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Chapter 14: The changing role of leadership in organizational "…
Chapter 14: The changing role of leadership in organizational "Midlife".
Differentiation into subgroups and the growth of subcultures
Differentiation by product, market or technology
Mature organization differentiate themselves in terms of the technologies they employ
Different kind of people with different kind of education
Divisionalization
To run an integrated division requires a strong general manager
Decentralizing most of the functions into the product, market, or geographical units
Differentiation by hierarchical level
As the number of people in the organization increases, it becomes increasingly difficult to coordinate their activities.
Creating additional layers in the hierarchy so that the span of control
The interaction and shared experience among the members of a given level provide an opportunity for the formation of common assumptions
Geographical
This kind of problem can be resolved rationally with good understanding
As geographical units mature and become divisions, one will find in them a number of cultural and subcultural PROBLEMS
When an organization grows to the point that leadership decides to break into several geographical units
Functional differentitation
Technology leads people adapt
The diversity creates basic problems of integration
A powerful subculture is based on technology