Trust or Power

'Trust or Power'

What is more effective in coordinating social relationships in a successful private sector organization?

Introduction

There is no longer a secret the fact that the most difficult work is the one with humans. People are very different from each other and so are the organizations that come in many shapes and sizes. A company, an organization or a firm is an economic entity with unique management. A private organization has one or more owners, each holding a percentage of company shares. With ownership in more than one hands, it is imperative that the leaders and subordiantes will also come from more than one background, and hence will bring varied sets of culture, ethos and relationship buidling styles. Thus, bringing an important question: What is more effective in coordinating social relationships in a successful private sector organization? Is it Trust or is it Power? The purpose of this essay is to raise awareness of the social relationships in privately held companies and present the most effective methods whereby these relationships can be managed more productively and more efficiently.

Insertion To Organizational Behavior

An organization is a collection of people who work together and coordinate their actions to achieve a wide variety of goals. Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of the many factors that have an impact on how people as individuals or a group act, think, feel and respond to work, and how privately held companies respond to their environments. Understanding how people behave in a firm is important because most people work for a company at some point in their lives and are affected - both positively and negatively - by their experiences in it. An understanding of a firm’s form and structure can help people to enhance the positive and also while reduce the negative effects of working in organizations.

The study of a firm’s form provides guidelines that help people at work to understand and appreciate the...