Mechanistic Vs Organic Organization Structure What is Mechanistic Structure Mechanistic organizations have clear‚ well-defined‚ centralized‚ vertical hierarchies of command‚ authority‚ and control. Efficiency and predictability are emphasized through specialization‚ standardization‚ and formalization. This results in rigidly defined jobs‚ technologies‚ and processes. The term mechanistic suggests that organizational structures‚ processes‚ and roles are like a machine in which each part of the
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Evolution of Organizational Structure Axia College Centuries ago‚ formal organizations were ran by the pyramid system where their orders flow from top to bottom and their performances flow from the bottom up. There was no democracy within the organization. Those that were at the bottom of the pyramid had no say so in whatever job or task they were given from the higher power. Many felt distant from those that were in higher power with all the limitations and restrictions that were implied.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCHOLARLY‚ ACADEMIC‚ INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY VOLUME 14‚ NUMBER 1‚ 2011 Organizational Structure: Mintzberg’s Framework Fred C. Lunenburg Sam Houston State University ABSTRACT Henry Mintzberg suggests that organizations can be differentiated along three basic dimensions: (1) the key part of the organization‚ that is‚ the part of the organization that plays the major role in determining its success or failure; (2) the prime coordinating mechanism‚ that is‚ the major
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C A S E 2 Asian Journal of Case Research 4(S): 15 – 25 (2011) Flat Cargo Berhad: An Auditor’s Conundrum ZAKIAH MUHAMMADDUN MOHAMEDa* AND TAKIAH MOHD ISKANDARb ABSTRACT Flat Cargo Berhad (FCB) was one of the largest air freight companies in Malaysia‚ servicing several government linked companies including Freight Malaysia Berhad‚ and had Kencana & Associates served as its auditors. In 2006‚ during a routine financial audit‚ the auditors identified several suspicious findings that
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PBM often in most instances will reimburse the pharmacy a flat rate dispensing fee for each prescription filled in addition to an added reimbursement amount for the actual product dispensed that can be based upon a percentage of the Average Wholesale Price (AWP). This price reimbursed for a drug may be different than the initial price that the retail pharmacy paid the drug wholesaler who supplied the drug to be dispensed. Overall the flat dispensing fee paid by the PBM should be fair and reasonable
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Global Business and Ethics by J. Renee’ Maples MGT/216 Organizational Ethics and Social Responsibility November 16‚ 2009 Jamie Dorman‚ Professor Global Business and Ethics In the bona fide world‚ much deliberation must be addressed before business decisions are made. When making business decisions‚ one must carefully consider cost and effectiveness. “Some businesses can argue that to make business a decision based on the simplicity sense of ethics‚ without lecturing economics
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Introduction Flat Cargo Berhad(FCB)‚ an air cargo company that was listed in Bursa Malaysia on the 15th of September 2001 was one of the largest airfreight companies in Malaysia. The company servicing several government linked companies including Freight Malaysia Berhad and other private company like Citylink‚Nationwide Express and Nippon Express. It was registered as an investment holding company with several subsidiaries with principal activities ranging from air freight services and ground handling
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Being Tall There are certain advantages and disadvantages of being tall but let us look them from different aspects. The first aspect is the physical advantages and disadvantages of being tall. Being tall is useful in several cases. For example‚ it makes it easier if you have to stand on the bus because you can reach the hand-rail or it helps if you are in a crowd because you can see over people’s heads. It can also help you in reaching the top cupboards
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Internet Access: Flat Fee vs. Pay-Per-Use Most Internet users are either not charged to access information‚ or pay a low-cost flat fee. The Information SuperHighway‚ on the other hand‚ will likely be based upon a pay-per-use model. On a gross level‚ one might say that the payment model for the Internet is closer to that of broadcast (or perhaps cable) television while the model for the Information SuperHighway is likely to be more like that of pay-per-view T.V. "Pay-per-use" environments affect
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Thomas Friedman’s idea that the world is flattening is based on recent observations that the global economic “playing field” is becoming increasingly easier to enter and to compete in. Friedman notes ten events that have played a significant role in this phenomenon. Friedman noted some very interesting events that helped lead to the flattening of the world‚ such as outsourcing‚ offshoring‚ supply chaining and “insourcing”. The two events of Friedman’s ten that I found to be most interesting
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