Modern organisations are facing many challenges that are threatening
their survival. These challenges come in the form of social, political,
economic and rapid ongoing technological change.
As organisations search for appropriate designs for the nineties and
beyond, clear schools of thought have developed, vehemently supporting
either the organic or mechanistic approach. While these debates rage on,
several critical considerations are being ignored. One such consideration
is the effect of organisational design on organisational climate, utilisation
of power and group cohesiveness.
This research sets out to explore this consideration. Various
questionnaires were utilized to measure employees' perceptions of
climate, power utilisation and group cohesiveness within organistic and
mechanistic orientated organisations.
A systematic research and design process was undertaken within two
business units of a large financial organisation, from which the sample
for the study was drawn.
Statistical analyses revealed that organisational design does have a
significant effect on job satisfaction, work group support and employee
support. The employees which perceived the organisation to be more
mechanistically inclined reported higher levels of employee empowerment;
workgroup support and job satisfaction than their counterparts who
perceived the organisation as more organistically inclined. / Psychology / M.A. (Industrial Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/15762 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Peterson, William |
| Contributors | Watkins, Michael L. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (iv, 103 leaves) |
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