ADMS 2510 Study Guide - Final Guide: Management Accounting, Oligopoly, Purchasing Power Parity

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2510
• Professor: TBA

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Again, make any assumptions you need to with regard to the nature of this organization. For example, mechanistic recall: narrow division of labour, centralized decision- making, high formalization, narrow span of control/hierarchical). However this question is really asking about why the structure would appear in a certain way therefore you should consider the contingencies of structure (see k book). The bigger an organization is, the more hierarchy and rules needed to maintain control over so many employees. Stability and reliability of service also require many rules and levels of management as well as centralized decision making. Strategy walmart is not focused on innovation but in providing cheap goods to customers in an efficient manner. Its focus on efficiency and reliability suggest that it could be served by a mechanistic structure. Similarly, it requires the administrative structure (hierarchy) and rules/regulations to ensure its goal of efficiency is carried out.