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Departmentalization - Answer Dividing up the jobs into groups of any kind
Functional - Answer Group jobs together based on their performance of like activities
Advantages of Depertmentalization - Answer - efficient of resources
- less redundancies
- Specialization
High Quality Problem - Answer - better bigger picture problem solving
- top management control
Divisional - Answer Jobs grouped on the basis of
- product
- geography
- customer
Divisional Breakout
3 bottom parts of pyramid - Answer - product basis
- geographic
- customer based
Advantages of Divisional Structures - Answer - more responsive and flexible
- better functional coordination
Emphasis on overall divisional goals - Answer Develops General Manager
- tend to at all levels think of the bigger picture
- associate with the business they work in DIFFERENTLY than functional structure
Functional Breakout - Answer - Mgmt control more centralized
- slow responses
Divisional Breakout - Answer - general managers (obtain subordinates)
- fast decisions
, Matrix Structure - Answer Attempt to gain both benefits of the functional and divisional
structure by having a line of authority for each
- combines functional & divisional
- very difficult to coordinate
Many matrix structures fail because they violate unity of command - Answer - They tend
to work more often than anywhere else in multi national corporations
In order for a matrix to work, it needs to be at the top - Answer - When the matrix
managers communicate directly with each other, not through the subordinates
Issues with matrix near the top - Answer People near the top tend to work with very little
to no supervision
In multi national corporations the matrix... - Answer tends to work because the matrix
managers serve as advisors rather than supervisors
Virtual Structure - Answer Coordinating activities of businesses, that do not have
common ownership, for a common purpose
- Part of the business
- Is outsourcing some function
Accounting - Answer Manufacturing parts that you assembles
- some companies don't have their own that need outsourcing
- HR
- Transportation
Fully Virtual Structure - Answer No ownership of any of the functional processes
Fully Virtual Structure - Pros - Answer Greatly reduces the need for capital investment
Fully Virtual Structure - Cons - Answer Potential problems from the lack of control
Coordination - Answer Through rules and communication
Mechanistic - Answer - leads to efficiencies
- relies on rules and centralized decision making
Organic - Answer - Leads to greater responsiveness and flexibility
- Relies on communications and decentralized decision making
"do we need to be more effective, do we need to be more flexible?''
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