organizational structure, and organizational process. Organizational structure is the vertical and horizontal configuration of departments, authority and job within a company. The most common organizational structure is functional departmentalization. Functional departmentalization organizes work and workers into separate units responsible for particular business functions or areas of expertise. Companies tend to use this structure when they are small or just starting out. An organizational process is the
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| Contents | Page number | 1. | Executive summary | i | 2. | Introduction | ii | 3. | Planning process | 1 | 4. | Review of plans | 2 | 5. | Organizing | 3 | 6. | Departmentalization | 3 | 7. | Work specialization | 3 | 8. | Chain of command | 3 | 9. | Span of control | 5 | 10. | Centralization | 5 | 11. | Formalization | 6 | 12. | Communication | 6 | 13. | Appendix | iii |
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fit into this because they are taking on tasks that have been given to them specifically. Departmentalization is the basis by which jobs are grouped together. For instance every organization has its own specific way of classifying and grouping work activities. Functional Departmentalization, Product Departmentalization, Geographical Departmentalization, Process Departmentalization, Customer Departmentalization. Volunteers could fall under any number of these depending on how the company split up the
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Organizations should also reevaluate their long range planning and decision making process so they fully understands the potential social consequences. 2. Departmentalization is grouping jobs into related work units. Departmentalization based on work can be describe by its function, example of this is the engineering manager. Departmentalization based on product is where all the activities needed to produce and market a product are under a single manager. This system allows employees to identify
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linking all activities together toward organizational goal achievement. There are two primary structure types; organic and mechanistic. There are four main elements to organizational structure; centralization, formalization, hierarchy, and departmentalization. These elements often coexist in organizational structures and their configuration will determine whether an organization is organic or mechanistic. Organic organizations are less formal and more flexible than traditional organizations and
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Assignment (a) Economic factor Analysis form Argentina (b) BRIC countries, having Goal in Conglolomarates (India & China) (c) What is the Departmentalization chose a company from Developed countries and Draw out its Functional Departmentalization and Products/Brand departmentalization Economic factor Analysis of Argentina The economy of Argentina has been recently on rise after the recovery from a severe economic crisis of 2001/2002. Over the last 5 years, the country's GDP growth
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Starbuck’s Case Study Eric J. Ward MGT 330: Management for Organizations Ashford University Starbuck’s Case Study As the reading has indicated a job description has a couple of key purposes. First being job descriptions “are part of the recruiting process that allows applicants to review what exactly a job entails by reading the job description.”(Reilly, et al., 2011) Next it allows managers and their subordinates to then have the capability to “refer to the listing to see which
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adapted as what is known as the “Formal and the Informal Organizational Charts” These organizational structures are known as Departmentalization, Matrix organizations, the project team, and the collegial model. There are five ways that an organization can be departmentalized; by function, by process by market, by consumer/client and by geographic area. Departmentalization breaks the organization down into parts or different departments within the organization. The advantage to this organizational
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This report is based upon the information from the Harvard business case: “Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in the Twenty-First Century”. Both Coca Cola Company and PepsiCo are the largest players in the Carbonated Soft Drinks (CSD) industry. The purpose of this report is to gain insight into the possible strategies that can be applied, in order to expand the overall throat share in the future. History revealed that a highly competitive strategy that was utilized in the past by both companies resulted
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ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN Organizational design is a process of developing and changing the organization's structure by its managers. It is a chart containing the reporting structure i.e. who reports to whom.More specifically, Organization Design is a formal, guided process for integrating the people, information and technology of an organization. It is used to match the form of the organization as closely as possible to the purpose(s) the organization seeks to achieve. Through the design process
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