| Individual Assignment – Case 10 | Organizational Theory – BUSI 3103B | | Prof: Perley-Ann Friedman‚ TA: Mohamed Farazi | | Fidel Chika Tilije – 100765669 | 10/24/2010 | | INTRODUCTION Benson Metal Company makes a variety of metals that are purchased by manufacturers or specialized metal firms. It has been in existence for decades; thus‚ making it one of the five or six leading firms in the specialty steel industry. With such success‚ it has been listed on the stock exchange
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Organizational Behavior Organizational Power‚ Culture‚ and Politics Question 1: What power tactics can employees use to translate their power bases into specific actions and how does each one work? There are nine tactics that an employee can use to translate their power bases into specific actions. The tactics are legitimacy‚ rational persuasion‚ inspirational appeals‚ consultation‚ exchange‚ personal appeals‚ ingratiation‚ pressure‚ and coalitions. The first tactic‚ legitimacy is
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Organization Structure Paper Any successful company must rely on being well organized in order to be successful. The organization must have departments that have clear roles and descriptions on what each individual or department is assigned to do. Regardless of what the company or organization does‚ the organizational structure in each is similar somehow. This paper will discuss the organizations structure‚ and how the organizations functions create for a positive and encouraging environment for
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vertically or horizontally. Recently there has been an explosion of decentralization and movement towards flatter organizational structure. Just as the Toronto Dominion Tower has many levels to its building‚ TD Canada Trust also has many levels to its tall and centralized organizational structure‚ and this has worked very well for them. In TD Bank‚ a very tall organizational structure can be observed. During our in-branch interview with an employee‚ we found that “12 levels of positions existed‚
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match somewhat the divisional structure configuration?" Explain how the following somewhat match each other: • functional structure with simple structure • divisional structure with departmentalization by product • machine bureaucracy with centralized‚ mechanistic structure • professional bureaucracy with decentralized‚ organic structure Functional structure and simple structure are the most common forms of structure. Small companies use them forms of structure. With the smaller companies
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Organizational Behavior - a systematic study of a person’s behavior. Several issues of interest to organizational behavior researchers: Motivation‚ Emotions‚ Personality and Communication. (Self Assessment Library? IV.G.1) Interpersonal Skills: A. Importance of Interpersonal Skills in the Workplace. Previously‚ Business School focused on technical aspects of management‚ inc: econ‚ accounting‚ finance‚ etc. Human Behavior and People skills was barely covered. Last 30 years though
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Google’ organizational structure. What is its type? How do you think‚ does this structure fit Google’ organizational strategy? Provide your answer with arguments. Do you think that some improvements of organizational structure are needed? Why? What kind of changes should be done to for this structure to be more effective? Based on the read case I would say that Google utilizes matrix form of organizational structure which is thought to be a hybrid of divisional and functional structures. In
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Organizational Design of Adidas In this chapter‚ we have reviewed the Organizational Structure and Culture of Adidas. Though Adidas-Salomon is a company‚ which is in the business of manufacturing and marketing a wide range of products‚ the emphasis of our study is on the footwear business (core business) of Adidas. A Review on the Organizational Structure of Adidas The Head Quarter of Adidas-Salomon is situated in a small town named Herzogenaurach in Germany. This head office only manages the support
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References: McShane‚ S.‚ & Von Glinow‚ M. A. (2010). Organizational behavior. (sixth ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
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III. INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES A. CORPORTATE STRUCTURE 1. Currently‚ Hershey Company has a divisional organizational structure. Hershey is a large company with several products and well-known brands such as Hershey’s Snack Barz‚ Ice Breakers Chewing Gum & Mints‚ Reese’s etc. Their divisional structure facilitates Hershey’s goal of expanding geographically. Hershey’s U.S. Commercial Group‚ Global Growth and Innovations Group‚ and International Commercial Group all play separate
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