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Lingkungan Organisasi

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Main ideas / lessons

  • Organizations are systems with internal parts, but they are not isolated.

    • An organization contains interconnected subsystems.
    • Even though it’s a system, it remains affected by external forces called the environment (environment/“other factors” outside the organization).

  • Organizational environment affects performance and effectiveness, including:

    • Inputs (what goes into the organization)
    • Processes/operations (how the organization works)
    • Outputs (products/services and final results)

  • Organizations must adapt to their environment to survive and remain effective.

What “environment” means in this lecture

  • Environment = factors outside the organization that influence it.

  • Important clarification: do not interpret “outside” only as outside the building/fence.

    • Environment can also include things happening within the organization that later affect how people interpret threats/opportunities.

  • Environment influences organizational structure choices, such as whether the organization is:

    • Centralized vs. decentralized
    • Using centralized leadership (one head) vs. multiple heads/units

Categories/examples of environmental factors

1) General environment vs. specific environment

  • General environment (broad, common influences) Examples given:

    • Economic factors (e.g., reduced purchasing power, layoffs)
    • Social factors
    • Cultural factors
    • Political factors
    • Legal factors
    • Technological changes (e.g., growth of the internet)
    • Pandemic-related conditions (economic and social impacts)
    • Government policy / technological use to increase transparency/accountability (e.g., websites/online systems)

  • Specific environment (more direct, affects particular organizations) Examples given:

    • Customers/young consumers
    • Suppliers
    • Labor unions
    • Surrounding community
    • Competitors
    • Government organizations around the company

2) “Real environment” vs. “virtual environment” (different perceptions)

  • Real environment = what managers perceive as threats/opportunities (actively influencing decisions).

  • Virtual environment = what employees/staff perceive as not threatening (or not strongly affecting them).

  • Example pattern:

    • Managers may see the trade union as a threat, while employees see it as not threatening.

  • Also, different leaders can perceive the same situation differently:

    • One side sees declining conditions as a threat,
    • another sees it as an opportunity to improve the company’s image through community support.

Environmental uncertainty: static vs. dynamic

  • Organizations face different environments in terms of change predictability:

    • Static environment

      • Changes are slow or minimal
      • Example characteristics mentioned:
        • No new competitors
        • No significant technological changes
        • No strong public pressure/influence from other organizations
      • Example industries suggested: mining/oil/gas (extract/sell; relatively stable over time)

    • Dynamic environment

      • Changes are fast and require quick adaptation
      • Example sector: IT (rapid mobile/app/technology changes)
      • Example outcome mentioned: companies that fail to adapt lose (e.g., Nokia cited)

  • Dynamic environment also includes regulation uncertainty and policy changes, with operational consequences (e.g., airline testing requirements changing quickly).

  • Consumer preference shifts can also create dynamism (e.g., thrift/vintage/secondhand goods becoming a lifestyle).

Frameworks of how environment affects organizational structure

A) Mechanical vs. Organic structures (core pairing)

  • Mechanical structure

    • Routine/repeated activities
    • Slow response to change
    • Communication tends to be vertical (orders flow downward)
    • High formalization (clear job descriptions and roles)
    • Based more on authority
    • Typically centralized

  • Organic structure

    • Flexible and adaptive
    • Prioritizes expertise/knowledge rather than position authority
    • Communication emphasizes information exchange
    • Lower reliance on orders
    • Less rigid/less formalized role boundaries
    • More commonly decentralized (distributed decision-making)

  • Key principle:

    • Mechanical fits static environments
    • Organic fits dynamic environments

  • Additional note:

    • In reality, organizations are rarely purely mechanical or purely organic; they often fall somewhere in between.

B) Emery & Trist: environmental classification (4 types)

The lecture describes four environment types and the implied structural response:

  1. Random

    • Static/weakly changing; not threatening effectiveness
    • (Implied fit): more stable orientation

  2. Clustered

    • Static overall, but changes are grouped and threats are more structured
    • (Implied fit): more centralized structure

  3. Reactive (dynamic)

    • More competition; requires flexibility
    • (Implied fit): decentralized structure; organic-like response

  4. Turbulent

    • Most dynamic + high uncertainty
    • Organizations must introduce new services/products to survive
    • (Implied fit): high flexibility, organic/decentralized approach

Detailed bullet list: the “key factors” about organizational environment (3-part conclusion)

  1. Capacity

    • The environment’s ability to create growth.
    • Example contrast:
      • Telephone/mobile industry grows quickly due to fast technology development
      • Oil & gas suggested as slower relative growth

  2. Instability / volatility (uncertainty)

    • How unpredictable the environment is.
    • High uncertainty → more dynamic environment
    • Low uncertainty → more static environment

  3. Complexity

    • Diversity/heterogeneity of environmental elements.
    • Example contrast:
      • Tobacco industry described as more stable/homogeneous
      • Computer software described as broader/diverse (work, gaming, audiovisual editing needs, etc.)

Relationship among environment, structure, and design (3 correlations)

  1. Environment + complexity → differentiation

    • If uncertainty and complexity are high:
      • create new units, divisions, agencies
      • train employees for new specializations

  2. Environment + formalization

    • Stable environment → can require higher formalization
    • More unstable environment → should use lower formalization to remain flexible

  3. Environment + centralization

    • More complex environments → tend to require more decentralized structures
    • More static environments → tend to allow more centralized structures

Overall conclusions stated in the lecture

  • Environment = everything outside the organization, but “outside” should be interpreted broadly (not only physical location).

    • Example given: labor unions can be part of the organizational environment even if they are inside the organizational body.

  • Different environments bring different uncertainties and complexity, so they require different structures.

  • Dynamic environments exert more influence than static ones, requiring faster organizational growth/adaptation.
  • The more complex the environment, the more the organization should respond with decentralized and organic (flexible) structures.
  • Decision-making should be faster in high-uncertainty contexts, avoiding delays caused by overly hierarchical chains.

Speakers / sources featured

  • Speaker: The course lecturer (name not provided; subtitles show “raisa6690” as the channel/host label).
  • Sources/frameworks referenced:
    • Burns & Stalker (mechanistic vs. organic structures)
    • Emery & Trist (4 types of environmental classifications: random, clustered, reactive, turbulent)

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