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    function. • Divisional structure with departmentalization by product: Divisional structure allows for quality control and close monitoring of product within a department without being overwhelmed by overall company function and goals. • Machine bureaucracy with centralized‚ mechanistic structure: The

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    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 D) standardization E) bureaucracy Answer: A 5. Which of the following is not a weakness of the simple structure? A) It is risky. B) It is prone

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    Talcott Parsons (New York: Oxford University Press)‚ 1947. d. Mary Parker Follett‚ Collected Works (New York Harper Brothers)‚ 1941. Richard M. Weiss‚ Weber on Bureaucracy Management Consultant or Political Theorist?" Academy of Management Review‚ April 1983‚ PP.242-248. Henri Fayol‚ opp.cit. Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. T. K. Jain‚ Bureaucracy and Motivation‚ (New Delhi: Jainsons)‚ 1986‚ p. 4-5. Joseph W. Weiss‚ Organizational Behavior and Change‚ (Singapore: Thomas Asia Pte Ltd.‚) 2000‚ P.9. Stephen

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    Process model (Model II) and Bureaucratic Politics model (Model III). Each focuses on the bureaucracies in government and the role they play in policy making decision. As he explains‚ Allison demonstrates through Model II the importance of bureaucracies as organizations and the necessity of the Standard Operating Procedures they implement to achieve their organizational goals. Model III also focuses on bureaucracies but instead

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    Max Weber believes that every day of our lives‚ we are living within "an iron cage of rationality". Weber believes that we are greatly trapped in this rationality and it is almost impossible to get out of it. When it comes to rationalization‚ Weber says "the course of development involves...the bringing in of the calculation in to the traditional brotherhood‚ displacing the old religious relationship" (Weber pp. 356‚ 1927). What he meant by this is that many of the social actions taking place were

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    Project Management - Case Study: AMRAAM In the following paper‚ we will discuss the AMRAAM case study within the following guidelines: 1. Indicate 4 context factors that‚ to your understanding most influenced the management of the project. Describe each factor and justify your answer (why did you choose the specific factor) (up to 4 rows for each factor and its justification) (24%). 2. Select three principles/mechanisms for coping with uncertainty that‚ to your understanding‚ were applied

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    McDonaldization of Society Paul Slaght Grantham University McDonaldization of Society Max Weber’s “Theory of Ideal Bureaucracies” identified six key characteristics that define an ideal type of bureaucracy. In his model the following show what an ideal bureaucracy should look like: 1. High degree of division of labor and specialization - Every manager and worker must perform specific tasks. 2. Hierarchy of Authority - A chain of command. Someone answers to someone above them. 3

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    heard. They also could not ask questions of me‚ which was probably a good thing because I would have no additional information for them anyway‚ thus saving their frustration. Through this exercise I was distinctly able to see the components of bureaucracy as laid out by Max Weber. Division of Labor was represented by the main roles of Manager‚ Runner‚ Looker‚ Quality Control‚ and Builder. Each had a distinct task that did not overlap and had specific outcomes. Hierarchy of Authority was made clear

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    The name of the agency that I researched was the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The FMCSA is a regulatory agency. The title of the agency is “Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications: Diabetes.” The Date of the regulation was April 12. This is a rule that was proposed by FMCSA to renew the exemptions of 130 individuals from its ruling that prohibits people with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus from operating commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce. This regulation

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    characteristics of Asia as comply strictly by Asian peoples. It is defined as the value that depends on one strong leader to lead a country to become one strong country instead of popular democracy‚ give state a power for a far-reaching to state economy and bureaucracy‚ a social norm that follow strictly by a community‚ and keep the concerning of civil liberties and human right a side by focus even more on the value of social and economic needs (Aligan‚ 2015). As the Philippine is one the Asian country‚ we will

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