An article presentation on- The New Society Of Organizations

By: Peter F Drucker

Presentated to: Dr. Janaki Naik

Presentated by: Tulika Raj

INTRODUCTION OF THE ARTICLE

The article was written in 1993 by Peter Drucker. The article talks about the changing society of the organizations. It encompasses features like Organization Society Social responsibility Power Science and technology Innovation Social power

CHANGE IS CONSTANT
Every few hundred years as we move down the history, a sharp transformation has occurred, even the coming fifty years would experience a new change all together. There has been a period of transformation amongst Society Organization Technology Knowledge

Why the transformation took place?

The First Industrial Revolution, which began in the 18th century, merged into the Second Industrial Revolution around 1850, when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered ships, railways, and later in the 19th century with the internal combustion engine and electrical power generation. Hence forth, knowledge was becoming the primary resource for all the individual.

 World war II Enormous technological progress was made during the war. The English developed radar which would be the forerunner of television. Progress in electronics and computers, made during the war, provided a foundation for further development which fundamentally transformed the post war world. Resulted into the tension of stability Organization Individual Society

Restriction to change Reorganization of things were required Estabilishment of relationships Responsibility towards society Performance as team Learning new skills Adaptation of change by the society.

MANAGERS MUST LEARN TO ASK EVERY FEW YEARS,IF WE DID NOT DO THIS ALREADY, WOULD WE GO INTO IT NOW? Organization must adopt three systematic practices: Continuous improvement-kaizen Exploit knowledge Innovation Decentralization

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Need to make decisions about people Misuse of power should avoided. The impact of organization on employees, customer and environment Tackle major social ills ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY A Business that does not show a profit of at least its cost of capital is irresponsible. Economic performance is the base without which a business cannot discharge any of its responsibilities, Cannot be a good employee, a good citizen, a good neighbor.

The Changed Organization In our organization everything revolves round the customers People are our greatest asset Knowledge integrated to task Era of specialization Leadership Changed style of decision making Concept of Employees changed

Modern society problem

As far as the employees who work in subordinate and menial occupations are concerned -- the salesclerk in the supermarket, the cleaning woman in the hospital, the delivery-truck driver -- the consequences of this new definition are small. For all practical purposes, their position may not be too different from that of the wage earner, the "worker" of yesterday, whose direct descendants they are. In fact, this is precisely one of the central social problems modern society faces.

 Problem of organizational structure Transformation from boss and subordinates to team. Restriction to change and learning Adaptation of innovation Sense of ownership amongst employees as executives. Formation of unions and

CONCLUSION Great strength is only possible because of the specialized, single-task organizations that have developed since the Industrial Revolution. But the feature that gives them the capacity to perform is precisely that each is autonomous and specialized, informed only by its own narrow mission and vision, its own

MAPPING
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT HAWTHORNE STUDIES CONTINGENCY THEORY ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE TEAM WORK LEADERSHIP INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS RECRUITMENT PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL TRAINING MOTIVATION