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| An organization's objectives and goals and how it tries to capitalize on its assets to make money. Wehter to be a low-cost producer or a differeintator |
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The method by which an organiation transforms inputs to outputs.
Like the machines at JA, they make the shafts and taps... |
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| An orginaztion form that features one person as the central decision-making figure. The President is also the manager, used by most small bbusiness. JA JA JA |
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| Cultural Strength (Chapter 16) |
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| The degree to which employees agree about how things should happen within hte organization and behave accordingly. .Employees believe in the values and carry it out in their performace...Devon Energy. |
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An organizational form that exhibits many of the facets of a mechanistics organization...Military,IBM for example.
As the company increases this structure is impossible not to develope. |
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| An organizational form in which employees are grouped by the functions they perform for the organizations. Just like what was learned in Operational Management. Think of a "Bank" :) |
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| Multi-divisional Structure |
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| An organizational form in which employees are grouped by product, geography, or client.MacDonalds in multiple locations, Dell Call center in India. Different parts of the company located in different regions, each branch has its own chain of command. |
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| An organizational form in which employyees are grouped around different products that the company produces. Example, Darden Restaurants, owns, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Long Horn Steak House. Also, Yum fastfood chains. Conglomerates... |
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| An organizational form in which employees are grouped around the different locations where the company does business.Having stores are offices in different locations and having a manerger run it. The US has it all over the place. No stand along store. |
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| An organizational form in which employees are organized around serving customers. Dell offering service for consumers, corporations, small and mid-sized businesses, and government and educational buyers. |
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| A complex form of organizational structure that combines a functional and multidisional grouping. A mix of functional and product structure. Example Xerox, General Electric. (They have many functions of their business) |
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| The process of changing an organization's structure. [Changing how it operates, has an negative effect on the organization. |
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