13 Organizational Structure LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Describe three types of coordination in organizational structures. 2. Justify the optimal span of control in a given situation. 3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of centralization and formalization. 4. Distinguish organic from mechanistic organizational structures. 5. Identify and evaluate the six pure types of departmentalization. 6. Describe three variations of divisional structure
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What are the factors which determine an organizational culture? Culture represents the beliefs‚ ideologies‚ policies‚ practices of an organization. It gives the employees a sense of direction and also controls the way they behave with each other. The work culture brings all the employees on a common platform and unites them at the workplace. There are several factors which affect the organization culture: ▪ The first and the foremost factor affecting culture is the individual working
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The Maltz Hierarchy of Sexual Interaction is an attempt to offer both men and women‚ regardless of sexual orientation‚ a progressive framework for understanding and evaluating sexual behavior. Because it describes conditions for optimum sexual interaction‚ it can help individuals grow and evolve as sexual beings‚ channeling their sexual energy toward more deeply fulfilling interpersonal experiences. An example for each level of hierarchy... Level +1: Role Fulfillment -- The first level on the path
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specification which in turn helps to hire the right quality of work force into the organization at right place and with the right skills. Job description and job specification further gives conclusions for job evaluation. In the fields of Human Resource (HR)‚ job analysis is often used to gather information for use in personnel selection‚ training‚ classification‚ and compensation and salary. There are several ways to conduct a job analysis‚ including: interviews with incumbents and supervisors‚ group
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs can be a valuable aid when dealing with the process of education. Achieving each of the levels of Maslow’s needs- physiological‚ safety‚ social‚ esteem‚ and self-actualization- at different times in the educational process makes it difficult to instruct a group of students‚ each in their own place along Maslow’s pyramid. According to his theory‚ needs that are in the lower hierarchy must be at least partially met before a person will try to satisfy higher- level needs.
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with authority comes power and in order to gain authority and power is to implement a structure strategy in an organisation. Hence‚ the strategy that is based on hierarchy through the management such as the level of management is established. For example employee is the most basic‚ manager is the level above employee‚ and CEO is the level above manager (Hatch and Cunliffe 2006). Additionally‚ in order to maintain authority and power‚ modernist believe in adopting strategy such as time motion studies
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develop student’s skills for influencing & managing groups‚ thereby enhancing personal and interpersonal skills. Pedagogy: The course is designed to introduce the field of Organizational Behavior‚ giving special attention to the major challenges and the paradigm shift facing today ’s management - to present the organizational behavior perspective for management through exercises‚ activities and simulations. An experiential learning methodology is adopted through the use of Case Studies‚ Group Discussions
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describe the culture and the organizational characteristics of a chosen organization‚ Publix Supermarkets. Detailed throughout will be the common characteristics of the organization as it operates on a day to day basis. Specifically the system based on individual units‚ rules and norms expected of the associates and supervisors as well as the hierarchy will be established for the reader to garner a better understanding. Furthermore‚ the communication networks‚ organizational orientation‚ approaches to
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Caste: Social and Gender Hierarchies The fundamental issues of caste not only affect the privileged and the working peoples‚ ethnic and racial minorities‚ and religious piety‚ but also the roles of men and women within the framework of gender relations. Through male domination of the public sphere‚ specific female roles were constructed. The primary concept of caste supported depictions of oppressed and subordinate women‚ which can be examined through the early literature of India. Women were no
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Google Company‚ its organizational culture‚ its recruitment & selection process‚ to discuss the concept of empowerment and its relevance to Google‚ to discuss the management problems that Google faces in the coming years because of growth rate. The information about co-founders of Google is given. Their backgrounds and their experiences about how to create Google are introduced. Since a company’s organizational culture is very important for its success‚ Google’s organizational culture is deeply
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