5 This thesis deals with the importance of an organization and a strategic
management toward a goal. Working as a group will enhance the opportunity to accomplish the goal. Yet for more complicated goal and more people involved,
building an organization is necessary. A strategic management is needed to build an effective and efficient organization. Therefore, choosing this novel as a study on
organization will give better point of view about organization and strategic management.
1.2 Problem Formulation
Based on the background of the study, there are two problems that will be discussed in this study.
1.2.1 How is Maggie’s organization in Fern Michaels’ Deadly Deals described?
1.2.2 How does Maggie lead the organization to take down Baron Bell?
1.3 Objectives of the Study
Based on the problem formulation above, the first objective of this study is describing Maggie’s organization as seen in Fern Michaels’s Deadly Deals. The
second objective of this study is to find out Maggie’s effort to lead the organization to accomplish the organization goal.
1.4 Benefits of the Study
This study gives some benefits to the writer, the readers of Fern Michaels’ Deadly Deals
, the students of English Education Program, the students of Management Program, and future researchers. For the writer and the students of
Management Program, this study gives benefits about perspective of organization. Furthermore, it gives benefits about the importance of work groups to achieve a goal.
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6 This study also gives benefit about leadership and strategic management. For the
readers of Fern Michaels’ Deadly Deals, this study helps them to understand Maggie’s effort to lead her organization to take down Baron Bell. For the students of
English Education Program, this study helps them to give better understanding about organization and the group within the organization. The benefit for future researcher
is this study can be use as additional sources to analyze a novel related to organization, leadership, and strategic management. Moreover, the strategic
management and the work groups in this study can be use by organizations to build a competitive team.
1.5 Definition of Terms
In order to avoid misunderstanding, the writer tries to explain the definition of terms.
1.5.1 Organization
Daft 11 states that organizations are social entities that are goal-directed. Organizations are designed as deliberately structured and coordinated activity systems.
Organizations are linked to the external environment. An organization must cover those three elements. In this study, the theory of organization is applied to analyze Maggie’s
organization. 1.5.2
Work Groups According to Jennifer and Jones 311, group work can be defined as a set
of two or more people who interact with each other to achieve certain goals or meet certain needs. In this study, Maggie’s organization is divided into some
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7 small groups. Each group has specific tasks and has responsibility for the
organization’s goal. 1.5.3
Leadership Daft 5 defines leadership as an influence relationship among leaders and
followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes. In this study, the theory of leadership is used to analyze Maggie’s efforts to lead
her organization to take down Baron Bell. 1.5.4
Strategic Management According to David 5, strategic management can be defined as the art and
science of formulating, implementing, and evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives. In this study, the theory of strategic
management by David is applied to analyze Maggie’s steps to take down Baron Bell.
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CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter consists of review of literary theories, review of American modern social life, and theoretical framework. Review of literary theories presents a review of
theories of organization, work groups, leadership, and strategic management. Theoretical framework describes the summary of the theories to answer the problem formulation.
2.1 Review of Literary Theories
