FINAL EXAM #06044100
FINAL EXAM#06044100 PENN FOSTER STUDENT ID# 21877046
What’s required to implement an organization commitment to social responsibility?
What are the main obstacles to implementing socially responsible policies?
Name specific actions that can be taken toward increased social responsibility.
In order to implement an organizations commitment to social responsibility it is necessary to identify values held by society, how the organization intends to address, and then develop training programs and policies on what the organization plans to do to successfully fulfill its obligation. Also, clarifying how the policies relate to the organizations strategies, individual functions and goals.
The main obstacles an organization faces when implementing socially responsible policies is pressure from stockholders and business analysis who want steady increase in earnings. Without steady increase in profits, it becomes difficult to reinvest money in these areas. The following actions can be taken toward increased social responsibility:
1. Examine expectations and past responses.
2. Set objectives and prioritize.
3. Plan and implement strategies.
4. Set budgets for resources needed for social action and commit to acquiring them.
5. Monitor accomplishments or progress.
What is departmentalization? Explain departmentalization based on work, products, geography and customers. Provide an example of each.
Departmentalization is the practice in which grouping or combining jobs that are related to form a specialized area that is distinct from other areas in an organization.
Work or functional departmentalization is a method of separating the activities performed within an organization into groups by the nature or function of the work they perform. For example, functional departmentalization would tend to group together staff members that perform a specialized function in an organization, like marketing.
Product departmentalization is
What’s required to implement an organization commitment to social responsibility?
What are the main obstacles to implementing socially responsible policies?
Name specific actions that can be taken toward increased social responsibility.
In order to implement an organizations commitment to social responsibility it is necessary to identify values held by society, how the organization intends to address, and then develop training programs and policies on what the organization plans to do to successfully fulfill its obligation. Also, clarifying how the policies relate to the organizations strategies, individual functions and goals.
The main obstacles an organization faces when implementing socially responsible policies is pressure from stockholders and business analysis who want steady increase in earnings. Without steady increase in profits, it becomes difficult to reinvest money in these areas. The following actions can be taken toward increased social responsibility:
1. Examine expectations and past responses.
2. Set objectives and prioritize.
3. Plan and implement strategies.
4. Set budgets for resources needed for social action and commit to acquiring them.
5. Monitor accomplishments or progress.
What is departmentalization? Explain departmentalization based on work, products, geography and customers. Provide an example of each.
Departmentalization is the practice in which grouping or combining jobs that are related to form a specialized area that is distinct from other areas in an organization.
Work or functional departmentalization is a method of separating the activities performed within an organization into groups by the nature or function of the work they perform. For example, functional departmentalization would tend to group together staff members that perform a specialized function in an organization, like marketing.
Product departmentalization is