Organizational Design and Organizational Structure 1. Organizational Design - management decisions and actions that result in a specific organization structure. Four Design Decisions 1. Division of Labor – process of dividing work into relatively specialized jobs to achieve advantages of specialization. Division of labor in organization can occur in three different ways: a. Work can be divided into different personal specialties. b. Work can be divided into different activities necessitated
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ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE An organization is a pattern of relationships-many interwoven‚ simultaneous relationships- through which people‚ under the direction of managers‚ pursue their common goals. These goals are the products of the decision - making processes. The goals that managers develop through planning are typically ambitious‚ far-reaching‚ and open-ended. Managers want to ensure that their organizations can endure for a long time. Members of an organization
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British Petroleum “BP” Oil Spill On April 20th 2010‚ British Petroleum better known as BP had an extremely destructive impact on the environment and the livelihood of those in Gulf Coast area of Louisiana‚ Mississippi and Florida. BP’s Deep-water Horizon oil rig was located offshore‚ 52 miles off the southeast coast of Venice‚ Louisiana. An explosion on the Deep-water Horizon oil rig caused a massive fire that claimed the lives of eleven BP workers. After 36 hours of burning‚ the Deep-water Horizon
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum British Petroleum (BP) reputation was put to the test in 2005 when a major explosion at one of the refineries in Texas exploded killing 15 people and injuring more than 180. Investigations returned a history of poorly regulated safety measures and facilities’ safety compromised in favor of profits‚ cost savings‚ and lack of supervised management. Two years later‚ Lord John Browne announces an early retirement before a
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British Petroleum (BP) Case Study Executive Summary This case study report examined a public relation management problem that British Petroleum (BP) faced since the oil spill accident happened in April‚ 2010. In addition‚ this thesis recommended possible solutions and implementation plans for BP to deal with the public crisis. On April 20‚ the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to the largest accidental release of oil into marine waters in history. As a
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BP is a British global energy company which is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world. As a multinational oil company‚ BP is the UK ’s largest corporation‚ with its headquarters in St James ’s‚ City of Westminster‚ London. BP America ’s headquarters is in the One Westlake Park in the Energy Corridor area of Houston‚ Texas; the company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world‚ and one of the six leaders. In order to project social
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The architecture of British politics The british political system is made up of houses of parliament and regional assemblies in Scotland‚ wales and northern Ireland. where members of parliament (MP’s) discuss four main issues legislation‚ representation‚ investigation and financing. The houses of commons The houses of commons is part of the process of british politics. The house of commons currently holds 647 mp’s in parliament which act as a political forum for Britain. Where MP’s can scrutinise
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McDonald’s Organizational Structure and Response to Environmental Challenges McDonald’s Organizational Structure and Response to Environmental Challenges The first McDonald’s opened in 1955‚ in Des Plaines‚ Illinois. The organization has maintained a history of steady improvement and consistency within its organizational efficiency and products from its inception. McDonald’s invests greatly in their training program to ensure that employees properly perform their assigned duties according to
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Caterpillar’s Organizational Structure Caterpillar is a corporation that designs‚ manufactures and sells diesel and natural gas engines‚ construction‚ and mining equipment. Since the year 1905 Caterpillar has been a corporation that has evolved by making significant improvements to its machinery by taking advantage of the available technology‚ and it has had the ability to adapt to the dynamic changes and demands of the construction industry. Many significant events have occurred in this business
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Organizational Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Process^ RAYMOND E. MILES University of California‚ Berkeley CHARLES C. SNOW The Pennsylvania State University ALAN D. MEYER University of Wisconsin‚ Milwaukee HENRY J. COLEMAN JR. University of California‚ Berkeley Organizational adaptation is a topic that has received only limited and fragmented theoretical treatment. Any attempt to examine organiza-^ tional adaptation is difficult‚ since the process is highly complex and changeable. The proposed theoretical
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