ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE CHAPTER OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Identify the six key elements that define an organization’s structure. 2. Describe a simple structure. 3. Explain the characteristics of a bureaucracy. 4. Describe a matrix organization. 5. Explain the characteristics of a “virtual” organization. 6. Summarize why managers want to create boundaryless organizations. 7. List the factors that favor different organization structures. 8. Explain
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"To Work or Not to Work" To work or not to work--That is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to tolerate The insults and complaints of the impatient customer‚ Or to renounce against the sea of demands that arise‚ And by quitting‚ have peace? To leave; to quit-- To work no more-- and by quitting say we end The head-aches‚ and the wrath of unforgiving customers That this job entails--‘tis an accomplishment Devoutly to be wish’d to end. To leave‚ to quit— To quit; perchance to
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A New Kind of Structure 1. Describe and evaluate what Pfizer is doing. What Jordan Cohen has created at Pfizer is a network organization. It’s a form of the boundaryless organization structure where company employees concentrate on the important aspects of the job‚ i.e. those elements that are related to the company’s core competencies‚ and other tasks are outsourced to another organization. 2. What structural implications—good and bad—does this approach have? (Think in terms of the six organizational
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Creating a Competitive Salary Structure INTRODUCTION Each employee in an organization is paid a salary. Salaries vary greatly‚ with executives earning as much as (or greater than) 100 times an entry-level employee’s salary. This variation is not by chance. It is rationally established through a salary structure – a hierarchy of salaries. Organizations develop this structure based upon internal factors (such as current rates‚ job relationships‚ and custom) and external factors (such as labor
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businesses need to be well organised to achieve their aims and objectives. Certain tasks‚ or functions‚ must be done regularly and these are usually grouped into specific types of activities. In a large organisation like Tesco PLC‚ people work together in functional areas. Each functional area has a specific purpose. Below are the main functional areas: Finance The main activities of the finance department are: * To record all the business transactions This means
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Introduction It is essential to be conscious of your company ’s organizational structure because it exposes information concerning who has authority over whom; how and why a company splits the workload by specific people and by groups/teams. Understanding your organizational structure can also reveal important cross-functional relationships to coordinate work efforts for optimum results. It can show where breakdowns can occur in the hierarchy and assist in developing solutions for increased accountability
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hungry and need a quick meal to go before heading to work or school in the morning‚ going to a fast-food restaurant is the way to go. Many people do not have the time in their tight and busy schedules to prepare or cook food at their homes‚ so they drive to the nearest fast-food restaurant of their choice. Time and speed are two critical factors that the fast-food industry uses to market itself. Workers and employees of this type of industry have to work extremely quick in order to serve and prepare food
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Integrative Problem and Study Questions Mark Camagong FIN 370 January 20‚ 2010 Art Philibert Week 4 Assignment Integrative Problem and Study Questions 1. Why is the capital-budgeting process so important? Capital budgeting decisions involve investments requiring large cash outlays at the beginning of the life of the project and commit the firm to a particular course of action over a relatively long period of time. As such‚ they
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Importance of Rank Structure in the Marine Corps Rank structure is important to the Marine Corps because it form one of the fundamental backbones of military service. Many believe that with rank structure the Marine Corps or any other military organization could not function. This is has been proven fact over the centuries by the countless of mob armies that has arisen in history of the fall apart because they had no clear leadership. One of the ways that rank structure is important is that
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