A NEW KIND OF STRUCTURE CASE STUDY Question 1: Describe and evaluate what Pfizer is doing? Pfizer is the world’s largest research -based pharmaceuticals firm and also a well-known pharmaceutical company. So their most of the work depends on research‚ developing strategies and innovate. They were trying to find a new way of system which makes their work more effective and efficient. Pfizer find out that their worker spends more time on business research and data analysis to the creation of documents
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Organizational Structure “The organizational structure is a frame work” (Hax & Majluf‚ 2001‚ p. 444). An organizational structure can be compared to that of a building. Be it an organization or an ordinary building‚ flaws in the structure can lead to its downfall. Organizational structure and culture is vital in facilitating managers and leaders accomplish set objectives. With the growth spurt of technology‚ today’s business environment is prone to constant changes and a firm structure is required
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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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is known as the organization structure formally defined by Wikipedia (2006) as‚ "the way in which the interrelated groups of an organization are constructed. From a managerial point of view the main concerns are ensuring effective communication and coordination." In respects to project management there are three primary organizational break downs they are functional structure‚ pure project structure‚ and matrix structure. We will take a look into each of these structures to better identify the similarities
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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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Organizational structure is the way a business organizes their companies and employees so work and goals can be accomplished on a short and long term basis. They are determined and influenced by certain functions within the organization. These functions include marketing‚ finance‚ human resources‚ and operations. Also to determine the design of the structure for the organization your look at the geographic‚ customer-base‚ products and services offered‚ separate departments‚ and more. In this paper
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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 Sean A. Helm Management 330 Management for Organizations Professor Paul Verlasky Ashford University May 8‚ 2013 Organizational Structure At the core of every business lie the employees who carry out the everyday task and constantly push production. The employees are the life blood of an organization and single handedly cant make or break the business. As we go through our everyday life we see examples of good employees and bad. There are many different organizations
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How does the main idea relate to organizational structure? Organizational structure can be defined as the hierarchical arrangement of authority‚ communication rights and duties of an organization. The structure of an organization depends on the organizational objectives and strategies. In our article “Go your own way”‚ we can identify that the structure used is decentralized. In a decentralized structure the decision making power is distributed and departments have different degree of interdependence
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