Organizational Structure
Organizational Culture
Organizational Change
100
a manager can manage 4-6 subordinates when the nature of work is complex, whereas, the number can go up to 15-20 subordinates for repetitive or fixed work.
This is an example of:
Span of Control
100
At Fialho Corp Inc, the corporate values state that they put the customer at the forefront of every decision. However at board meetings they say that they think of the shareholders first.
What type of values are their corporate values?
Espoused
100
Alex has just heard that there is going to be a merger between their company, and another similar one. This might mean new job opportunities, but it also means that there will be layoffs, job redundancies, new cultural alignments, and new policies.
Alex decides they are not happy about the change.
This is an example of
Negative Valence to Change
200
a large corporation such as General Electric has divisions for electronics, transportation, and aviation, each with its own team of accountants, marketers, etc.
This is an example of what kind of structure
(Product) Divisional Structure
200
An advertising company collects nominations about employees who have done exceptional work, based on the corporate values, and every month they crown a King/Queen/Royalty of Awesome.
This is an example of a:
Ceremonies and rites usually take place on an organizational level. They happen less frequently than rituals, usually at monthly, quarterly or annual intervals. Ceremonies and rites are used to celebrate accomplishments and share company information.
200
The following are examples of _________
External forces for change
300
A ________ structure is the most traditional approach. It calls for grouping together people who do similar tasks based on their area of specialty. In other words, you’ll find all the accountants in finance and all the marketers in marketing. Managers led each area and report up to a director or executive who may oversee multiple departments.
Functional Structure
300
An _______organizational culture supports the leadership concept and change processes by creating flexibility, transparency, creativity, innovativeness, efficiency, commitment, trust, fluidity, and promotes sustainability. An organization with an _______ culture built into the management and leadership strategies, system, and processes creates and maintains a competitive advantage in the information age of the 21st century. Building and integrating an ________culture of leadership, management, and staff, into a leadership approach of transformational leadership, facilitate the transformational process for all leaders, members, and stakeholders.
Adaptive
300
A sales organization is implementing a new and universal approach to selling their products. To launch the new approach, every sales employee is required to read a book, and participate in an internal conference where they will have workshops and practice the new techniques.
This is an exampled of _________strategy for resisting change.
Learning
400
the world-recognized Dutch origin multinational organization Phillips which in the year 1970 set up the __________organization structure in its company.
The managers now had to report to both the product division and geographical managers. Several other organizations that have implemented matrix organizational structure are Texas Instruments and Hughes Aircraft.
Matrix Structure
400
Every Friday, the company orders lunch for all of the employees. Everyone sits in the lunch room and eats their food, family style, and talks about their weekends and upcoming plans.
This is an example of a
ritual
400
Resistance to change is also precipitated when people feel they will be negatively affected by its consequences. This may be because of a perception that their earnings or career potential will be harmed or that the rewards of the change are not worth the effort required.
To combat this type of resistance to change, an organization may consider offering incentives. Such incentives may include extra pay, improved benefits, or offering structured career plans. This strategy requires ___________ to reach agreement. The drawback is that such agreements can be expensive and do not guarantee engagement with change.
This is an example of what strategy for minimizing resistance to change
Negotiation
500
The _______ structure dispenses with the usual hierarchy of a functional structure, decentralizing management and doing away with the need for middle manager bosses. Employees essentially act as their own boss, giving them the ability to communicate directly with peers on ideas and projects.
The advantage is a lot more freedom for employees, which requires a group of self-starters who don’t need managers checking up daily on their work. A __________ structure is common in incubators and startups where the focus is on product and services design, not production or top-down management structures.
Organic
500
At Pixar, everything is a work of art and employees are encouraged to be their true “creative” self. The essential ideals of the animation studio inspire the entire culture.
Pixar believes that if you want to be creative, you must be innovative in everything you do. This can even be seen throughout Pixar, especially in the design of the company's "cubicles," which are sometimes shaped like cute little huts.
The art, and the huts, are examples of:
Aligning artifacts
500
As part of the large-scale change effort, Jack Welch and several managers at General Electric devised a method for involving many organization members in the change process. Work-Out is a process for gathering the relevant people to discuss important issues and develop a clear action plan. The program has four goals to use employees' knowledge and energy to improve work, to eliminate unnecessary work, to build trust through a process that allows and encourages employees to speak out without being fearful, and to engage in the construction of an organization that is ready to deal with the future.
This is an example of ______
Parallel Learning Structures