P4 interpret underpinning concepts relating to structures under load • Dead loads - Dead loads are loads that stay static or stationary‚ they will also not change during any normal operation of the buildings use. The dead weight from the structure will be a dead load‚ so for example the self-weight of a beam. • Imposed/live loads – imposed loads can also be known by dynamic loads. Imposed loads are live loadings which can be added to and also removed during the life of the building. Humans can be
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Critically discuss the underlying motivations and associated competitive advantages that explain why MNEs enter into cooperative structures and strategies‚ using examples. In recent years there has been an upsurge in the number of MNEs entering cooperative structures and strategies. According to Jones cooperative structure is a means of a substitute or complementary to multinational strategies. It is a strategy in which firms work together to achieve shared objectives. They form partnerships
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formal organizational model structure shows the relationship between authority and the subordinate” (Schatz‚ 2012‚ paragraph 2). This structure shows how the work within the organization is divided‚ the relationships within the organization‚ how communication occurs‚ positions within the organization that report to a common manager‚ and the different layers of management within the organization – from the top to the bottom. As the classroom text points out‚ with formal structure‚ there is usually an informal
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Discussion Questions Week 4 1. Why do organizational structures differ? What is the difference between a mechanistic structure and an organic structure? Which structure would be most appropriate for an innovative organization like Apple or 3M? What about an organization that focuses on cost-minimization like Wal-Mart? Organizational structures differ because of the different strategies‚ organizational size‚ technology‚ and environment. Consider the mechanistic model and the organic
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Helps Them to Fulfil Their Purposes. In this report I will be stating the different aims‚ Objectives and purposes of two organisations; I will also explain how the organisational structure and strategic planning help the businesses to achieve their aims and purposes. Then I will be explaining how I think the structure of two organisations helps to control their activities and fulfill their purposes by looking back on my previous information on P3. Aims‚ Objectives and Purposes; Marks &
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achieving the overall strategic goal. In a hierarchical leadership‚ the organisational structure is more like a pyramid‚ in which the employees at lower levels work under the guidance and direction of superiors and managers at higher levels. Here the power belongs not to the individuals‚ but to the positions in the hierarchy‚ thus insuring that power is not concentrated in an individual. Roles and power structures are clearly defined and managers assign work to the subordinates as per their skill sets
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archetypes that were products of the work of Henry Mintzberg‚ a renowned management theorist. Henry Mintzberg graduated from McGill University and has written 15 books and about 150 articles all dealing with organizational structure. According to him‚ an organization ’s structure comes from its strategy‚ the environmental forces it experiences‚ and the way the organization itself is built. When all of these work well together the organization will be successful‚ but if they do not interplay nicely
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FIN 3332-XTID-T4-2013 Research Project 1. When I reviewed the capital structure charts for the four companies‚ Cheesecake Factory‚ Chipotle‚ Ruby Tuesday‚ and O’Charley’s‚ I noticed that Ruby Tuesday and O’Charley’s had more total debt than the other two and were consistent with each other in relationship to equity and liabilities. Both of these organizations capital structures also seem to fluctuate with increases and decreases in the same years. Chipotle and Cheesecake Factory both have
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have chosen is Goldthorn Dental Practice. This business is set out as a flat structure organisational structure. This means that the business only has two levels to it. At the bottom of the structure there are all the Dental assistants‚ receptionists and cleaners. The high level of the structure is the dentists‚ because they are the most important. | The second business I have chosen is Tesco. Tesco has a hierarchical structure because it has a lot of layers and also a lot of people reporting into more
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from most companies as they operate in a normal-sized‚ clean office space. People can dress up according to their status; workers in their workers’ outfit and managers in suit and tie. 4. Organizational Structure The structure at A.G. Barr is an informal and at the same time hierarchical structure; especially the hierarchical difference between the workers
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