answer by providing specific examples of natural and acquired advantages that Hyundai employs to succeed in the global car industry. ANS: Demand in South Korea is too low to sustain indigenous automakers like HMC and Kia‚ thus exporting is a necessity to attain the economies of scale needed to remain competitive in a tough industry. South Korea enjoys various national competitive advantages in the provision of cars such as abundance of production factors in cost-effective labor‚ knowledge workers
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Chapter 10 Organizational Structure and Design True/False Questions DEFINING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 1. Organizational design is the organization’s formal framework by which job tasks are divided‚ grouped‚ and coordinated. (False; difficult; p. 266) 2. Organizational structure is the degree to which tasks in an organization are divided into separate jobs. (False; moderate; p. 266) 3. The concept of work specialization can be traced back a couple of centuries to Adam Smith’s discussion
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problems for the company‚ Morgan Stanley may have to deal with problems arise from culture differences. A well-designed organizational structure would help Morgan Stanley to be more efficient and to avoid interpersonal problems in the workplace. This report is a brief introduction and analysis of Morgan Stanley H.K.’s organizational structure. In the report‚ we present the organizational structure used in Morgan Stanley Hong Kong‚ and we analyze how this structure helps the company to avoid some individual
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Benefits & Disadvantages of a Functional Organizational Structure The functional organizational structure groups employees according to broad business activities‚ resulting in departments such as finance‚ marketing and production. These departments might be further divided‚ depending on a company’s size and needs. Departmental managers supervise a wide base of employees below them. These managers are in turn supervised by more-powerful managers‚ who answer to one powerful boss‚ perhaps a CEO
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Organization Theory – Alibaba case: “Why organizational structure affected Alibaba’s IPO” Introduction and Historical Overview Over recent years the external environment and the marketplace have become increasingly dynamic and competitive‚ with progressive consolidation of the market leaders and continuing need of companies to adapt their structure towards our demanding society. This trend has led Alibaba Group Holding ltd. to conduct some organizational considerations before being listed on the
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RESOURCE MANUAL CHAPTER TWO The Organizational Context: Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Culture To Accompany PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Achieving Competitive Advantage By Jeffrey K. Pinto CHAPTER TWO PROJECT PROFILE: Project Management Improves Lenovo’s Bottom Line INTRODUCTION 2.1 PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY 2.2 STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT Identifying Project Stakeholders Managing Stakeholders 2.3 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 2.4 FORMS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE Functional Organizations Project
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Restructuring the organizational structure at Kimberly-Clark In 2003‚Kimberly-Clark the maker of paper products including Kleenex‚ Haggis ‚ and Depends‚ announced it was creating a radical new structure to shore up parts of its business that were performing poorly by restructuring its product into three categories .The categories were” grow‚” “sustain‚” and “fix”-somewhat unconventional categories. They weren’t devised based on product type‚ customers‚ or the geographic location is which Kimberly-Clark
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CHAPTER 15: FOUNDATION OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE What Is Organizational Structure? 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 org.’s structure. Key Elements: 1.Work specialization 2.Departmentalization 3.Chain of command 4.Span of control 5.Centralization and decentralization 6.Formalization Work Specialization The degree to which tasks in the organization
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Organizational Structure Kimberly Chappell MGT/230 February 4‚ 2015 Otha Starr Organizational Structure Organizational structure is a system used to define a hierarchy within an organization. It identifies each job‚ its function and where it reports to within the organization (Friend‚ n.d.‚ para.1). The organizational structure is used to determine how a company operates‚ how it positions its employees‚ and how the organization carries out job functions to obtain goals presently‚ and in the future
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management decides which organizational structure will be used to run the project. There are three organizational structures that can be chosen from consisting of the Functional‚ Matrix‚ and Pure Project structures. Each of these has their advantages and disadvantages in structuring a project. Project managers are in charge of initiating‚ planning‚ executing‚ controlling and closing the project. Prior to beginning a project the manager needs to decide which organizational structure is the best fit to run
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