The External Environment and Organizational Culture Chapter 2 I. Systems Theory of the Organization a. Figure b. Open systems – organizations that are affected by and that affect their environment c. Inputs – goods and services organizations take in and use to create products or services i. Raw materials‚ services‚ equipment‚ capital‚ information d. Outputs – products and services organizations create ii. Products‚ services e. External
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1.Does the organizational design of this corporation help or hinder it in achieving its organizational goals? Continental Airlines utilizes a divisional structure relative to the management of its various entities. This structural design is due to the complex nature of the aviation industry as well as the autonomy required in operating a twenty-four hour a day‚ seven day per week worldwide business. In my opinion‚ the structural design of this organization with the exception of Continental Express
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Organization: Hewlett – Packard (HP) Organization Culture: The organization culture of Hewlett-Packard is also known as “The H-P Way”. Within the context of “The H-P Way”‚ the employees of the organization together with the management are expected to follow a saying “Don’t Be Evil”. The H-P Way is supposedly to be honest in all its operations and in all of the information coming out from the business organization. But‚ one cannot remove the fact that not all information are going out and being
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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington‚ D.C. 20549 Form 10-Q (Mark One) x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended September 30‚ 2012 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to . Commission File No. 000-22513 Amazon.com‚ Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
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Case 2.1 Organizational Culture: Life or Death 1. What values appear to be driving the doctors and nurses in the hospitals to treat heart attack patients? When treating heart attack patients it is essential that doctors and nurses work quickly but efficiently in a time based organized hospital culture. The value that seems to be driving doctors and nurses is having standardized protocols‚ flexibility when it comes to redefining the protocols‚ real time data feedback to measure success and working
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Eli Lilly and Company Organizational Structure Eli Lilly and Company has been in the pharmaceutical business for a long time and has undergone a variety of changes and re-organizations in its management style. This had to happen for the company to grow and expand from a small company in Indiana‚ to the global Fortune 500 Company it is today! Starting out‚ Eli Lilly was clearly a bureaucracy‚ being a small company and not having many employees. As it grew‚ its management had to change. In the
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Culture and Social Structure Trish Wilkinson An important factor that defines who we are is the culture in which we are raised. From the type of music we listen to and the types of foods that we eat‚ to the types of cars we drive and the way that we decorate our homes. Material cultures are focused on such tangible things‚ whereas non-material cultures focus less on the material and more on the cerebral and spiritual development of knowledge‚ religion and language. Regardless of whether
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bedded facilities and about 250 full time staff. Its organisational structure has low vertical and high horizontal distribution. THE HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION is as follows‚ 1) 37 medical departments which covers different specialities.2) Other departments such as HR‚ marketing‚ finance‚ engineering and nursing.3) Social specialisation‚ example doctors.4) Functional specialisation‚ example technicians and nurses. VERTICAL STRUCTURE is as follows‚ 1) Zonal director at the top. 2) 43 departmental heads
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joined Big Drive Auto the company’s gross sales are 2.8 billion as of today. Jones have reviewed the matrix and multidivisional structures for his organization. An organizational structure defines how job tasks are formally divided‚ grouped‚ and coordinated. There are six key elements that managers need to address when they design their organization’s structures. These are work specialization‚ departmentalization‚ chain of command‚ span of control‚ centralization and decentralization‚ and formalization
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