ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Organizational structure refers to the way that an organization arranges people and jobs so that its work can be performed and its goals can be met. When a work group is very small and face-to-face communication is frequent‚ formal structure may be unnecessary‚ but in a larger organization decisions have to be made about the delegation of various tasks. Thus‚ procedures are established that assign responsibilities for various functions. It is these decisions that determine
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you to consider the basic structure of an organisation‚ and the much-maligned bureaucratic model in particular. (While it is fashionable‚ and ‘on-trend’‚ to deride bureaucracy‚ believe me – you will be working in one! So it’s important to consider the pros and cons of the model…) 4. Adler‚ P. S. (1999). Building better bureaucracies. Academy of Management Executive‚ 13 (4)‚ 36-47. 5. Anand‚ N. & Daft‚ R. L. (2007). What is the right organization design? Organizational Dynamics‚ 36 (4)‚ 329-344
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UNIT 1 ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AT THE ADVENT OF BRITISH RULE 1.0 ’ Objectives 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Mauryan and Gupta Administration 1.3 Major Characteristics of Moghul Administration 1.3.1 Role of the King 1.3.2 Bureaucracy 1.3.3 Army 1.3.4 Police 1.4 Structure of the Moghul Administrative System 1.4.1 Central Administration 1.4.2 Provincial Administration 1.4.3 District and Local Administration 1.5 Revenue Administration 1.5.1 Land Revenue as the Primary Source of Income 1.5.2 Types of Land Tenurial
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Executive Summary The Donor Services Department is an organization that seeks out sponsors to help with the funding of underprivileged families. They must do their best to maintain a constant flow of donors as well as keep track of their work. There are various components that keep this system at bay and it must be kept under control especially since they are planning on expanding. Prior to their expansion‚ the Executive Director of Donor Services‚ Sam Wilson‚ hired a consultant‚ Joanna Reed‚ to
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contribution to model building in Public Administration. There are seven models frequently used in studying comparative and development Administration. Out of these‚ Max Weber’s Bureaucratic model has the most popular use in comparative study of Bureaucracy. The other models by Dawn emphasis the importance of career interest. Riggs Charismatic Sala model is an intellectual creativity of model building. This is particularly with reference to the third world model. Similarly Dorsey’s Information Anarchy
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order to achieve the highest efficency‚ we should maximized the outputs and minimized the inputs. Organizational Structure As efficiency is the main value of managerial approach‚ organizations are suggeted to follow Max Weber’s “ideal-type bureaucracy” which stresses the funtional specialization for “efficiency”. Hierarchy adopt the effective coordination. Programs and funtions are clearly divided to organizational units with minimized overlaping. Postions are
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Resturant. 2. What kind of companies should use the machine bureaucracy form of structure? Uses elaborate work rules‚ considerable numbers of middle-line managers‚ and distinctive line and staff management configurations.” This structure would be best suited for any company that has a product‚ or products‚ that can be mass produced and have defined guidelines for production. When the company Intel first opened its doors the machine bureaucracy form of structure would have been perfect. It had one product
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Table of Contents SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM) 2 IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY IN MANAGEMENT 3 THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4 JOHN AKERS WAS A PRACTITIONER OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT 5 HOW BUREAUCRACY IN IBM RESULTED TO INEFFICIENCY 7 HENRI FAYOL’S PHILOSOPHY 10 THE MAIN LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS IN IBM 13 OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES/LESSONS IN THE CASE 15 SIMILAR CASE – UCHUMI SUPERMARKET 16 SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL
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4. Question : Why are small businesses dominated by the strategic apex? Student Answer: Smaller staffs report directly to management. They are more formal and complex. Authority is decentralized. They necessitate a machine bureaucracy. 5. Question : A manager’s span of control refers to Student Answer: how many subordinates she oversees what departments she supervises what expertise she brings to her position how long she has held her current position
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY ACADEMIC INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY VOLUME 14‚ NUMBER 1‚ 201 2 1 Mechanistic - Organic Organizations — A n Axiomatic Theory: Authority Based on Bureaucracy or Professional Norms Fred C. Lunenburg Sam Houston State University ABSTRACT M echanistic and organic organizations are opposite ends of a continuum of organizational structure possibilities. Mechanistic organizations are efficient‚ rigid‚ predictable‚ and standardized organizations. Specifically
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