Internal Organizational Politics
Questions: 1. The typical U.S. employee works in an establishment with about 600 full-time and 72 part-time workers. It is also true that the median numbers for full- and part-time workers are 50 and 2. Explain this apparent paradox.
2. Why are small companies important to our economy? What are the major problems faced by small companies?
3. Give some examples of how organizations can affect the cities in which they are based.
4. How can internal organizational changes affect the social structure of the organization? How can managers minimize the negative aspects of change in order to preserve the social structure?
5. Explain the differences between horizontal and vertical differentiation. Give examples to support your explanation.
6. Describe the contributions to the theory of organizational structure by Peter Blau. Reveal how Argyris and Aldrich (1972) criticized Blau's research data relating to organizational size and structure.
7. Write an essay on one key insight of institutional theory which produces evidence that "national culture" affects how organizations are structured. Explain how this phenomena are amplified in multinational organizations.
8. Summarize the theorists' arguments concerning the practical institutional theories of (1) functional, (2) product, and (3) matrix forms of organization. Produce a graph of each of these forms of organization.
9. Go online tohttp://www.referenceforbusiness.com/management/Ob-Or/Organizational-Structure.html#b and explain what you found as it relates to the principles in this Module. 10. In creating formal structure, debates have been enjoined over the processes involved. Taking internal organizational politics as an example, outline some of the findings Child (1972), Robert Michels (1949), and other researchers have found when comparing American to French or German organizations. Explain the concept of "equifinality" by using two Internet references.
2. Why are small companies important to our economy? What are the major problems faced by small companies?
3. Give some examples of how organizations can affect the cities in which they are based.
4. How can internal organizational changes affect the social structure of the organization? How can managers minimize the negative aspects of change in order to preserve the social structure?
5. Explain the differences between horizontal and vertical differentiation. Give examples to support your explanation.
6. Describe the contributions to the theory of organizational structure by Peter Blau. Reveal how Argyris and Aldrich (1972) criticized Blau's research data relating to organizational size and structure.
7. Write an essay on one key insight of institutional theory which produces evidence that "national culture" affects how organizations are structured. Explain how this phenomena are amplified in multinational organizations.
8. Summarize the theorists' arguments concerning the practical institutional theories of (1) functional, (2) product, and (3) matrix forms of organization. Produce a graph of each of these forms of organization.
9. Go online tohttp://www.referenceforbusiness.com/management/Ob-Or/Organizational-Structure.html#b and explain what you found as it relates to the principles in this Module. 10. In creating formal structure, debates have been enjoined over the processes involved. Taking internal organizational politics as an example, outline some of the findings Child (1972), Robert Michels (1949), and other researchers have found when comparing American to French or German organizations. Explain the concept of "equifinality" by using two Internet references.