ADMS 1000 Lecture : Organizational Structure lecture notes from 01/02/11

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16 Oct 2011

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York University

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Administrative Studies

Course

ADMS 1000

Professor

Natalie Guriel

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Work specialization / division of labour: how the jobs are set up: functional: simple, repetitive tasks, social / narrow: specialization of an individual, wide: Centralization: where the power of the organization rests: high: highly centralized organization. Standardized way to making the products, script that employees follow. Power rests at the top of the organization: low: a decentralized organization. Require them to be innovative and to be able to make decisions. Must be flexible and respond to the market as necessary. Ability to make changes without asking for permission. All employees have the power to make decisions. Span of control: how many managers there are/how the hierarchy is set up: narrow: only a few people responding to one manager (one or two) Much more control/ability to manage those employees: wide: a lot of employees responding to one manager. Less lines of authority, more communication between managers.

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c. Summarize and discuss the organizational design differences of centralization versus decentralization in organizations.

QUESTION 5 Gerri was a new teacher and soon became friends with Julia, who had been a teacher at the school for several years. In the course of their conversation, Julia told Gerri about the principal and what she could expect. This is an example of a.

a corporate story.

b. a personal story.

c. a collegial story.

d. an organizational story.

e. a communication network.

QUESTION 6

The term used to describe the ways of thinking, acting, and understanding work that are shared by members of an organization and reflect an organization's distinct identity is called

	a.	organizational culture.
	b.	organizational hierarchy.
	c.	organizational rites.
	d.	organizational structure.
	e.	organizational rituals.

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Movie - Ice Age Collision Course

1. After watch the movie of Ice Age Collision Course,summary outthe whole story of the movie.

2. Based on the movie of Ice Age Collision Course, what are thescenes and examples that show the organizational cultureâscomponents of observable artifacts, espoused values, and basicunderlying assumptions? (Each component gives one scene from themovie)

3. In your opinion, what is the definition of organizationalstructure, work specialization, chain of command, span of control,centralization, formalization, organizational culture, observableartifacts, espoused values, and basic underlying assumptions?

4. Based on the movie of Ice Age Collision Course, what are thescenes and examples that show the organizational structureâselements of work specialization, chain of command, span of control,centralization, and formalization ? (Each element gives one scenefrom the movie)

5. Which type of teams shown in Ice Age Collision Course? Proveit with the scenes and example in the movie. (Work team, managementteam, parallel team project team and action team)

6. Does the stages of team development happen when thecharacters form the team. What are the scenes and examples thatshow the stage of team development? Each element gives one scenesfrom the movie. ( Forming, storming, norming, performing andadjourning)

7. Based on Ice Age Collision Course, which type ofcommunication used by the teams? Provide the scenes and examplesthat show the type of communication used. (All channel, circle, Yand wheel)

8. In your opinion, why leader is important in a team? Whatcharacteristics should a team own? Based on the Ice Age CollisionCourse, who is the leader in the team and prove it with the scenesand examples in the movie.

9. Based on the Ice Age Collision Course, which decision-makingstyles used by the leader? Prove it with the scenes and examples inthe movie. (Delegative style, facilitative style, consultativestyle and autocratic style)

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