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A 6 page paper discussing the points made by author William Ouchi in this article published in 1980. The paper defines and discusses markets, bureaucracies and clans as Ouchi uses the terms. The author holds that the organization itself does not need to move between these forms, but that managers can enhance effective control if they make decisions from one of these three perspectives based on existing external conditions. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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File: CC6_KSorgNatureClan.rtf
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(1980) addresses "conditions of extreme uncertainty and opportunism" (p. 139) that existed in 1980 in a degree that had never been seen before that time. Since then the business
community has seen "extreme uncertainty" that made that of 1980 seem not to be extreme at all. Psychologists tell us that there is no reality, only perception, and Ouchis
(1980) view of the organization and business environment a generation ago seems to confirm that position. Even though business conditions were not as
demanding in 1980 as they were to become in ensuing years, Ouchi (1980) nevertheless managed to arrive at a definition of the organization that would still be relevant a quarter-century
later. The Nature of the Organization Ouchi (1980) reviews theorists whose work 25 years on is old by any standards. Many of
the authors that Ouchi (1980) cites are theorists such as Bernard and Argyris from the 1960s and Mayo from 1945, all of whom remain relevant past the turn of the
new century in social terms if not in technology. Drawing on these and other classic theorists and examining the nature of business and
the organizations role as of 1980, Ouchi (1980) defines the organization as "any stable pattern of transactions between individuals or aggregations of individuals" (Ouchi, 1980; p. 140). Ouchi (1980)
maintains that the question asking why organizations exist generally can be assumed to be asking why bureaucratic organizations exist. This type of organization, according to Ouchi (1980), is the
"most efficient means for an equitable mediation of transactions between parties" (p. 140), whether the parties involved are individuals, other organizations or a combination of the two.
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