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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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE There exist successful corporations with very different corporate culture. Their employees enjoy their jobs and generally like the way how things are done at their company. Every organization has a set of values that characterize how people behave and how the organization carries out everyday business. Positive cultural norms strengthen the company while negative cultural norms have the power to take the company down. A related concept concerning the influence of norms
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CHAPTER 1: ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Explain why organizations exist and the purposes they serve. 2. Describe the relationship between organizational theory and organizational design and change‚ and differentiate between organizational structure and culture. 3. Understand how managers can utilize the principles of organizational theory to design and change their organizations to increase organizational effectiveness. 4. Identify the three principal
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Or The Home Depot’s Organizational Structure Danielle Weadd MGT/230 December 10‚ 2012 Chenise Hamilton Introduction To have a successful organization‚ companies need to have an organizational structure. Organizational structure is used as a foundation to ensure each department as well as employees knows the proper direction to take. The Home Depot is one of the largest home improvement retailers in the world. Home Depot is one company that incorporates organizational structure in their day-
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Abstract The study of organizational behavior is importance in order to have a successful work performance. By most estimates‚ organizational emerged as a distinct field around the 1940s. However‚ its origins can be traced much further back in time. The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about the essence of leadership. Aristotle‚ another respected philosopher‚ addressed the topic of persuasive communication. The writings of sixteenth-century Italian philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli laid the foundation
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responsible for both the successes and failures of many work groups‚ as well as the satisfaction of the individuals working in them. 3. Groups and teams can be very effective if you know how to manage them properly. It is important for an effective manager to understand how people work in groups‚ and how to create effective teams. 4. Teams are a fact of life—the most popular way of coordinating the activity of people on the job. Knowing know they work will give you an edge. The Nature of Groups
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INTRODUCTION Organizational Development (OD) has become more and more important for today’s organizations because the world is moving so fast that organizations have to find ways to be more effective‚ more innovation‚ more customer-driven‚ and more agile. Cumming and Worley (1997) define organizational development as “a process that applies a broad range of behaviour science knowledge and practices to help organizations build their capacity to change and to achieve greater effectiveness”. Therefore
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SWA Organizational Behavior Culture Southwest Airlines’ Success through Organization Culture Kristin Philip Abstract This paper‚ "Southwest Airlines’ Success through Organization Culture" gives an account of the development of the organizational culture of Southwest Airlines. The paper starts with the background of Southwest and its development over the years. The paper explains the unique culture of Southwest‚ and how it has helped Southwest Airlines to face challenges. The paper also describes
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Organizational Justice‚ Ethics‚ and Social Responsibility Chapter discussed Organizational Justice‚ Ethics‚ and Social Responsibility. While watching CNBC on television‚ I viewed a documentary on the energy company Enron. Their practices and ethics‚ or lack thereof are an excellent example of the topics contained in this chapter. Their disregard for ethical behavior and social responsibility‚ ultimately led to the demise of the company and also caused several members of the company in management
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nonmembers and the competitive landscape have changed substantially. Driven primarily by a board of directors and regional volunteer leaders‚ the Society has never had a formal leadership development philosophy. Now‚ the long-time president has retired‚ and TRS leaders are reflecting on how to prepare for the future‚ especially with increased calls for leadership role clarity and more delegation of work to members. As a member‚ you have the opportunity to develop the needed leadership strategy.
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