Organizational structures developed from the ancient times of hunters and collectors in tribal organizations through highly royal and clerical power structures to industrial structures and today’s post-industrial structures. [edit] Organizational structure types [edit] Pre-bureaucratic structures Pre-bureaucratic (entrepreneurial) structures lack standardization of tasks. This structure is most common in smaller organizations and is best used to solve simple tasks. The structure is totally centralized
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Organizational structure An organizational structure consists of activities such as task allocation‚ coordination and supervision‚ which are directed towards the achievement of organizational aims.[1] It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its environment.[2] Many organizations have hierarchical structures‚ but not all. Organizations are a variant of clustered entities. An organization can be structured in many different
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A NEW KIND OF STRUCTURE CASE STUDY Question 1: Describe and evaluate what Pfizer is doing? Pfizer is the world’s largest research -based pharmaceuticals firm and also a well-known pharmaceutical company. So their most of the work depends on research‚ developing strategies and innovate. They were trying to find a new way of system which makes their work more effective and efficient. Pfizer find out that their worker spends more time on business research and data analysis to the creation of documents
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Rafael Mendoza 11/28/2012 A company’s organizational structure can determine how effective its management department will be in implementing and executing company decisions. Without a great structure the company may lose its finances‚ by being inefficient. With that in mind‚ a company’s organizational structure is geared towards making the company more efficient and successful. UPS like all major organizations has to keep their organizational structure with the times in order to stay productive
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Organizational Structure Defined An organizational structure is a composition that specifies a company’s hierarchical structure. There are various kinds of conformations that organizations can choose to build their business around. The organizational structure exemplifies the way in which control and business affairs have been appointed within the organization. Organizational structure encompasses the design of an organization though people positioning and responsibilities in order
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Organizational Structure The United States Army is a hierarchical structure when it comes to chain of command. To fight a war the U.S. Army deploys a variety of specialized systems and soldiers to the battlefield. To do this the US Army has adopted the divisional organizational structure. The Army is divisional but is structured as a functional structure; Army‚ Corps‚ Division‚ Brigade‚ battalion‚ company‚ platoon‚ and squad (Powers‚ 2012). An Army with a divisional structure therefore has a subset
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A New Kind of Structure 1. Describe and evaluate what Pfizer is doing. What Jordan Cohen has created at Pfizer is a network organization. It’s a form of the boundaryless organization structure where company employees concentrate on the important aspects of the job‚ i.e. those elements that are related to the company’s core competencies‚ and other tasks are outsourced to another organization. 2. What structural implications—good and bad—does this approach have? (Think in terms of the six organizational
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Organizational structure is the way a business organizes their companies and employees so work and goals can be accomplished on a short and long term basis. They are determined and influenced by certain functions within the organization. These functions include marketing‚ finance‚ human resources‚ and operations. Also to determine the design of the structure for the organization your look at the geographic‚ customer-base‚ products and services offered‚ separate departments‚ and more. In this paper
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Much has been written on organizational structure and change management. Research commonly breaks down organizations into stages of growth or phases in a life cycle using varying factors and benchmarks. Depending on the article‚ the organization can be in any number of stages. However‚ there are definite commonalities that can be concluded amongst the differing research. For the purposes of our project‚ we focused on three articles that helped determine where STSM is and how our recommended changes
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Organizational Structure By: Brian G. Nordmann August 24‚ 2004 With every business that wants to grow and be profitable comes the inevitable‚ and that is change. Change is part of any organization be it a religious‚ educational‚ familial or our work environment. Without change we would not have walked on the moon‚ broken Olympic records or even have on-line classrooms. Change is not the challenge; it is managing that change as individuals that may be detrimental to the organization. Kurt
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