identify an organization you know very well. Then conduct your analysis by addressing the topics below. Do not line up the questions and address them one at a time, but rather integrate them
into a single coherent commentary and analysis of the organization.
Diagram the formal structure of your organization. Identify the various management positions or
titles on the chart and indicate the positions/jobs that would report to each. Identify the various management positions or titles on the chart and indicate the positions/jobs that would report to
each.
SmartDraw.com (https://cloud.smartdraw.com/) provides free examples, though others are also
available via Google. PowerPoint also has templates for organizational charts you can use.
Describe how work is divided (specialization and departmentalization), coordinated (chain of command and span of control), and controlled (centralization and formalization). Is the structure more mechanistic or organic?
Describe the informal structure of the organization. How does work actually get done?
How does the organization deal with the differentiation-integration issue?
Having completed this analysis, identify three strengths and three weaknesses of the
organizational design.
If you could suggest one major improvement to the organizational design, what would it be?
Narasimhan, A., Yu, H. H., & Lane, N. (2012). Organization design: Inviting the outside in. Retrieved from https://www.imd.org/research-knowledge/articles/organizational-design-inviting-the-outside-in/
Mootee, I. (2012). What is the right organizational design for your corporation? And what test to use to know if you’ve got the right one? Innovation Playground. Retrieved from https://www.futurelab.net/blog/2012/06/what-right-organization-design-your-corporation-and-what-test-use-know-if-youve-got
Janicijevic, N. (2013). The mutual Impact of organizational culture and structure. Economic Annals 58(198). Retrieved from http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0013-3264/2013/0013-32641398035J.pdf
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