as Processes: Understanding an Organization as a Set of Processes • Organizations as Proce...
- Why do we need Organizations? Structure vs Agility • Why do we need Organiz...
LESSON NOTES
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11 Features of Organizations - the things that organizations need:
 Mission, Goals, Objectives
A sense of Direction…
 Strategy
…and how to get there
 Processes
And systems
 Structures
How people relate
 Physical Resources
Assets, equipment, and materials
 People
There’s a better word for ‘human resources’: people
 Culture
Norms of behavior, shared values
 Governance
Defied authorities, responsibilities, and oversight. Policies
 Knowledge
Intellectual capital, capabilities, skills
 Memory
Cultural and experiential memory. Storage, learning lessons, archiving
 Technology
It’s hard to conceive of a modern organization managing without some form of appropriate technology - even if it’s just pencils, paper, tables, and the wheel.
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1. To what extent do they have all or some of these features? (2 MC CPD Points)
2. Are there any features you can discern in many organizations you have known that are not properly represented in the list from the video? (2 MC CPD Points)
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In this video I list 11 things an organization needs, to work effectively and efficiently. Why 11 features? That's how many I could think of!

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11

[@raviopatha-youtubechannel2358]

Very well explained boss

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Thank you.

[@nadeeshaperera6183]

Wonderful series of lectures ! Thank you Professor !

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You're very welcome!

[@duncanpinderhughes]

amazing!

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Thanks, Duncan.

[@nickjerrat]

Really great, super helpful video. What about accounting functions and value exchange / value capture / store of wealth / currency ? Perhaps could come under technology?

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I think a functional view (with accounting as an example) is orthogonal to the one I present. It will call upon: process, structure, people, governance, knowledge, and technology - maybe others too.

[@nickjerrat]

@@ManagementCourses ah yes, I see your point, thanks for replying.

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@@nickjerrat My pleasure.

[@nickjerrat]

Was thinking further, what about innovation capability, meaning capability to develop new competitive advantage?

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I like that suggestion a lot. Thank you.

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@@ManagementCourses awesome =)

[@shinikabyrd4405]

That would fall under strategy

[@kathydrum3311]

What about the products, services or outcomes themselves?

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I don't understand your question. An organization creates products, services, and outcomes. This video is about what it needs, to do so.

[@kathydrum3311]

​@@ManagementCourses Okay. I was working from your initial question "what does an organization need to have in order to work?" and the idea that you were classifying them as features of organizations. In that sense, the product must be included because if an organization is to work there has to be a thing they actually do.Right? I'm new to this field of study and find your videos an exceptional supplement to my MPA courses. Thank you, so much for doing this series.

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@@kathydrum3311 Aha! You were thinking of output measures and I was thinking of input measures. Enjoy your course. I hope you'll find others of my videos to be helpful.

[@yashica90]

Number 10?

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Check out the lecture notes in the description... Memory

[@yashica90]

I missed culture, i thought it is under people

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@@ManagementCourses thanks 😊

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@@yashica90 You're welcome.