Organizational Structure and Culture

Question 1

Person-Environment Fit

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the compatibility between an individual and a work environment that occurs when their characteristics are well-matched

Question 2

Person-Organization Fit

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Reflects the extent to which your personality and values match the climate and culture in an organization

Question 3

Organizational Culture

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the set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assumptions that a group holds and determines how it perceives, thinks about, and reacts to its environment

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Impacts of an organizational culture

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1. Shared Concept
2. Learned over time
3. Influences behavior at work

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3 Levels of Organizational Cultures (Schein’s Model of Organizational Culture)

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1. Observable Artifacts
2. Espoused Values
3. Basic Underlying Assumptions

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4 Functions of Organizational Culture

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1. Establish Organizational Identity
2. Encourage Collective Commitment
3. Ensure Social System Stability
4. Act as Sense-Maker’s Device

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4 Cultural Types

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1. Clan Culture
2. Adhocracy Culture
3. Market Culture
4. Hierarchy Culture

Question 8

Clan Culture

think collaboration

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has an internal focus and values flexibility over stability and control. (family-like organization whose basis is collaboration)

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Adhocracy Culture

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has an external focus and values flexibility. this type of organization has less structure and bureaucracy

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Market Culture

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has a strong external focus and values stability and control. competition is their strategic thrust

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Hierarchy Culture

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has an internal focus, and values stability and control over flexibility. produces a more formalized and structured work environment.

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Organizational Culture Outcomes (name two)

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1. Organizational Culture is related to organizational effectiveness.
2. Employees have more positive work attitudes when working in organizations with clan cultures

Question 13

Organizational Socialization

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the process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors required to assume a work role

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3 Phase Model of Organizational Socialization

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1. Anticipatory Socialization
2. Encounter
3. Change & Acquisition

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Anticipatory Socialization

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occurs before an individual actually joins an organization (think onboarding)

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Encounter

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Employees come to learn what the organization is really like. “onboarding program”

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Change & Acquisition

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employees needing to learn and adapt to new thingswithin their work group

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Human Capital

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the productive potential of an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experiences

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Social Capital

think relationship building

Answer 19

the productive potential resulting from relationship goodwill, trust, and cooperative effort

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Network Intelligence

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Relates to Social Capital, builds off of information from your social network

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Organization

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a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of 2 or more persons

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4 Common denominators of organizations

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1. Coordination of effort
2. Division of Labor
3. Aligned Goals
4. Hierarchy of Authority

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Coordination of Effort

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achieved through formulation and enforcement policies: making sure that everyone works together smoothly, enforcing guidlines and rules

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Division of Labor

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when common goals are met by individuals performing separate but related tasks

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Aligned Goals

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strategic goals that are passed down to the rest of the organization

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Hierarchy of Authority

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chain of command. ensuring that people do the right thing at the right time

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closed system

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a self-sufficient entity

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open system

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depends on constant interaction with the environment for survival

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5 Factors of Organizational Learning

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1. Acquiring
2. distribution
3. Interpretation
4. Knowledge Integration
5. Memory

Question 30

Organizational Design

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the structures of accountability and responsibility used to develop and implement strategies (creating a blueprint for how a company works)

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3 Categories of Organizational Design

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1. Traditional
2. Horizontal
3. Open

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Functions of the 3 Organizational Designs

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1. Traditional: Self-contained within organizations (Functional, divisional, matrix structures)
2. Horizontal: Team and process orientated (Horizontal)
3. Open: opened beyond the organization’s boundaries (Hollow, Modular, Virtual)

Question 33

Purpose of Organizational Design/Structure

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• Clarifying relationships
• Establish new authority
• Clarifying ways of communication
• Coordination of activities to meet goals
• Enables efficient decision making
• To achieve the companies objectives

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7 Types of Organizational Structures

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1. Functional
2. Divisional
3. Matrix
4. Horizontal
5. Hollow
6. Modular
7. Virtual

Question 35

Functional

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grouped according to business functions performed. structure organizes people according to their roles and responsibilities

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Divisional

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grouped based on similar products or services

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Matrix

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combines a vertical/structure with a horizontal overlay

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Horizontal

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teams or workshops created to improve collaboration

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Hollow

think plane

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designed around a core of key functions and outsources

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Modular

think plane

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Company outsources production rather than processing

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Virtual

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Geographically separated and working with tech