Assignment 1 – Understanding your Organisation Due Date: 21 October 2009 WHD Organisational Chart - Figure 1 According to Mclean and Marshall (1993) organisational culture is defined as the collection of traditions‚ values‚ policies‚ beliefs and attitudes that contribute a pervasive context for everything we do and think in an organisation. (ie) this means that these factors actually determine how we think as well as act and react not only to people from
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page I. Introduction 3 II. Functional Structure 4-6 III. Geographical Structure 7-9 IV. Product Structure 10-12 V. Matrix Structure 13-15 VI. Conclusion 16 VII. References 17 INTRODUCTION Organisational is a key element in a process of management. It is a system of structural relationship‚ all the way through which people under
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BP – The $40billion Safety Culture Vacuum On March 23rd 2005 a huge explosion at BP’s Texas oil refinery killed 15 people and injured more than 180. Most were its own staff. The refinery had suffered safety problems before. The previous year two workers died when scalded by super-heated water that escaped from a high-pressure pipe. The British media focused on the effect of the 2005 blast: the price of oil rose by several $s a barrel. In Texas‚ however‚ the local media were outraged by ‘yet
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Essay Title: “The Importance and Elements of Organisational Structure” By Peter Kambona: pkambona@gmail.com Date: 18 February 2013 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Importance of good organisation structure 3 2.1 Accountability 3 2.2 Revenue Growth 4 2.3 Product Development 4 3.0 Main Elements of Organisation Structure 4 3.1 Designing jobs 4 3.2 Creating a Hierarchy 5 3.3 Span of Control 5 3.4 Forming departments and work units 6 3.5 Coordinating
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SHAPING LEARNING ORGANISATIONS How Types of Organisational Cultures Contribute in Shaping Learning Organisations Hasan Danaee Fard Ali Asghar Anvary Rostamy Hamid Taghiloo Tarbiat Modares University Abstract The main purpose of this empirical study is to examine the relationship between four types of organisational cultures and the shaping learning organisation. In this study‚ we have selected two groups of public organisations (more successful and less successful public organisations). The sample
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Methodology Project Plan Sources of Reading INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE As Desson and Clouthier (2010) state‚ culture is an important factor in both attracting and retaining desirable employees. The extent to which an employee’s needs and expectations are fulfilled will determine the motivation‚ job satisfaction and performance levels (Mullins‚ 2005‚ p. 499) which would be influenced by culture. XY Ltd (XY) established in 1944 has become the market leader in sea trade in Sri Lanka at present with the
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analysis of the Phrase “Provided the underlying culture is strong‚ a bad patch will sooner or later end. Properly regarded‚ setbacks can be instructive. Enduring cultures regard them not as calamities but challenges‚ and absorb their lessons…..” We can hypothesise that ‘underlying culture ‘refers to organisational culture; ‘bad patch’ refers to a period where business performance is low or employees are moving away form the organisational culture resulting in low business performance; ‘Properly
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The role of a successful leader in organisational change cannot be overestimated. Organisational culture is significant for each organisation and its successful operation‚ playing large role in whether or not a particular organisation has a happy‚ healthy and comfortable working environment. Organisational culture at any company has to be strong and well-established but able to be changed as well. So‚ in order to establish‚ maintain and improve the company’s culture timely a recognised leader has to
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Mintzbergs Model on Organisational Structures The Five Parts This note summarises the key features of Henri Mintzbergs theory on the structuring of organisations‚ which he presented in his book The Structuring of Organisations and Structure in 5 ’s: Designing Effective Organizations in the early 1980s. According to Mintzberg organisations are formed of five main parts: Operating core Those who perform the basic work related directly to the production of products and services Strategic apex
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Organisational change: can an organisational culture be changed? Despite its ordered and steady foundation‚ organisational culture can be changed if it is guided by a comprehensive strategy. An organisations culture is founded by relatively stable characteristics‚ based deeply on values that are enforced by organisational practices. However‚ an organisational culture can be changed. This essay will aim to establish this and explain the measures which are involved in changing an organisational
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