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| system of consciously coordinated activities of 2 or more people |
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| Unity of Command Principle |
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| each employee should report to a single manager |
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| boxes-and-lines illustration showing chain of formal authority and division of labor |
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| the number of people reporting directly to a given manager |
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| provide research, advice, and recommendations to line managers |
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| have authority to make organizational decisions |
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| A relatively self-sufficient entity |
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| organism that must constantly interact with its environment to survive |
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| groups people according to the business functions they perform (marketing, finance, etc) |
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| group together activities related to outputs, such as type of product or type of customer |
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| combines functional and divisional chains to form a grid with two command structures |
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| organization identifies core competencies and outsources the other activities |
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| company outside a company created specifically to respond to an exceptional market opportunity that is often temporary, linked together by technology |
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| Contingency Approach to Organization Design |
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| creating an effective organization-environment fit |
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| Mechanistic Organizations |
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| rigid, command-and-control bureaucracies |
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| fluid and flexible network of multi-talented people |
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| most widely used effectiveness criterion for organizations |
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| healthy system if information flows smoothly and if employee loyalty, commitment, job satisfaction, and trust prevail |
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| any group of people with a stake in the organization's operation or success |
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