Strategic Organization Design The Need: Senior organizational leaders are constantly facing the need to restructure their organizations. Changes in leadership‚ a shift in strategy‚ or changing factors within an organization often create the need for reorganizing. Organization design is one of the most potent tools available to senior managers for shaping the direction of their organizations. It can be a key leverage point for directing attention and energy to certain critical activities
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Factors Affecting Organizational Design Although many things can affect the choice of an appropriate structure for an organization‚ the following five factors are the most common: size‚ life cycle‚ strategy‚ environment‚ and technology. Organizational size The larger an organization becomes‚ the more complicated its structure. When an organization is small — such as a single retail store‚ a two-person consulting firm‚ or a restaurant — its structure can be simple. In reality‚ if the organization
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Job design: Job design is simply the designing of job and this is the process that is next to job analysis. Job design involves step-by-step or systematic attempts to organize tasks‚ duties and responsibilities into a unit of work to achieve certain objectives. Job design makes the job highly specialized and well designed jobs are important in attracting and retaining a motivated work force. Elements of Job Design Job Design is affected by 3 categories of factors/elements: • Organizational elements
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References: Ancona‚ D.‚ Kochan‚ T. A.‚ Scully‚ M.‚ Van Maanen‚ J.‚ & Westney‚ D. E. (2009). Managing for the future: Organizational behavior & processes (Third ed.) (J. W. Calhoun‚ M. P. Roche‚ J. Szilagyi‚ J. O ’Neill‚ & E. Gross‚ Eds.). Mason‚ OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Snell‚ S.‚ & Bohlander‚ G. (2013). Managing human resources (J. W. Calhoun‚ M. Rhoades
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Organizational Design In today’s volatile business environment‚ it is more important than ever that managers‚ whether of a global multinational or a small team‚ should understand the fundamentals of organizational design. Written specifically for executives and executive MBA students‚ the new edition of this successful book provides a step-by-step “how to” guide for designing an organization. It features comprehensive coverage of the key aspects of organizational design‚ including goals‚ strategy
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Environmental Factors Heidi Wallen HSM/220 March 21‚ 2013 Environmental Factors The four external environmental factors are: economic factors‚ sociological factors‚ technological factors‚ and political and professional factors. The six internal factors are: organizational purpose‚ mission‚ and philosophy‚ Organizational planning‚ Organizational operations‚ Human resources‚ Technological resources‚ financial resources. Economic
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of Organizational Design University of Phoenix Key Concepts of Organizational Design This paper will provide key concepts of organization design. It will describe the five best design choices and also will provide information regarding some common organizational structures. An organization will have to continuously look at the design and structure it uses to ensure that it is going to establish its goals and vision. Importance of Organizational Design Choices Organizational Design will
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ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE An organization is a pattern of relationships-many interwoven‚ simultaneous relationships- through which people‚ under the direction of managers‚ pursue their common goals. These goals are the products of the decision - making processes. The goals that managers develop through planning are typically ambitious‚ far-reaching‚ and open-ended. Managers want to ensure that their organizations can endure for a long time. Members of an organization
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Environmental Factors Paper Dallas Brekke MKT 461 - Marketing March 11‚ 2007 Environmental Factors Paper In any company‚ external factors exist that have an effect on the firms operations. Much of the time‚ these factors are largely uncontrollable and can only be managed and influenced to the best of the firm ’s ability. These factors are what make up the marketing environment. In this paper‚ we will explore some of the domestic and global environmental factors that may impact Dell Computer
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organizational design paper: description and assessment of a group practice family medicine clinic Introduction An organizational design specifies and describes the formal and the informal structures and processes within an organization through which the organization pursues its mission and objectives. An organizational design‚ thus‚ is the framework within which an organization functions. Both internal forces and external forces influence the character of an organization’s design. An
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