Decentralization

Does size of an organization affect is complexity is the question at hand. In Peter Blau’s case, the size does increase the complexity of a firm. However, due to this connection, economies of scale will not be automatic (Tolbert & Hall, 2009, p. 46). In fact, his contributions to the theory of organizational structure is that as the organization grows, a need for specialized individuals is noted, hence, giving rise to greater complexity as well as the need to span managerial control (Tolbert &…

overcome oppression and find success. Her personal temperament, relationship to race, and physical location in New York City during the Harlem Renaissance allowed Hurston to hold these politics, of the prioritization of strength over race and the decentralization of race, as key themes prevalent in her writing. These ideas can also be seen in her 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching…

Controlling is a process of establishing performance standards based on the organization objectives, evaluating and reporting actual performance, comparing the two, and taking corrective or preventive action as necessary. This function makes sure that goals are met. All the successful organizations, not important the size or how big they are pay close attention to the controlling function. In these moments we are learning of our errors and modifying part of the system of medical transportation…

City of Minneapolis: Committee of the Whole Planning Commission The City of Minneapolis City Planning Commission’s ‘Committee of the Whole’ is a meeting that occurs at Minneapolis City Hall twice per month. The objective of these meetings is to provide a public forum where City staff and project applicants can discuss proposals in an official forum outside of the public hearing process. My particular meeting occurred at 4:30 PM on September 22nd, 2016. The vice president of the Planning…

Introduction Globalization and rapid developments in information technology and software development have allowed organizations around the world to adopt Agile software as a technical instrument. The software delivers rapid, improved and efficient information technology solution. The use of Agile software development is a technique that utilizes Agile procedures like Extreme Programming, and Scrum built on iterative and incremental progress. Requirements and solution in agile software…

Collective Bargaining in Current Nursing As professional healthcare workers, nurses are accountable for providing care to a diverse culture of patients that come in with an array of medical problems. That care is essentially guided by the trust and rapport with the patients. Nurses are also entrusted to be patient advocates, however, who advocates for the nurse? Simply, the nurses themselves are able to do so through collective bargaining. In the earlier decades, nurses didn’t have much power…

“At the end of 1962, President John F. Kennedy asked his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to compile a report on the Civil Rights enforcement activities of the Justice Department over the previous year. In this report, submitted on January 24, 1963, Robert Kennedy notes "progress" overall, but reminds the President that difficult race problems remain "not only in the South . . . but throughout the country." During this time, Robert “Bobby” F. Kennedy had played an active role in the…

Title: The Declaration of Independence as Basis of the Government and guided by the Constitutional Principles of America the Rule of Law: Main Pillar of the American Constitution. Introduction The Declaration of Independence could be considered as the opening document in American History, especially in the sense that it announced the principles that guided the founding of the nation, which in many ways leaves a legacy that directly affects its governance. This excerpt has pertinent…

Black Lives Matter How many times have you heard of a police involved shooting? How many times have you heard that an African American man has been shot and killed by a police officer? In reality we can not name how many times, all we can say is, a lot. But the killing that struck hard was the one of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, a white man who was on neighborhood watch back in 2012. While driving through his community on watch, he spotted what seemed to be a suspicious black man…

Outline why it is sometimes argued that the public and private sectors have converged since 1979 and consider to what extent you agree that this is the case Since 1979, there has been a global shift in the provision of public services, from solely public sector, to a greater involvement of the private sector. Until just over thirty years ago, the public sector was to abide by strict rules and codes of conduct with regards to management, known as Public Administration. However, it was recognised…