Instructions:
Read the attached Structure of the Organizationliterature
1. Identify the seven essential elements for the development of an organizational structure.
1) Work Specialization
2) Departmentalization
3) Chain of Command
4) Span of Control
5) Centralization
6) Decentralization (When can you delegate authority? How much discretion should a subordinate have? Should a subordinate be allowed to participate in decision making? Who else needs to know of the delegation of authority? What controls of feedback can be used?
7) Formalization
2. List the traditional and modern models of organizational design.
TRADITIONAL -Identify simple structure bureaucratic matrix structures.
MODERN Team Virtual Organization Organization without boundaries
What are its advantages and disadvantages of each model?
What should be considered when choosing a model?
Which factors are preferred for the different organizational structures?
What implications of the different organizational designs have on employees behavior?
An essay is in APA format.
References 4-6 (the attached ones could also be used. See below)
No Plagiarism No copy paste.
Follow ATTACHED file information.
Word count: no less than 2500
References
CAPPELLI P and P D SHERER The Missing Role of Context in OB: The Need for a Meso-Level Analysis in L.L.
Cummings and B.M. Staw (Eds.) Research in Organizational Behavior Vol. 13 (Greenwich CT: JAI Press 1991)
PP. 55110.
GALBRAITH J.R. and E.E. LAWLER iii Organizing for the Future: The New Logic for Managing Complex
Organizations (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass 1993).
HIRSCHHORN L. and T. GILMORE The New Boundaries of the Boundaryless Company Harvard Business
Review (May June 1992) pp. 10415.
JACQUES E. In Praise of Hierarchy Harvard Business Review (January-February 1990) pp. 12733.
LAWLER E.E. in The Ultimate Advantage: Creating the High-Involvement Organization (San Francisco: Jossey-
Bass 1992).
MILLER 0. Organizational Configurations: Cohesion Change and Prediction Human Relations (August 1990)
pp. 77189.
MITROFF 1.1. RO. MASON and G.M. PEARSON Radical Surgery: What Will Tomorrows Organizations Look
Like? Academy of Management Executive (May 1994) pp. 1121.
PARTHASARATHY R. and S.B. SETH! The Impact of Flexible Automation on Business Strategy and
Organizational Structure Academy of Management Review (January 1992) pp.
86111.
PINCHOT G. and E. PINCHOT The End of Bureaucracy and the Rise of the Intelligent Organization (San Francisco:
Berrett-Koehler 1994).
ROBBINS S. P. Organization Theory: Structure Design and Applications 3rd ed. (Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice
Hall 1990).
Organizational Structure (models and elements)
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