SOC361H5- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 46 pages long!)
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Typo in text: p. 52, 2, 2nd sentence: should read: studies support the idea that lower [not higher ] levels of interdependence and [insert: lower levels ] of uncertainty , hovey and beard case study. Old companies were unable keep up with technological advances with imaging, etc. iphones changed the way we look at phones, big screens, etc. Google provided the first competition for apple with their android systems. Today"s objectives: know : five dimensions of organizational structure, what happened in the hovey & beard case, and why, four points from the case, difference between positions and jobs, the role of relationships in social structures. Terms to know position incumbent horizontal structure vertical structure. Silo structure: different parts of company that work separately. Situation (case shows us the consequences of upsetting the organization structure) Layout: 8 work booths, the chain carries hooks into drying oven.
