Team Discussion Questions

The Classical Perspective on Organizing

  1. What are examples of bureaucratic management you have seen in your work?  At Monmouth College.  Were the effective in meeting organizational goals?  individual goals?
     

  2. Can you identify some specific problems that bureaucratic and scientific management methods cause for the organizational? for the individuals?  for society?
     

  3. Describe an incident in which an organization you are familiar with seemed to suffer from lack of effective downward communication.  What happened?
     
  4. Describe an incident in which an organization you are familiar with seemed to suffer from lack of sufficient upward communication.  What happened?
     

All Teams:  What are some ways to overcome problems with upward and downward communication?