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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Organizational Structure “The organizational structure is a frame work” (Hax & Majluf‚ 2001‚ p. 444). An organizational structure can be compared to that of a building. Be it an organization or an ordinary building‚ flaws in the structure can lead to its downfall. Organizational structure and culture is vital in facilitating managers and leaders accomplish set objectives. With the growth spurt of technology‚ today’s business environment is prone to constant changes and a firm structure is required
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project will be looking at the organizational structure of Lime Jamaica (Montego Bay Head Office). Lime is a telecommunications company; their head office in Montego Bay is located at 23 Church Street‚ Montego Bay St.James. Lime is a public limited company. It is owned by Phil Bently. Lime specializes in phone and internet industry. Organizational structure is very important to a business because it is the framework of the business. Without an organizational structure there would be no order in the
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“Management Planning Presentation” MGT 230 12/05/2012 Dr. Tamara Mangum Individual Management Planning Presentation Imagine you are an executive for BP‚ and you are preparing a presentation for the board of directors about the organization’s direction. Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation‚ with speaker notes‚ in which you address the following: Evaluate the planning function of management as it relates to the organization’s
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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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products and a wider range of consumers giving them an advantage over competitors. The company must understand its’ organizational structure‚ and the social and cultural perspectives of its’ employees in order to be effective‚ efficient‚ and promote an environment suitable for progress. Employees who are diverse in skills‚ experience‚ and background help to builds a strong organizational foundation. Increasing globalization requires companies to have more interaction with diverse cultures and backgrounds
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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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Case Study 02 – BoldFlash: Cross-Functional Challenges in the Mobile Division Introduction: In this case study Roger Cahill has been acting as the head of mobile division for less than a year. Currently he is struggling as he faces great difficulties adapting BoldFlash to a changing marketplace. The problem really started a year ago when Mr. Jim Harrison appointed the young Roger Cahill to a VP position. Although Roger has led a research project in his previous work‚ he is only 24 years old
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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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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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