Chapter 10 Designing Adaptive Organizations Chapter Outline I. Organizing the Vertical Structure A. Work Specialization B. Chain of Command C. Span of Management D. Centralization and Decentralization II. Departmentalization A. Vertical Functional Approach B. Divisional Approach C. Matrix Approach D. Team Approach 5. The Virtual Network Approach F. Advantages and Disadvantages of Each Structure III Organizing for Horizontal Coordination 1. The Need for Coordination 2. Task Forces
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Professor Michael Useem author of “Four Lessons in Adaptive Leadership‚” leadership development is best derived from the military as the “environment creates a culture of readiness and commitment.” (p. 86) Professor Useem believes there is something to be learned from this world to apply in the corporate sector since corporations are facing more uncertainty and continuous new types of competitors. From this belief the author has reached a conclusion that adaptive leadership should be used utilizing four precepts;
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Adaptive Radiation Adaptive radiation occurs most often in new environment with a variety of different unfilled niches so that plants and animals that are not adapted to those areas can exploit the resources in the respective niches. Once individuals begin exploiting the new niches‚ mutations that will benefit the species will spread throughout the population via natural selection giving the owners an overwhelming advantage over others without the mutation and throughout evolutionary time
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Paper 1: Adaptive Leadership 1. Describe what adaptive leadership is. Adaptive leadership involves changing the beliefs‚ habits and priorities of individuals by detaching deep rooted ways‚ standing losses associated with change and moving beyond authority to generate innovative ideas. Adaptive Leadership encourages individuals to stretch beyond their comfort zone and look beyond the surface problems by utilizing wisdom & knowhow of the past (discarding what is not required). It also involves coordinating
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After any injury‚ it is a natural response that the immune system will trigger it inane or adaptive immune to protect or limit the injury to it body. The adaptive immune response is antigen-specific and requires the recognition of specific "non-self" antigens during a process called antigen presentation. B cells and T cells are the major types of lymphocytes in the immune system. However‚ when an adaptive immune response develops against self-antigens autoimmune response occurs with the characteristic
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Each year‚ thousands of patients die in hospitals because of errors in medication. These deviations occur mostly because of the complex process of drug administration. Errors can arise from the complicated system of drug administration itself; from prescription to the actual administration to patients. These mistakes in drug administration can be caused by many factors. Some of the reasons why these errors occur are the inadequate knowledge and skills both by the prescribing physician and the administering
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The “Color Complex” and It’s Persisting Effects on the Black Community As African Americans came to the United States the “color complex” was implemented upon them by their white captors. The “color complex” became a means for which white slave owners could divide and conquer their black slaves. With black slaves outnumbering whites on many southern colonies as well as in many of the Caribbean islands‚ such as Haiti‚ whites realized that they needed to divide their captors against each other.
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Adaptive behavior is the collection of conceptual‚ social and practical skills that have been learned over time and are performed by people in their everyday lives (Schalock‚ 2013). The majority of her adaptive behavior has been learned by her case manager‚ they were there to support her and help her learn these skills so that she could support herself (Elliott & Pero‚ 2007). Some of Diana’s adaptive behaviors are‚ being able to cook for herself and
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The ecological complex is used to describe broad urban change in cities. The ecological complex identifies the relationship between four concepts‚ known as “POET”‚ population‚ organization‚ environment‚ and technology. Detroit was affected in many different ways by POET between 1900 and 1910 and also between 2000 and 2010. Population refers to the number of people or growth in cities. Between 1900 and 1910 the population of Detroit grew rapidly because of the advancement in technology at the
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Education System – Boon or Bane The education today is becoming a blessing or a curse is an open ended question being raised these days. The whole concept of education today is far apart from what it was initially devised to be. Today‚ one of our main focus in our lives is to get a good education and have a sound career to lead a happy and content life. And‚ undoubtedly‚ today’s education system caters to our needs of education and career very well. But‚ where is the happiness and satisfaction
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