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Chapter 7: Structuring and Designing Organization - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 7: Structuring and Designing Organization
I. What are the six key elements in organizational design?
What are Authority and Responsibility?
What is unity of command?
What are the different types of authority relationship?
How do authority and power differ?
What is span of control?
What is Departmentalization?
How are activities grouped?
customer departmentaliazition
geographic departmentalization
Product departmentalization
process departmentalizations
Functional departmentalization
How do centralization and decentralization Differ?
Centralization
Decentralization
What is work Specialization?
Today's view
Traditional view
What is Formalization?
Formalization
II. What are some Common Organizational?
What traditional organizational designs can managers use?
What Contemporary organizational designs can managers use?
III. What are today's organizational design challenge?
How do you keep employees connected?
How do global differences affect organizational Structure?
Making ethical decisions in today's workplace
3.1 How do you build a learning organization?
learning organization
leadership
culture
information sharing
organizational design
3.2 How can managers design efficient and effective flexible work arrangenment?
what's involved in remote work or telecommuting?
Managing Technology in today's Workplace
how can organizations use compressed workweeks, flextime and job sharing?
what is a contingent workforce?
IV. Knowing: Getting Ready for exams and Quizzes
Chapter Summary by learning outcome
7.3 Compare and contrast traditional and contemporary organizational design.
7.2 Identify the contingency factors that favor either the mechanistic model or the organic model of organizational design.
7.1 Describe six key element in organizational design.
7.4 'Discuss the design challenges faced by today's organization.
Discussion Questions
7-5 Contrast mechanistic and organic organizations.
7-6 Explain the contingency factors that affect organizational design.
7.4 Contrast the design of a boundaryless organization and y structureless organization. Explain the points of contra with examples.
7-7 With the availability of information technology that allows employees to work anywhere, anytime, is organizing still an important managerial function? Why or why no
7-3 Compared to the strengths and weaknesses of a functional structure, what are the strengths and weaknesses of a simple structure?
7-8. Researchers are now saying that efforts to simplify work tasks actually have negative results for both companies and their employees. Do you agree? Why or why not?
7.2 What are the concepts of traditional and contemporary organizational design? Will these designs be influenced differently by management and the environment?
7-9 "The boundaryless organization has the potential to create a major shift in the way we work." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain.
7-1 Discuss the six key concepts defining organization design.
7-10 Draw an organization chart of an organization with which you're familiar (where you work, a student organization to which you belong, your college or university, etc.). Be very careful in showing the departments (or groups) and especially be careful to get the chain of command correct. Be prepared to share your chart with the class. When interviewing for a job, what information might an organization chart give you?