Introduction
Over
the period, the global regime has experienced significant development in
business and organizational structure. This vital development can be attributed
to the enhancement of technology and knowledge. Notably, the advancement in
technology has enabled smooth running of organization and subsequent increase
in the output. The analysis of the management of other organizations has proven
that the overseeing the practice of managing an organization and attaining the
desired results can be a daunting task because of the existence of different
people with understanding capacities and personalities. However, managers of
different global and national organizations agree on the use of organizational
theories in aiding the performance of the organization. Similarly, the managers
of these organizations have unanimously agreed that organizational has various
aspects which are applicable to different organizations. Organizational
theories can be stated as the general analysis and the study of an organization
with the aim of understanding the complexities of the organization. The
managers involved with decision making and enactment of policies must
demonstrate adequate understanding of the organization. This information and
understanding of the organization is aided by the analysis of results provided
by organizational theories.
During
the establishment of an organization, the management establishes the duties of
the employees and the obligations of every worker. The management must also
employ the use of organizational theories to impact on the output of the
organization. Historical evidence has proved that the best performing companies
globally have initiated the usage of organizational theories to understand the
complexities of managing an organization. These complexities included conflict
resolution techniques, efficiency maximization and enhancement of productivity (Donaldson, 2006 67). One of the organizations
that have excelled in the usage of organizational theory is the electronic
company Apple. Over the period, this company has employed the usage of
organizational theories to increase the output of the company, enhance unity
through effective conflict resolution channels, and enhance innovation and
invention of new ideas (Carlton, 2001 45).
Upon using these theories, Apple has emerged to be one of the most successful
companies in the business scene and it continues to excel because of the
observation of organizational theories. The success of the smart phone
organization can largely be attributed to the capacity of the company to invest
in the establishing the credibility of its employees. Each organization should
ensure that the employees are treated with courtesy because they posses
invaluable information that can be used as marketing tools. The success of
Apple Company can be attributed to realization that the company employees have
significant number of networks with other companies (Daft, Management, 2011 143). The management used this valuable
information to source for the latest developments in technology and the market
requirements (Grandori, 2000 26). The
market changes significantly and periodically from time to time and getting
updated with the market trends is extremely beneficial. Over the period, the
technological advancement in the world has ensured an increase in sales for
most companies. One of such companies is Apple. Apple managers have been able
to tap into the huge source of networks acquired from the employees’ social
media sites and create a huge data base on information (John McAuley (FIPD.), 2007 89). The success of this company was
generated with the investment in the links from the social sites. The greatest
breakthrough of the company was realized when they created completely
revolutionary gadget in the market. Sources have stated their competitor Sony
was in a better position to manufacture and introduce the revolutionary product
into the market but Apple was much quicker in gathering the information and
initiating the gadget in the market.
Differentiation
and integration
Organizational
behavior and organizational theories are going concerns that continue to grow
and developed. This is a wide field of study that cannot be exhausted by the
findings of research and business scholars. The diversity of human behavior
cannot be predicted by the managers in any organization (David Crowther, 2004 87). This is one critical reason why stdies
and research practices continue to be a daunting task to the researchers. In
this regard, it is highly beneficial to the management of the organization to establish
criteria for ascertaining the different personalities working in an
organization. This attribute represents one the strengths of Apple Company.
This idea can be borrowed from Apple and used to enhance their marketing
practices. Apple managers have inspired the world by striving to ensure that
they pool a good team of employees and other services in their operations that
share common resources. In this regard, the managers and the workers at the
company are able with the minimum resources and ensure high output per worker.
The establishment of the sequences of production and establishing activities in
the company are also vital because they aide the company towards its success (Donaldson, 2006 93). Finally, the enhancement
of reciprocal has evidently aided the company and helped it achieve its current
status as the leading company in Smartphone manufacturing. Technology plays a
significant role in the development of organizational structure and strong
organizational behavior. Studies have shown that the advancement of technology
has significant value on the development of the social structure. Technology
has helped companies reach greater heights of developments and expand their
geographical area of operations to the global business outreach.
Organizational
and critical theory
The
analysis of the critical theory is extremely beneficial because it helps in the
understanding of the complexities of the organization. With the growth and
development of the organization, the management experiences increasing
complexity and diversity in dealing with the issues raised by the employees.
However, it is normal that a group of employees exhibit varying differences in
their work places (Grandori, 2000 104).
This calls for the critical aspect of managerial skills to help in managing the
employees and enhance the increase in the productivity of the company. Most
managers believe that learning in the organization is a continuous process that
never stops. In a bid to help organize the organization and enhance the
productivity of the venture, the managers of must embrace the spirit of
critical theory. Critical theory will enable managers to embrace all the needs
and wants of the employees (Ian M. Gould, 2005
59). This is based on the ideology that the managers must understand and
convey the feelings and attributes of the employees so as to increase the
earnings of the business.
It
is estimated that a critical and reflective employee will seek to understand
themselves and their environments. By doing so, they will establish their
descriptive and interpretive skills. The realization of descriptive and
interpretative aspects will be extremely beneficial in enhancing the goals and
visions of the company. In order to enhance their development in the market,
the managers and policy makers at Apple electronic organized a critical
incentive to realize the dreams and abilities of the employees (John McAuley (FIPD.), 2007 303). This incentive
was based on the company recognizing the employees as the greatest assets and
seeking to develop their descriptive and interpretative aspect. This enables
the employees to make moral and ethical choices and relate practice with
broader sociological contexts. This understanding is also beneficial because it
helps the employees and the organizations to their economic, social and
political knowledge. On a broader context, the companies largely benefits when
the organization employees develops their social aspects because they derive
significant value of trusted customers and contracts.
The
enhancement of critical theory which a constituent of organizational theory, is
extremely beneficial to the organization (Kelso,
2000 271). The aim of establishing critical theory is to ensure that the
employees work together as one unit towards realization of the goals and
visions. Conversely, the development of critical and post odium theories
provides good sources of inspiration to the employees and enable them to work
under no strain.
The
relevance of critical theory with regard to Apple
Over
the period, Apple has been stated as one of the companies that has high regard
for its employees. The contributions of the employees are significantly
considered by the management body. It is important for the employees to
establish a formidable bond and trust that will enable the workers to work as
one unit group. Unity at work place is one of the leading contributors of the
organization success (Mary Jo Hatch, 2006 36).
The management of apple is sophisticated that talents are more valued than job
titles. In reality, the organization is on the fore front on the fight to
provide the best quality product to the market. In addition, the company
acknowledges that innovation is paramount to attainting the best design that
can compete with other gadgets manufactured by the competitors (Miner, 2007 83). In this era of technological
advancement, the social media is vibrating with new discoveries and inventions.
All these measures are characterized by information sharing. In this case, the
management of the company must develop critical ideas that will help the
company to safeguard the files and documents containing their innovative ideas.
The
apple manager has received admiration and complements from other managers of
global companies. With his ideology of being different, the chief executive
officer of apple was able instill this critical thinking into his wide pool of
employees. An observation of the transformation of devices manufactured by the
firm shows that the gadgets were developed on a sequential order. This gives
room for other managers to consider the act and practice of innovation.
Innovation is one critical of organizational development that must be enhanced
by the management staffs (O'Grady, 2008 283).
In this regard, Steve jobs realized that a stable organizational theory had to
be put in place to safe guard the requirement s of the company. The critical
perspective of the organizational behavior is a lesson that all the interested
parties can learn the company because Apple is a global company that was geared
towards enhancing the development of personal skills and talent. One important
aspect of the organization management under Apple is to help the employees
realize that it is morally wrong to disclose any information about the company
to warder. Sources from the company and other news rooms have confirmed that an
employee committed suicide after talking about the new technology the company
was planning to launch. This criterion has given the company a clear cut for
the market because it can predict the output of competing tribunals. Similarly,
the company has policies stating that employees must be supervised and only
talented employees. Even though this system proves be tougher and on the closer
because of the closer supervision, it has enabled the company to be one of the
leading companies in the world (Richard L. Daft,
2012 62). Finally, from the analysis of the operations and
implementations of organizational theories, other companies can borrow
information stating that employees are the most trusted and reliable employees.
Various organizations understand that close supervision is vital for the
advancement of the organization.
The
growth of Apple’s influence
The
corporations’ rise to global dominance is dictated by the adoption of theories
that are beneficial in the enhancement of performance. The establishment and
dominance of Apple is governed by the theory of design. Usually, the chief
executive officer of the Apple group together with the other leading
personalities of the venture concentrated on the design theory. They agreed
that the design of the product will dictate the demand from the market. The
development of this theory was based on the realization that human beings are fascinated
by expressive designs (Stephen Gilliland, 2001
147). In this regard, a new market revolutionary product was brought
onto the market. The coining of the
theories that have enhanced superiority of Apple in the market can be
attributed to the establishment of organizational structures. The managers of
other organizations should remember that it is vital to identify the strength
of the company and use it as a slogan. Notably, the company realized that its
strength lied in the capacity to deliver quality designs to the market (Schein, 2010 29). Furthermore, Jacob believed
in delivering quality product to the market without considering the amount of
resources or time that has been invested into the manufacturing. In this
regard, one critical lesson that other managers and stake holders can learn is
the need to use organizational theories to deliver an extremely perfect product
to the market.
Organizational
structure and the culture perspective
Study
across the best performing organizations across the globe shows that culture
forms an integral aspect of the management. Even though, there are different
aspects of defining culture in the organizational theory perspective, majority
of the managers agree that organizational culture represents the study and
analysis of the intellectual prevalence and struggle among the proponents of
various theories. In this view, the managers have managed to classify the
cultures into five major categories. These categories include integration
perspective- representing the organization wide agreement with the values of
culture aspects like values, emotions and cognitions. Another perspective
approach is the use of fragmentation perspective that denotes the advancement
of culture-value relations. Also equally important is the use a meta-theory
perspective where the integration, differentiation and fragmentation research
fields important. The consideration in the above perspectives is extremely
vital is beneficial because they help ascertain the contribution of culture and
moral values in the enhancement of the company performance. Culture is defined
as a normative that helps in holding and gluing up the company and its
increasing demands (Ricky W. Griffin, 2011 63).
Because of this importance, it is critical that the organizations acknowledges
the benefits of culture and learn to appreciate. The code of ethics of a given
company must clearly stipulate the dimensions of culture because it acts as an
indicator that employees working together.
Cultural
perspective is one the critical aspects of organizational theories that adds
significant values to the performance of the organization. The establishment
and realization of cultural practices among the employees is a significant step
towards enhancing the performance of the organization because the employees. In
this regard, it is evident that the managers, policy makers and the chief
executive had ample time to study and establish the cultures of the employees.
Upon realization of the cultural perspective, the employees will experience the
need to work together and establish a formidable bond that will enhance the
performance of the organization (David Crowther,
2004 72).
The
formidable use of cultural perspective, fragmentation perspective and
integrative perspective to enhance the values and performance of the
organization are the key area of the organization that can be emulated by other
companies. In addition, the company has established a culture of success
through the use of exclusive design of the product. The company invest huge
amount of money on the enhancement of the best design that competitors cannot copy.
On the same note, Apple is an established company with a huge capital base and
it conducts ample market research to ascertain the needs and wants of the market.
The company has an established employee pool of employees capable of conducting
and delivering accumulates results about the values and cultures of the
organization. The employees are also bonded together by a set of common goals,
culture and values. These attributes have made Apple so influential in the
market and other companies aspire to a common working experience like the one
established by Apple (Richard L. Daft, 2012 87). This aspect of adoption of organizational
theory and behavior are extremely beneficial for the betterment of the
organization.
Conclusion
The
global business environment has received significant advancement characterized
by the establishment of significant business organizations. The establishment
of these business organizations is aided by the development and enactment of
organizational theories. These organizational theories represent a set of
organized rules and objectives that provide an incentive into the operations of
the business enterprise. The theories are aimed at enhancing performance of the
organization and helping the organization to achieve its goals and
visions. The leading electronic
manufacturer Apple has been able to successfully deliver a revolutionary gadget
into the market. However, the introduction of this element is based on the
formidable relationship that has been established by the management of the
organization. The management of the organization has been able to establish a
communication channel through which the organization can communicate set of ideas.
Apple has strict regulations that stating that supervision of duties should be
enhanced and only talented employees should free from supervision. However,
talent must be shown through innovation or invention (O'Grady, 2008 95). Apple has captured significant part of the
market because of the use of organizational theories and the production of an
exclusive product with a new design in the market. Also important is the
realization of cultures and values of the employees. This has enabled the
company to form a wide range of network in different geographical locations so
as to promote sales and more production. Other manufacturing organization can
borrow ideas from this organization because they largely enhance the
performance of the venture. For example, establishment of culture is beneficial
towards establishing a repo with the environment. The usage of culture is a
marketing aspect that enables user of Apple gadgets to experience the touch of
locality and the sense of belonging. These aspects can be borrowed by other
organization to aid them increasing their sales values.
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