1. Organizing the Business
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2. After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
Discuss the factors that influence a firm’s organizational structure.
Explain specialization and departmentalization as two of the building blocks of organizational structure.
Describe centralization and decentralization, delegation, and authority as the key ingredients in establishing the decision-making hierarchy.
Discuss the factors that influence a firm’s organizational structure.
Explain specialization and departmentalization as two of the building blocks of organizational structure.
Describe centralization and decentralization, delegation, and authority as the key ingredients in establishing the decision-making hierarchy.
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3. After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
Explain the differences among functional, divisional, matrix, and international organizational structures and describe the most popular new forms of organizational design.
Describe the informal organization and discuss intrapreneuring.
Explain the differences among functional, divisional, matrix, and international organizational structures and describe the most popular new forms of organizational design.
Describe the informal organization and discuss intrapreneuring.
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4. What Is Organizational Structure?
specification of the jobs to be done within an organization and the ways in which they relate to one another
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