Discuss the below:
Analytical Exercises
1. An organization's structure has been likened to the skeleton of the body. To continue that analogy, what part is the company's mission? What parts are individual jobs? What parts are the departments?
2. Briefly describe how a company such as FedEx or UPS could use the time-and-motion study process in conducting its operations in each of these areas:
o receiving packages for delivery at designated stores
o sorting packages
o making deliveries to individual customers and businesses
3. Create job specifications for the following positions:
o laborer at Burger King
o heavy equipment operator for a construction company
o salesperson for tractors and farm equipment
o information technology specialist to be a web master
4. Which form of departmentalization is the best match for the following companies? Explain your answer.
o local dry cleaner
o T.G.I. Friday's
o Greyhound Bus Lines
o GEICO Insurance
o Ford Motor Company International
5. Marjorie is the chief accounting officer in her company. She has five junior accountants under her supervision. She serves as head of the workplace safety committee in the firm. She has expertise in the area of internal auditing, and lately the firm's CEO has asked her numerous questions about the firm's most recent audit. What types of authority does Marjorie hold in her current situation? Can you think of some ways that the forms of authority may conflict with one another? Explain your answer.
6. Indicate which of the following personality characteristics would fit with a centralized and mechanistic organization, and which would be a better match in a decentralized and organic organization. Explain your choices.
o high need for autonomy
o high need for continuing performance feedback
o enjoys working with others
o enjoys problem solving
o prefers direction and role clarity
7. "Among the many weaknesses of the divisional structure are the duplication of activities and potential for counterproductive inter-market competition for customers. This form is not only inefficient but can limit opportunities for cooperation across market segments and waste resources." This statement applies to conglomerate organizations. Can you think of a structure that is better suited to multiproduct, multiservice companies? Defend your answer.
8. Explain how the following structures somewhat match each other:
o functional structure with simple structure
o machine bureaucracy with centralized, mechanistic structure
o professional bureaucracy with decentralized, organic structure
o divisional structure with departmentalization by product