Why is organizational structure important to organization? What does an organizational chart shows? Organizational structure is very important to an organization. An organizational structure should enable the organization to change or to respond according to its environment. If it is very effective it is called a flexible structure. Mainly there are two types of structures. They are organic structure and mechanistic structure. Organic Structure – an organizational structure that is free flowing
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performance of employees depends on the strength of the organizations culture. Organizational culture as defined by Landy (2012‚ p.565) refers to the shared beliefs and values of the managers and leaders in the organization that are commuted to the employees. Put another way‚ organizational culture reflects the personality of the organization. Asda have defined their values to customers and employees which influence the organizations culture. They believe to provide excellent services to their customers
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Organization Structures Geographic Organizational Structure is used for organizations that have offices or business units in different geographic locations. Customer Organizational Structure an example of this would be in healthcare. A patient seen as an outpatient has very different needs than those of patients who spend time in the hospital as inpatients. A customer centered structure creates customized care for those patients. The advantage of this type of structure is that it specializes in
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Organizational Structure Paper MGT230 6/19/2012 Sylvestor Taylor Organizational Structure Paper The organizational structure of the company can determine how successful the business is run. Organizational structure refers to the inner workings of the company such as decisions being made. This can be determined either by hierarchy or departmentalization. Apple is a company that has a successful organizational structure determined by Steve Jobs who passed in October of 2011. Apple’s organizational
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Organizational Culture Inventory The organization I chose to study is T-Mobile USA. I have been working for T-Mobile for almost 5 years now. T-Mobile USA is a telecommunications provider. It’s a subsidiary of Deutshe Telekom in Germany. T-Mobile sells cell phones and provides mobile network service for its customers. I am a technical support representative in one of the many call centers. I have been there through many organizational changes. As shown in the OCI Circumplex‚ the primary style of
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Motivation and Organizational Culture HCA/250 March 14‚ 2014 Drew Barnes Motivation and Organizational Culture A psychologically safe and healthy workplace is one that promotes the well-being of an individual. It is creating an environment that is enjoyable and respectful of all people‚ regardless of cultural or ethical differences. Japanese immigrant‚ Ayame Nakamura‚ is employed as a pharmaceutical project manager in California. The confrontational management style interferes with Ayame’s
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MANAGEMENT 230 WEEK 6 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE An 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 such as Barnes and Noble‚ decisions have to be made about the delegation of various tasks. Thus‚ procedures are established that assign responsibilities
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The team-based organizational structure emerged during the 1990s and was implemented by large corporations such as Ford‚ Proctor and Gamble and General Motors due to its success‚ according to allbusiness.com. The team-based organizational structure was able to address various issues within larger organizations such as internal and interdepartmental communication. It is now a widely used structure in large and small businesses. Definition Team-based organizational structure is the use of various
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An organization’s structure influences the flow of information throughout the firm and determines who reports to whom. In some firms‚ decision-making powers are concentrated at the upper echelons of the organization‚ whereas in others‚ this role is distributed among various management levels in the organization. A lateral organization a structure embraces decentralization whereby various departments work together in order to achieve common organizational goals (Hall‚ 1972). For an organization to
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Organizational Culture Inventory Introduction The unit I selected to study is the Sales and Service department of the organization where I am employed‚ Verizon Telecommunications. It is the customer service department in which customers call in to order new service‚ add services or products to existing service‚ and report any questions‚ comments or complaints. In addition to placing orders for services‚ if a customer has a problem or a technical issue‚ my job is to analyze the problem or issue
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