Organizational Structure: A Critical Factor for Organizational Effectiveness and Employee Satisfaction August 2007 Craig W. Fontaine‚ Ph.D. Northeastern University College of Business Administration Based on: C.W. Fontaine‚ How Organizational Structure Impacts Organizations. First Annual Conference on Organizational Effectiveness‚ Chicago‚ IL 2006 © 2007 Northeastern University Executive Summary “Organizational structure is perhaps the least understood and most under-appreciated
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When I sit down to write this paper‚ I cannot help but to remember Lord Brahma‚ whose four heads were meant‚ simultaneously‚ to recite all four Vedas.Similarly‚ when I look at this problem of organizational challenges in India‚ I yearn to have those four heads- because there are Four Faces which need to interact in tandem.Firstly‚let us have a look at the three visible heads and then lastly‚ the invisible head. The three visible faces can be described as - Head 1: ASKING QUESTIONS Head 2: SEEKING
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History The "industrial" side of I–O psychology has its historical origins in research on individual differences‚ assessment‚ and the prediction of work performance. This branch of the field crystallized during World War I‚ in response to the need to rapidly assign new troops to duty stations. After the War‚ the growing industrial base in the US added impetus to I–O psychology. Walter Dill Scott‚ who was elected President of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1919‚ was arguably the
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Reliance About the company-: The Reliance Group‚ founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani ‚ is India’s largest private sector enterprise with businesses in petrochemicals‚ refining‚ oil& gas. Other divisions of the company include cloth and retail business. The company was founded by well known Industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani. Reliance is known globally ‚ as It is the largest polyester yarn and fibre producer in the world and among the top five to ten producers in the world in major petrochemical products
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Organizational structure An organizational structure consists of activities such as task allocation‚ coordination and supervision‚ which are directed towards the achievement of organizational aims.[1] It can also be considered as the viewing glass or perspective through which individuals see their organization and its environment. Organizations are a variant of clustered entities. An organization can be structured in many different ways‚ depending on their objectives. The structure of an
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Strategies for Sustainability Management (ENVR E-105) Organization and its Context (Week 2) Sustainability and the Organization It should be clear that it is possible to succinctly define sustainability from the perspective of an organization. There are also widely available definitions available and a typology for characterizing organizations (Pojasek‚ 2013). Organizations usually operate within a defined structure and have a socialization process that is determined in large part by the
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QUESTION 1 Ms. Apple Ang‚ who comes late for work is showing high consistency. This attributes to high internal and low external factors. Internal factors might be due to her attitude or habit while external factors might be due to traffic‚ sick or emergency. Madam May May should find out that is really Miss Apple Ang‘s lateness is due to external cause. This is because‚ sometimes‚ Madam May May may engage in Fundamentals Attribution Error which means underestimate the external factors and overestimate
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Question 3 3.1 Highlights two advantages and two disadvantages for each of the following types of organizational structures: 3.1.1. Functional structures According T.N. Chhabra (2003:263)‚ functional structures directs the subordinates throughout the organization in his particular area of business operation. This means that subordinates receive orders and instructions not from one superior but from several functional specialists. In other words‚ the subordinates are accountable to different functional
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Organizational Structure Meaning – Various Structures – Practical Illustration Organizational Structure: It refers to a formal system of tasks and reporting relationships that coordinates and motivates employees to work together to achieve the organizational goals. Formal system of task and reporting relationships showing how workers use resources. It involves the following structures: 1) Functional Structure It refers to the organizational structure
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In the recent light of globalization and change in the dynamics of management‚ the classical theory of management has shown inadequacy and infeasibility in the real world. Thus leading to the evolution of contemporary theories‚ which are contrary to the hierarchal nature of top-down flow of information. These theories had to evolve on how best to organize in light of new developments (Miller 2009). Therefore‚ it depends on how the leaders manage communication within the organisation (Groysberg‚ &
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