13 Organizational Structure LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: 1. Describe three types of coordination in organizational structures. 2. Justify the optimal span of control in a given situation. 3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of centralization and formalization. 4. Distinguish organic from mechanistic organizational structures. 5. Identify and evaluate the six pure types of departmentalization. 6. Describe three variations of divisional structure
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Rafael Mendoza 11/28/2012 A company’s organizational structure can determine how effective its management department will be in implementing and executing company decisions. Without a great structure the company may lose its finances‚ by being inefficient. With that in mind‚ a company’s organizational structure is geared towards making the company more efficient and successful. UPS like all major organizations has to keep their organizational structure with the times in order to stay productive
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Much has been written on organizational structure and change management. Research commonly breaks down organizations into stages of growth or phases in a life cycle using varying factors and benchmarks. Depending on the article‚ the organization can be in any number of stages. However‚ there are definite commonalities that can be concluded amongst the differing research. For the purposes of our project‚ we focused on three articles that helped determine where STSM is and how our recommended changes
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Organizational Structure The United States Army is a hierarchical structure when it comes to chain of command. To fight a war the U.S. Army deploys a variety of specialized systems and soldiers to the battlefield. To do this the US Army has adopted the divisional organizational structure. The Army is divisional but is structured as a functional structure; Army‚ Corps‚ Division‚ Brigade‚ battalion‚ company‚ platoon‚ and squad (Powers‚ 2012). An Army with a divisional structure therefore has a subset
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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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The Home Depot’s Organizational Structure Danielle Weadd MGT/230 December 10‚ 2012 Chenise Hamilton Introduction To have a successful organization‚ companies need to have an organizational structure. Organizational structure is used as a foundation to ensure each department as well as employees knows the proper direction to take. The Home Depot is one of the largest home improvement retailers in the world. Home Depot is one company that incorporates organizational structure in their day- to
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Organizational Structures - Mechanistic and Organic Structures Podcast Transcript Speakers: Scott‚ Dine‚ Lock Collins Scott: Hey everybody‚ welcome! We’re going to have a great discussion today about the core components of organizational structures. Namely the mix of centralization and decentralization and how they factor into the two major types of organizations: mechanistic organizations and organic organizations. Diane: Then we’ll talk about two prime examples of each organization to
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Organizational Structure By: Brian G. Nordmann August 24‚ 2004 With every business that wants to grow and be profitable comes the inevitable‚ and that is change. Change is part of any organization be it a religious‚ educational‚ familial or our work environment. Without change we would not have walked on the moon‚ broken Olympic records or even have on-line classrooms. Change is not the challenge; it is managing that change as individuals that may be detrimental to the organization. Kurt
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Organizational Structure MGT/230 Chipotle’s Organizational Structure The reporting structure is a very important tool in an organization. This structure is a chart that serves as a roadmap of management levels and positions. Every business has a chain of command and it is structured uniquely‚ depending on the organization. The structure of an organization‚ if not built correctly can destroy the organization just like a building with poor architecture. The blueprints clarify and build a strong
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Organizational Structure MGT 230 April 16‚ 2012 Traci Thurman-Bowen FirstBanks’ Organizational Structure Founded in 1963‚ FirstBank has been fortunate enough to have outstanding employees‚ financial stability‚ and the greatest customers they could ask for. They have maintained a strong commitment to convenience‚ intelligent‚ and friendly customer service as well as loyalty to those who work for them. Organizations
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