Describe the departmentalization structures of the organization.

Case Study: Structural Analysis Assignment Organizational Analysis: Defining Your General Organizational Realities for
the Case Study
This portion of the case study assignment will require you to apply the Structural
Theories lens to your organization. This
enables you to make sense of the organization in a general way before turning
to the specific problem within the organization which you identified in Case
Study: Problem Proposal Assignment.
Lens One: Reviewing the Structural Theories [MACHINE]
Use the following questions to describe, in a summative-narrative fashion,
what the structures of your organization looks like. Your summary is to be 3–5
pages, include 3–5 references
(this can include your textbook), have a title
and reference page, and be formatted according to current APA style (first
person should not be used).
1. What is the chain
of command in your organization?
a. What is the formal
authority in the organization?
b. That is, who has
economic, legal, contractual, collegial authority?
2. Describe the span of
control in the organization.
a. How many people
report to managers at various levels?
b. How many levels
exist in the organization?
3. Describe the departmentalization
structures of the organization.
4. Where are
decisions being made in the organization?
5. Explain where your
organization sits on the centralized/decentralized continuum.
6. Are the staff/line
distinctions being maintained in your organization?

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