Module 4.1 - Organizational Structure

Question 1

flat

Answer 1

headquarters-centered

Question 2

tall

Answer 2

venue-centered

Question 3

strategic apex

Answer 3

centralization (influence to pull to centralize)

Question 4

middle line

Answer 4

balkanization (to divide) ; oversee and delegate the people on the bottom line

Question 5

operating core

Answer 5

professionalization; those who are hands on, delivering physical work

Question 6

technostructures

Answer 6

standardization; trying to influence the planning and execution of event by making it safe, providing rules and direction, so the delivery is consistent from one event to the next; ex: NFL rules, police

Question 7

support staff

Answer 7

collaboration; ex: CSC, sponsors, merchandise, concessions, broadcast partners

Question 8

simple structure

Answer 8

one person taking the lead and overseeing everyone else underneath; before anything is developed

Question 9

professional bureaucracy

Answer 9

first structure of outside influence (technostructures, support staff) - development phase into transition phase

Question 10

machine bureaucracy

Answer 10

getting closer to game day, planning/implementation phases; layers of operation with thousands of people helping

Question 11

adhocracy structure

Answer 11

hawkeye athletics, sport marketing agencies, etc. ; allows companies to be flexible and change roles

Question 12

divisionalized

Answer 12

all star games, NCAA championships