2013 Goodman School of Business Brock University Instructor: Dr. H.F. (Herb) MacKenzie 1. Define and explain four of the following five concepts (2-1/2 marks each): a. expectancy theory b. contingency planning c. degree of centralization/decentralization d. contingent worker e. entrepreneurial characteristics 2. Departmentalization means breaking workers into logical groups. A number of different options make sense‚ depending on the organization. List five types of departmentalization
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of Control – Number of employees that report to a given supervisor Flat vs. Tall Hierarchy – flat has narrow span of control Tall has wide span of control Centralization – Extent to which decision-making authority is centralized in a few individuals vs. spread out Benefits of centralized vs. de-centralized – is decentralization always good? Formalization – Extent to which organization relies on rules and procedures High formalization – specific procedures to follow for any situation‚
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non-financial measures than those which are applying traditional performance measurement approaches. This research project also shows that there are some significant relationships between the types of measures and contextual factors like strategy‚ decentralization and environmental uncertainty. This research finally demonstrates clearly that there is
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level of air pollution. The Forestry Commission is structured by geography into three national committees for Scotland‚ England and Wales but still under the Broad of Commission as a whole‚ which brings about two main advantages from decentralization and centralization. The case study also shows how staffs’ performance builds up sustainability. Although each member has separate position‚ all is still in common to create the organizational values based on teamwork‚ professionalism‚ respect and trust
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In search of political and social order Confucius (551-479 B.C.E.) and his school Confucius Educator and political advisor Sayings were compiled in the Analects by his disciples Confucian ideas Fundamentally moral and ethical in character Thoroughly practical: how to restore political and social order Concentrated on formation of junzi--"superior individuals" Edited and compiled the Zhou classics for his disciples to study Key Confucian values Ren--a sense of humanity‚ kindness‚ benevolence
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World Vision Case Study World Vision‚ Inc. was founded as a nonprofit corporation in 1950 by Bob Pierce‚ an American evangelist. As World Vision in the United States grew‚ World Vision organizations were formed in New Zealand‚ Australia‚ and Canada‚ which were primarily fund-raising partners‚ and World Vision
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Fayol’s 14 Principles of Management 1) Division of Work: This principle of Fayol tells us that as far as possible the whole work should be divided into different parts and each individual should be assigned only one part of the work according to his ability and taste rather than giving the whole work to one person. When we divide work then the efficiency will increase‚ such as increase in the quality of work‚ increase in the speed of production‚ decrease in the wastage of resources.
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among individuals or that this distribution has no high significance in their lives. In small power distance countries subordinates and superiors consider each other as existentially equal‚ and decentralization is popular‚ while large power distance countries subscribe to authority of bosses and centralization. Individualism vs. collectivism characterizes people’s esteem of individual activities and successes vs. the importance of their belonging to a social group. In an individualist culture people
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National Health Service or the Civil service‚ High Street banks‚ schools‚ colleges‚ airline companies‚ insurance companies have a quite different type of drive to their activities. Other types of organization appear to need‚ however‚ the strong centralization of the entrepreneurial form
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Essay by Bereketeab Yacob Yohannes Budget and budgetary control has being dealt with in different ways in literature‚ but basically there has being critics on traditional budgetary control as new issues raised with current more unpredictable global internationalized world markets. Virtually conventional budgeting has roughly some categories of criticism‚ one being that budgets by the time they are used their assumption are out-dated especially in rapidly changing environments‚ the second recurrent
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