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Design Parameters
Contingency Factors
Essence of Structure
Basic Structure
Movies
100
This is the number of tasks contained in each job.
What is Scope
100
True or False? Structures of older organizations differ from those of younger ones?
True.
100
Of the 5 coordinating mechanisms, this is the simplest, and puts control of the work in the hands of the doers.
What is Mutual Adjustment?
100
This makes up the heart of an organization.
What is The Operating Core?
100
The part of The Organizational Structure in which Steve Jobs was part of in "Pirates of Silicon Valley."
What is Strategic Apex?
200
Behavioral formalization is typically done in what ways?
What is job descriptions, work orders, and general specifications
200
True or False? Structures of larger organizations differ from those of smaller ones?
True.
200
Of the 5 coordinating mechanisms, this achieves coordination by having one individual take responsibility for the work of others.
What is Direct Supervision?
200
This section is composed primarily of analysts.
What is The Techno Structure?
200
The part of The Organizational Structure in which Norma Rae was part of when she was a laborer at the textile factory.
What is The Operating Core?
300
This is the organization's way of proscribing the discretion of its members; essentially standardizing of their work processes.
What is Behavioral Formalization
300
We can expect this to be a primary phenomenon of the operating core; and to have a great influence on design structures of the future.
What is technology?
300
Standardization of work processes is shown in this of three movies viewed in class.
What is Norma Rae?
300
This part of the organization includes: legal experts, advisors, janitors, and cafeteria workers.
What is Support Staff?
300
The part of The Organizational Structure in which Bill Gates was part of in the Movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley."
What is The Strategic Apex?
400
This device has no formal authority, and acts as a crossroads for communication channels.
What is a Liaison Device?
400
True or False? The weaker the external control of the organization, the more centralized and formalized its structure.
False.
400
These are standardized when the results of the work, for example the dimensions of the product or the performance, are specified.
What are Outputs?
400
This part of the organization functions as "the brain."
What is The Strategic Apex?
400
The part of The Organizational Structure in which Norma Rae was part of when she was a supervisor in the textile factory.
What is The Middle Line?
500
Professional training and apprenticeships are part of what design parameter?
What is training and indoctrination.
500
The four characteristics of organizational environments that are most critical.
What is Stability, Complexity, Market Diversity, and Hostility?
500
Standardization of skills achieves___ what standardization of work processes or of work outputs does ____.
What are indirectly and directly
500
Power flows downward while supervision flows upward in this part of the organization.
What is The Middle Line?
500
The part of The Organizational Structure in which Bartelby was part of.
What is The Operating Core?