Benefits & Disadvantages of a Functional Organizational Structure The functional organizational structure groups employees according to broad business activities‚ resulting in departments such as finance‚ marketing and production. These departments might be further divided‚ depending on a company’s size and needs. Departmental managers supervise a wide base of employees below them. These managers are in turn supervised by more-powerful managers‚ who answer to one powerful boss‚ perhaps a CEO
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RESOURCE MANUAL CHAPTER TWO The Organizational Context: Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Culture To Accompany PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Achieving Competitive Advantage By Jeffrey K. Pinto CHAPTER TWO PROJECT PROFILE: Project Management Improves Lenovo’s Bottom Line INTRODUCTION 2.1 PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY 2.2 STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT Identifying Project Stakeholders Managing Stakeholders 2.3 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 2.4 FORMS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Functional Organizations Project
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Organizational Structure Throughout the last three to four decades‚ since Walt Disney World opened its theme park in 1971‚ the park has undergone an incredible transformation. When the park originally opened only three rides were available and now after adding new rides‚ attractions‚ and other developments‚ there is over forty seven square miles of space. Not only is there the actual theme parks themselves‚ but Disney also branches out into resorts‚ hotels‚ golf courses‚ campgrounds‚ water parks
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The efficient design of structure of any organization requires the analysis involving some parameters and hypothesis. The main factors presented by MINTZBERG with the respective hypotheses (from H1 to H16) associated to the organizational configurations structures are the following: - Related to the age and size of the organization. H1: How much older‚ more formalized will be the behavior of the people from the organization. H2: The organizational structure reflects the time of the sector. H3: How
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Organization Theory – Alibaba case: “Why organizational structure affected Alibaba’s IPO” Introduction and Historical Overview Over recent years the external environment and the marketplace have become increasingly dynamic and competitive‚ with progressive consolidation of the market leaders and continuing need of companies to adapt their structure towards our demanding society. This trend has led Alibaba Group Holding ltd. to conduct some organizational considerations before being listed on the
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Restructuring the organizational structure at Kimberly-Clark In 2003‚Kimberly-Clark the maker of paper products including Kleenex‚ Haggis ‚ and Depends‚ announced it was creating a radical new structure to shore up parts of its business that were performing poorly by restructuring its product into three categories .The categories were” grow‚” “sustain‚” and “fix”-somewhat unconventional categories. They weren’t devised based on product type‚ customers‚ or the geographic location is which Kimberly-Clark
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A project organization is a structure that facilitates the coordination and implementation of project activities. Its main incentive is to create an environment that encourages interactions among the project personnel with a minimum amount of distractions‚ overlaps and conflicts. At the start of every project‚ it is important to first select the organization structure. On the basis of unique characteristics of the project‚ each project structure various forms its own advantages and disadvantages
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Technology in Education Technology has revolutionized the classroom but is not without its disadvantages--not in its use‚ but in what its use replaces. Many classrooms are being retrofitted with Smartboards and computers but they cannot replace old methods of teaching. 1. Potential o The technology available today has made a wealth of knowledge available to students‚ which offers great potential for the speed and style of learning. Information is presented in
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Factors that influence the selection of an Organizational Structure The first factor that I think has an influence on selecting an Organizational Structure would be strategy. Strategy determines how an organization is going to position itself in the market in terms of its products. There are two types of strategy: differentiation and cost-leadership. Differentiation strategy is when an organization wants to have the newest and best product. Cost-leadership strategy is when the organization
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1.Does the organizational design of this corporation help or hinder it in achieving its organizational goals? Continental Airlines utilizes a divisional structure relative to the management of its various entities. This structural design is due to the complex nature of the aviation industry as well as the autonomy required in operating a twenty-four hour a day‚ seven day per week worldwide business. In my opinion‚ the structural design of this organization with the exception of Continental Express
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