Organizational Culture, Structure & Design
Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, STRUCTURE & DESIGN
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Organizational Culture, Structure & Design Satish kumar Gummalla University Canada West Instructor: Liz Wiebe Business Fundamentals MBA 549, Section B March 17, 2011
Satish Kumar Gummalla (1010863)
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, STRUCTURE & DESIGN Abstract Organizational structure defines the attitude, values and core competencies of an organization. The structure in a way forms the culture for that organization which invisibly exists. The culture plays an important role for the healthy functioning of an organization since the employees correlate themselves based on the values and beliefs of that organization. The operation functions such as finance, human resources and marketing impact the structure of an organization and depicts the kind of structure the organization has adopted. The design forms the blueprint for the organizational structure. In this paper we have enlightened the organizational culture, structure and design of Sears Canada Inc.…
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The highly centralised structure of Sears Canada Inc. has been depicted and various other theories that are evident in the functioning have been described. Keywords: Organizational Culture, Organizational Structure & Design, Fayol`s principles, Traditional Organization and Departmentalization.
Satish Kumar Gummalla (1010863)
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, STRUCTURE & DESIGN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, STRUCTURE & DESIGN Introduction "An ethereal world created by unwritten lines of power. Merely called Culture” (Satish, 2011) Sears Canada Inc. is a mid-market and a catalogue retailer. It started its operations as Simpsons-
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Sears Limited in 1952. The company was a joint venture between Robert Simpsons Company a Canadian store retailer and Sears, Roebuck and Co. of the United States. The purpose of this joint venture was to leverage the buying power and organization of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and take over the Simpsons
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Organizational Culture, Structure & Design Satish kumar Gummalla University Canada West Instructor: Liz Wiebe Business Fundamentals MBA 549, Section B March 17, 2011
Satish Kumar Gummalla (1010863)
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, STRUCTURE & DESIGN Abstract Organizational structure defines the attitude, values and core competencies of an organization. The structure in a way forms the culture for that organization which invisibly exists. The culture plays an important role for the healthy functioning of an organization since the employees correlate themselves based on the values and beliefs of that organization. The operation functions such as finance, human resources and marketing impact the structure of an organization and depicts the kind of structure the organization has adopted. The design forms the blueprint for the organizational structure. In this paper we have enlightened the organizational culture, structure and design of Sears Canada Inc.…
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The highly centralised structure of Sears Canada Inc. has been depicted and various other theories that are evident in the functioning have been described. Keywords: Organizational Culture, Organizational Structure & Design, Fayol`s principles, Traditional Organization and Departmentalization.
Satish Kumar Gummalla (1010863)
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, STRUCTURE & DESIGN ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, STRUCTURE & DESIGN Introduction "An ethereal world created by unwritten lines of power. Merely called Culture” (Satish, 2011) Sears Canada Inc. is a mid-market and a catalogue retailer. It started its operations as Simpsons-
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Sears Limited in 1952. The company was a joint venture between Robert Simpsons Company a Canadian store retailer and Sears, Roebuck and Co. of the United States. The purpose of this joint venture was to leverage the buying power and organization of Sears, Roebuck and Co. and take over the Simpsons
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