c03.qxd 1/21/09 11:30 AM Page 91 3 Organizational Structures Management Case Studies‚ Related Case Studies (from Kerzner/Project 3rd Edition) • • • • • • Quasar Communications‚ Inc. Jones and Shephard Accountants‚ Inc.* Fargo Foods Mohawk National Bank Workbook and PMP ®/CAPM ® Exam Study Guide‚ 10th Edition) • The Struggle with • Implementation • Multiple Choice Exam Related Workbook Exercises (from Kerzner/Project Management PMBOK® Guide‚ 4th Edition‚ Reference
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conscientiousness D) emotional stability E) intellect Answer: D 3. You describe a structure that is flat‚ has little formalization‚ and is fast‚ flexible‚ and inexpensive to maintain. You are describing the ________. A) matrix structure B) simple structure C) bureaucracy D) team structure E) organizational pyramid Answer: B 4. Which one of the following is consistent with a simple structure? A) high centralization B) high horizontal differentiation C) high employee discretion
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i000900027 Organizational Theory Dr. Begg Historical Development of Organizational Structures “Organizing is the art of achieving extraordinary things with ordinary people” Definition of organizations has changed during history along with different components involved in an organization which have developed. When business leaders and managers set the objectives and goals of the organization‚ the next step would be to design an organizational structure to get the proper and suitable strategies
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through stock market speculation. Rich and Keeling tried to increase the company’s shares rather than to profit the company (Cook‚ 2001). Initially‚ One.Tel used to develop the culture of strong teamwork and togetherness. There was no hierarchy in the structure of the company. However‚ the dissonance of its culture and system is the main factor that led to One Tel decline. One.Tel failure had been indicated since there was a sharp fall in its share price in 1999 (Cook‚ 2001). In 2001‚ OneTel had no cash
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1. What organizational structure do you believe is being used to produce Detroit Electric vehicles? Detroit Electric concentrates theirs efforts on research and development of the motor‚ vehicle design‚ marketing and distribution. The company does not produce cars; the actual manufacturing of cars is outsourced. From the case I conclude that technology design is the core business of Detroit Electric. Technology changes rapidly and therefore Detroit Electric has to be flexible in conditions of change
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05-Volti-45440.qxd 11/12/2007 5 12:46 PM Page 79 Bureaucratic Organization A lthough modern societies are for the most part lacking in castes‚ guilds‚ and other socially embedded ways of recruiting‚ training‚ and organizing workers‚ personal connections and social networks are still highly relevant to many aspects of working life‚ especially in regard to the way jobs get filled‚ as will be noted in Chapter 7. In a parallel fashion‚ the rules and procedures governing the
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Executive summary The organizational structure of the current company was found to be a flat hierarchy with the departmentalization by function. New proposed structure is advised to be matrix with the functional and service divisions. Contingency models were used by: Joan Woodward‚ James David Thompson‚ Charles Perrow and Burns and Stalker. Models have explained the influence of the situational variables of task‚ technology and size on the creation of the new organizational structure. 1. Introduction
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Zeyad Maasarani‚ Kim Tarabetz One can be easily fooled into believing that W.L Gore & Associates has “no organizational structure” (Townsend‚ 2000‚ p.3) as D. Reid Townsend stated in his case titled “W.L. Gore & Associates” (2000)‚ but this is simply not the case. In “Note on Organization Structure” by Nitin Nohria (1995) an organization’s structure is defined as “the pattern of organizational roles‚ relationships and procedures that enable such coordinated action by its members.” If assessed from
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Organisations and Behaviour (Unit 3) BTEC Higher National Diploma(HND) in Business Marketing Level 4 Module Tutor: Esther M. Aivinhenyi Student: Ionela Done CONTENT Organisational structures and culture…………………………………………………..3p Explain how the relationship between an organisation‟s structure and culture can impact on the performance of the business………………………………………4p Factors which influence individual behavioural at work……………………………….6p Compare the effectiveness of the different leadership
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manufacture i.e Komatsu‚ Kubota‚ and Hitachi‚ threatened its position. Caterpillar’s functional approach was outdated‚ and structural changes were needed to remain globally competitive. To this end Caterpillar quickly moved to change its organizational structure. The prime mover of this restructuring was Donald V. Fites‚ who become chairman of caterpillar by 1990. The Chairman Donald V. Fites‚ noticed while at Japan that Japanese manufacture success resulted from the combination of updated manufacturing
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