13 Organizational Structure LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Describe three types of coordination in organizational structures. 2. Justify the optimal span of control in a given situation. 3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of centralization and formalization. 4. Distinguish organic from mechanistic organizational structures. 5. Identify and evaluate the six pure types of departmentalization. 6. Describe three variations of divisional structure
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cultural backgrounds stand out as a key issue. It is the same case when referring to the development of organizations and companies. Multinational corporations are playing an essential role in the global economic development and more and more companies are building their branch companies in other countries. Therefore‚ the organizational cultures of other countries become a significant topic that the managers are supposed to consider seriously‚ as the organizational cultures are not the same with that
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MBA 621 Organizational Structure Organizational structure plays an important role in day-to-day functions of an organization. The delegation of authority‚ work specialization‚ and employee reporting framework are some of the elements that help determine what the organizational structure should be. An efficient structure will facilitate decision making and smooth the span of control or scope managers have over operations. The
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Prentice Hall. Breckler‚ S. J‚ Olson‚ J. M& Wiggins‚ E. C (2006) Social Psychology Alive‚ USA: Cengage Learning. Brooks L Brooks L. (2009) Organizational Behavior Individual‚ Groups and Organization (4th edition) Essex: Pearson Education Limited. Eric‚ F (2002) [online] Purpose of structure Avaliable at http://smallbusiness.chron.com/purpose-organizational-structure-3812.html [Accessed on 20th December 2012] Greer C Grint K. (2005) The Sociology of Work (3rd edition) Cambridge: Polity Press Gitman
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Organizational Culture has been described as the shared values‚ principles‚ traditions‚ and ways of doing things that influence the way organizational members act. In most organizations‚ these shared values and practices have evolved over time and determine‚ toa a large extent‚ how things are done in the organization. This definition continues to explain organizational values‚ described as “beliefs and ideas about what kinds of goals members of an organization should pursue and ideas about the
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threatening or taxing.” While other opine that work related stress are reactions resulting from a worker’s perception that a certain environmental event is a threat or a Challenge. More practically‚ scholars have attributed worker stress to various factors which occur on or away from the place of work. For instance‚ Riggio believes that there are two sources of work related stress; the environmental-(situational stress)‚ or from an individual personal Characteristics (dispositional stress). Situational
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Organizational Behavior Paper AJS/512 November 10‚ 2013 Steven Cook Organizational Behavior Paper The purposes of this paper to describe what I believe are important elements of organizational behavior and how these elements can challenge the effectiveness of a private security agency. “Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study and application of knowledge about how people‚ individuals‚ and groups act in organizations. It does this by taking a system approach. That is it interprets people-
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Strong/weak cultures Strong culture is said to exist where staff respond to stimulus because of their alignment to organizational values. In such environments‚ strong cultures help firms operate like well-oiled machines‚ engaging in outstanding execution with only minor adjustments to existing procedures as needed. Conversely‚ there is weak culture where there is little alignment with organizational values‚ and control must be exercised through extensive procedures and bureaucracy. Research shows that organizations
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Chapter 1 Overview of Organizational Development 1.1 What is Organizational Development? Organization development (OD) is a new term which means a conceptual‚ organization-wide effort to increase an organization’s effectiveness and viability. Warren Bennis has referred to OD as a response to change‚ a complex educational strategy intended to change the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ values‚ and structure of an organization so that it can better adapt to new technologies‚ markets‚ challenges
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 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 decisions have to be made about the delegation of various tasks. Thus‚ procedures are established that assign responsibilities for various functions. It is these decisions that determine
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