Chapter 10 Organisational Structure and Design Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia LO6 Students will evaluate two types of organisational structures and recommend a structure for a given situation Key elements a) Hierarchy and departmentalisation economic growth b) Centralisation versus decentralisation c) Mechanistic versus organic d) Span of control Robbins‚ Bergman‚ Stagg‚ Coulter: Management 4e © 2006 Pearson Education Australia 2 LEARNING
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Culture‚ HRM and ethics. Understanding Organisational Culture Interest in organisational culture began in the early ’80s when management gurus such as Tom Peters began to focus on culture as a differentiator of successful organisations. In the past twenty-odd years interest in culture has increased as case studies have identified a strong link between organisational culture and its performance. Managers in general and HR practitioners in particular‚ must appreciate the extents to which culture
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UNIT 3 Structure ORGANISATION STRUCTURE AND EFFECTIVENESS 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.0 Objectives Introduction Concept of Organisation Structure Components of Organisation Structure Types of Organisation Structure 3.4.1 Functional Structure 3.4.2 3.4.3 Divisional Structure Adaptive Structure 3.5 3.6 Dimensions of Organisation Structure Organisational Design 3.6.1 Classical form of Organisation 3.6.2 3.6.3 Alternate Design Organisational and Mechanistic Design 3.7 3.8 3.9 10.10 Organisational
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1 Understand organisational structures 1.1 Explain the differences between the private sector‚ public sector and voluntary sector A private sector is usually composed of organisations which are privately owned and not part of a government; whereas a public sector is composed of organisations that are owned by the government and voluntary sectors are composed of individuals of who seek help in charitable activities. Private sectors include corporations such as partnerships and charities‚ like the
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Organizational Structure of McDonald’s McDonalds is one of the largest food chain companies in the world and has much strength in its company that allows it to build a functional structure. A McDonald’s resturant is operated by a franchise‚ an afilliate or the corporation itself. McDonald’s has a multi-level organisational structure‚ which is headed by the CEO and the board of directors. The board is made up of 13 members‚ 11 of whom are directors. The CEO leads a group of line of managers
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their parts such as staff‚ profit‚ products‚ strategy‚ technology‚ environment‚ structure and culture. These parts or factors can directly contribute to the strengths or weaknesses of an organisation and they are all interrelated. This essay will examine organisational structure and organisational culture and the influence mechanistic and organic structures have on organisational culture. Organisational structure‚ as defined by Hodge‚ Anthony & Gales (1996)‚ is “the sum total of the way in which
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This is an organisational structure of the Service Office of IKEA Netherlands which is located in Amsterdam and has 150 employees. The managers of every IKEA store in the Netherlands report to the Service Office. The Service Office has as goal to support the management of all the IKEA stores in the Netherlands‚ it doesn’t have as a goal to check how the stores are being managed. At the Service Office the Retail Manager is the boss. The following managers report directly back to him:
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“LA ADQUISICIÓN DE SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY” 1. Why is Seagate undertaking this transaction? Is this necessary to divest the Veritas shares in separate transaction? Porque el mercado estaba menospreciando el valor de sus acciones‚ esto ya que aun cuando Seagate Technology poseía gran parte de VERITAS (155 millones de acciones) sólo aumento en un 25% el valor de sus acciones que es nada si se compara con el 200% que aumentó el de las de VERITAS. En sí no es necesario‚ pero al hacer
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unmatched level of products‚ services‚ and geographic presence‚ combined with the world’s largest bank balance sheet‚ makes us the premier financial organization for corporate and institutional clients in Australia and New Zealand. 10Organizational Structure •Chairman •CEO •Audit Committee* •Risk Management and Finance Committee •Personnel and Compensation Committee* •Nomination and Governance Committee* •Public Affairs Committee •Citi Holdings Oversight Committee •Ad Hoc Committees as necessary*
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balances too little and too much regulation. -Subordinates work: if all subordinates do similar tasks or the task is substantially automated or complex work‚ posting time-consuming problems suggests a narrow span of control. Multifunctional Team /Structure: Group composed of members from two or more departments or functional areas working together to solve a problem or handle a situation that requires capabilities‚ knowledge‚ and training not available from any one source. See also multidisciplinary
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