CHAPTER 15: FOUNDATION OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE What Is Organizational Structure? Organizational Structure Defines how job tasks are formally divided‚ grouped‚ and coordinated. There are six key elements that managers need to address when they design their org.’s structure. Key Elements: 1.Work specialization 2.Departmentalization 3.Chain of command 4.Span of control 5.Centralization and decentralization 6.Formalization Work Specialization The degree to which tasks in the organization
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have been arrested and charged with stealing more than $170 million from the company as well as more than $430 million through false sales of Tyco stock and covering the information from shareholders. Kozlowski and Swartz were charged with more than thirty counts of wrong doing. Hence‚ Tyco scandal was one of the most notorious of the early 2000s. Consequently‚ companies need to be alert of any changes in their culture‚ predominantly with regard to ethical behavior. For example‚ according to George
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Chapter 10 Organizational Structure and Design True/False Questions DEFINING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 1. Organizational design is the organization’s formal framework by which job tasks are divided‚ grouped‚ and coordinated. (False; difficult; p. 266) 2. Organizational structure is the degree to which tasks in an organization are divided into separate jobs. (False; moderate; p. 266) 3. The concept of work specialization can be traced back a couple of centuries to Adam Smith’s discussion
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customers‚ clients‚ and the community. For those that consist of more than one person‚ internal as well as external relationships have to be created and maintained. Organisations therefore consist of individuals‚ groups‚ and relationships. Objectives‚ structures‚ systems and processes are then created to give direction and order to activities and interactions. OB is thus of great concern to anyone who organises‚ creates‚ orders‚ directs‚ manages‚ or supervises the activities of others. It is also of concern
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Contents Concept of Culture 2 What is Organizational Culture 3 The Internet and Organizational Culture 3 Cultural Change 5 The Classical Approach to Cultural Description 5 New Ways of Describing Culture 6 Culture as Emergence 7 Steps in Organizational Culture Change 8 Managing Organization Cultural Change 8 Bibliography 12 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT Concept of Culture The concept of culture is complex and definitions of culture vary. The anthropologist
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is the 3M culture. The official vision statement is “to be the most innovative enterprise in the world”‚ and 3M’s basic definition is: “new ideas +action or implementation which results in an improvement‚ gain‚ or profit”. 3M has also coined the word “inventorpreneur” for those who invent and implement. The culture encourages stubborn persistence amongst employees to accept and promote their ideas - “do your own thing”. The culture is taught and conveyed through stories and myth about 3M inventorpreneurs
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1. Describe the culture of Virgin group by seven dimension of organization culture. Organizational culture has been described as the shared values‚ principles‚ traditions‚ and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act. Actually‚ it can divided seven dimension of organizational culture which are attention to detail‚ outcome orientation‚ people orientation‚ team orientation‚ aggressiveness‚ stability and innovation and risk taking‚ and now I will use these seven dimensions
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Art Fry was in search of a bookmark for his church hymnal that would neither fall out nor damage the hymnal. Fry noticed that a colleague at 3M®‚ Dr. Spencer Silver‚ had developed an adhesive that was strong enough to stick to surfaces‚ but left no residue after removal and could be repositioned. Fry took some of Dr. Silver’s adhesive and applied it along the edge of a piece of paper. The
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The Role of the Organizational Structure An organizational structure can be either flat or tall‚ depending on the number of employees in the company. Flat structures are best for very small companies‚ as they usually have only one person responsible for each functional area‚ like marketing. Small companies can also have tall organizations‚ which are typically organized by functional area‚ specific products or a combination of the two‚ called a matrix organization. There are several key roles for
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P1.Explore organisation structure and culture: INTRODUCTION: All talk about organizations relies on abstract conceptions‚ using words and their meanings‚ to make sense systematically of our experience and observations of people doing things together. A great deal of organizational life can be described and‚ more importantly‚ sometimes even understood‚ predicted‚ and influenced‚ with abstract ideas about structure and culture. While there is no universal agreement or consistency in definitions
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