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46 Cards in this Set
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What are organizational design?
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the process of constructing and adjusting an organization’s structure to achieve its goals.
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What is organizational structure?
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the linking of departments and jobs within an organization
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What are contextual variables?
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the linking of departments and jobs within an organization
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What is differentiation?
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the process of deciding
how to divide the work in an organization - |
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What are the four dimensions of differention?
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1. Managers goal orientation
2. Time Orientation 3. Interpersonal Orientation 4. Formality of Structure |
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What is horizontal Differentiation?
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-is the degree of differentiation between organizational subunits and is based on employees specialized knowledge, education, or training.
-Ex: professors who teach different subjects |
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What is departmentation?
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dividing the different specilized functions in a organzitions into sectors.
-more specialized the the orgranizations > the # of departments |
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What is vertical differentiation?
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it is the difference in authority and responsibility in the organizational hierachy.
Ex: between a CEO and a Janitor -refers to a tall organization |
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-What is a tall vs a flat organiztion?
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-> vertical intergration= tall
tall- more narrow and tighter controls ex. Banks -< vertcal integration= flat -less managment postions -no one is better than the other |
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What is spatial differentiation?
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-Geographic dispersion of an organization’s offices, plants, and personnel
-complicates design -simplifies goals and protection |
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What is complexity?
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the more structurally differentiated an organization is means the more complex it is.
-if it does take care of the complexiity can loose site of its focus - |
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What is integration?
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the process of designing and building linkage and coordination mechanisms
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What is formalization?
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the degree to which the organization has
official rules, regulations and procedures |
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What is hierarchy of authority?
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the
degree of vertical differentiation across levels of management |
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Wht is centralization?
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the degree
to which decisions are made at the top of the organization |
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What is standardization?
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the
degree to which work activities are accomplished in a routine fashion |
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What is a bureaucratic organization?
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one that is hign in all five dimenstions
-not necessarily bad for the company |
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What is woodwards taxonmy?
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is the person who created the best known classification for technology
- small batch -mass production -continuous process |
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What is standardization?
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the
degree to which work activities are accomplished in a routine fashion |
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What is small batch?
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made- to order- technology
- hand made items |
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What is a bureaucratic organization?
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one that is hign in all five dimenstions
-not necessarily bad for the company |
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What is mass production?
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using large machines to produce a large amount of products
-assembly lines - cars |
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What is woodwards taxonmy?
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is the person who created the best known classification for technology
- small batch -mass production -continuous process |
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What is small batch?
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made- to order- technology
- hand made items |
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What is mass production?
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using large machines to produce a large amount of products
-assembly lines - cars |
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What is continuous process?
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it is always going producing
-electricity, oil refining -most complex -Small Batch is least complex |
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What is a professional beaucracy?
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emphasizes the expertise of the professionals in the operting core of the organization
-Hospitals and Universities |
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What is a simple structure?
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is an organization with little technical and support staff, strong centralization or decision making in the upper echelon and direct supervision
-landscape business |
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What is a machine bureaucracy?
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- is an moderalty decentralized form of organization that emphasizes the technical staff and standardization of work process
-assembly line |
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What is divisional form?
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emphasizes the middle level and standardization of outputs
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What is adhocracy?
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decentralized form of organization emphasizes support staff and mutual adjustment among people
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What is mintzbergs five basic parts of a organization?
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-strategic apex, technostructure, middle line, support staff, and operating core
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What is the environment?
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anything outside the boundaries of an organization
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What is the task environment?
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the elements of an organization’s environment that are related to its goal attainment
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What is environmental uncertainty?
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the amount and rate of change in the organization’s environment
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What is mechanistic structure?
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an organizational design that emphasizes structured activities, specialized tasks, and centralized decision making.
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What is organic structure?
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an organizational design that emphasizes teamwork, open communication and decentralized decision making
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What is organizational life cycle?
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the differing stages of an organizations life from birth to death
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What are the four contextual variables?
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Size, technology, enviromnet, stragtegy and goals
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What is the order of the life cycle?
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Birth-Growth-Maturity-Decline-Revival
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How is globalization affecting the reshaping of organizations?
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-spatial, cutural, rules and laws differences
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How it IT technology shaping organizations?
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-more communication
-easier to create products -flatten authority and decrease centralization -decrease speciliazaion, and standardization |
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What is a network organization?
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are weblike structures that contract some or all of their operating functions to other organizations and the coordinate their activities
-can be global |
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What is a virtual organizations?
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temporary network organizations consisting of independent enterprises
-problem with trust |
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What is circle organization?
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achieve teamwork without teams
-open and organic |
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What are the four symptoms of structural weakness?
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1. Delay in decision making
2. Poor quality decision making 3. Lack of innovative to changing environment 4. High Level of Conflict |
