People and Organizations

It is common knowledge that job postings are done in an organization to attract talented / qualified / skillful candidates to the organization from the out side world.  Asking for certain discriminatory questions would reflect a bad image on the organization, as well as it will avoid much suitable candidates from applying for the posted job. This will prevent the organization from having talented candidates with high potential, from joining the organization talent pool. Certain countries have laws regarding such practices to avoid discrimination and provide equal opportunities to all people. As an example, The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has several rules and regulations regarding this matter and one of them is, the law which is about Pre Employment Inquiries and Marital Status or Number of Children. It has restricted the following questions and considers such inquiries as evidence of intent to discriminate when asked in the pre employment context (EE...

Maintenance of a good employee - employer relationship is a key factor for an organization to be successful. There are several philosophies that would help to understand the importance and the effects of employee relations with the management of an organization.  According to Armstrong, one philosophy regarding employee relations is, the Unitary and Pluralist view. The unitary view can also be recognized as an autocratic or authoritarian view, where the management would consider themselves as the rule making authority and everyone else in the organization is directed and controlled by the management of the organization. It encourages and directs the employees of the organization to build up good teamwork and work together to achieve a common objective of the organization (Armstrong, 2017) The Pluralist view is completely different from the previously described autocratic view. In this view, it considers an industrial organization as a plural society containing many se...

Organization can be defined as two or more people working together, to achieve a group result. Once the objectives of the organization have been established, the functions that are to be performed are determined. Then the personal requirements are assessed and the physical resources needed to accomplish the objectives are determined. These elements are then coordinated into a structural design in order to help achieve the established objectives (Montana and Charnov, 1993). Montana and Charnov further explains that, the formal relationships for organizing are, responsibility, authority and accountability. They bring together functions, people and other resources in order to achieve the established objectives of the organization. The framework for organizing such formal relationships is known as the Organizational Structure. According to Burns and Stalker, two basic forms of organizational structures are identified. Mechanistic Organizational Structure Organic Organizational S...