Name Student Roll No. Organization structure refers to the method which the organization utilizes to distribute its workers and jobs across the organization so that the tasks of the organization can be performed and the goals of the organization be achieved. Therefore‚ there exists a number of such structures e.g. divisional‚ multidivisional‚ matrix or functional structure. This paper evaluates the usefulness of functional and multidivisional structures
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CONTEXTUALIZING MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS THEORIES FOR AFRICA Term Paper Organizational Theory MOI UNIVERSITY – NAIROBI CAMPUS Presented to : Dr. Komen Presented By: Mohammed Shakeel Salyani SBE/D/101/12 Table of Contents 1. The issue of the applicability of extant theories of management and business to the African context. 2 2. The underlying assumptions and prescriptions of dominant management theories and to what extent are they relevant to African challenges and
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including in an organization. In a social unit of people‚ systematically arranged and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis. All organizations have a management structure that determines relationships between functions and positions‚ and subdivides and delegates roles‚ responsibilities‚ and authority to carry out defined tasks. Organizations are open systems in that they affect and are affected by the environment beyond their boundaries. Any organization‚ being a living
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LEARNING ORGANIZATION According to Peter Senge (1990: 3) Learning organization are: “…organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire‚ where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured‚ where collective aspiration is set free‚ and where people are continually learning to see the whole together”. Senge argues that organizations should have the sort of culture which allows them to shape there own future to a far greater degree as been
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industry that influence the nature of competition within it‚ the forces inside the industry (microenvironment) that influence the way in which firms compete‚ and so the industry’s likely profitability is conducted in Porter’s five forces model. A business has to understand the dynamics of its industries and markets in order to compete effectively in the marketplace. Porter (1980a) defined the forces which drive competition‚ contending that the competitive environment is created by the interaction of five
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CONFLICT MANAGEMENT Conflict management refers on the way how we approach the other party in a conflict situation. There are main structural approaches such as emphasizing superordinate goals‚ reducing differentiation‚ improving communication and understanding‚ reducing task independence‚ increasing resources‚ and clarifying rules and procedures. Emphasizing Supeordinate Goals The first way to resolve the conflict is to seek and find the common goals. The emphasizing superordinate
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of business are; law‚ human resources‚ leadership‚ accounting‚ finance‚ economics‚ research and statistics‚ operations management‚ marketing and strategic planning. Each functional area of business is important to a firm. Therefore‚ an individual has to run the affairs in the area and run it so well that the firm moves forward in all aspect. This individual will be the manager and will have certain roles to run the area smoothly. Before we look into the role of a manager in the functional areas
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Cultures and Organizations Software of the mind Geert Hofstede Institute for Research on Intercultural Cooperation (IRIC) University of Limburg at Maastricht‚ The Netherlands MpGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY London • New York • St Louis • San Francisco • Auckland • Bogota • Caracas Lisbon • Madrid • Mexico • Milan • Montreal • New Delhi • Panama Paris • San Juan • Sao Paulo • Singapore • Sydney • Tokyo • Toronto Contents Published by McGRAW-HILL Book Company Europe Shoppenhangers
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December 04‚ 2013 When it comes to changing an organization it begins for every department and every situation of the business. However‚ according to our text book Cummings (2013) Ninth Edition‚ a planned change is directed by the leader and has everything to do with the members‚ (teamwork). The entire corporation has to be planned and very ready for change. This involves the very structure of the company. This will take many different
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the chain of command to define departmental groupings and reporting relationships along the hierarchy‚ (Daft‚ p.318‚ 2013). Functional structure is where all the people in different departments all work towards to the top of the organization. They look at the organization as a whole. Divisional structure is where everyone works on the same thing at one time. When looking at functional and divisional structures together‚ the departments are grouped together and work together and work on all products
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