Organisation of Organisations

Question 1

Who wrote Fashion or Fit about organisational deisgn

Answer 1

Henry Mintzberg

Question 2

who is included in the strategic apex

Answer 2

top management, founders, creaters

Question 3

who is included in the operating core

Answer 3

employees doing the basic work of the organisation

Question 4

who is included in the middle line

Answer 4

managers and HODs

Question 5

what is technostructure

Answer 5

formal planning and design of work

Question 6

who are the support staff

Answer 6

mail room, canteen, public relations etc

Question 7

is machine bureaucracy fashionable still

Answer 7

no

Question 8

when is machine bureaucracy used

Answer 8

mass production, eg MCDonalds

Question 9

why is machine bureaucracy used

Answer 9

cheap and efficient

little training needed, low skilled jobs

Question 10

what type of work can people in machine bureaucracyexpect to be doing

Answer 10

dull and repetitive work
alienated employees
stability and production quality standards
no favourtism - equality

Question 11

examples of professional bureaucracy

Answer 11

hospitals, universities, accounting firms

Question 12

are there many managers in professional bureaucracy why/ why not?!

Answer 12

not many as employees are trusted to work independently

Question 13

what is professional bureaucracy

Answer 13

when employees are highly trained and have a standarisation of skills

each employee can work independently of their colleagues because of this standardisation

Question 14

difference between machine bureaucracy and professional bureaucracy

Answer 14

professional is more democratic and complex

Question 15

what is a divisonalised form

Answer 15

independent entities joined together by a loose administative pverhead

Question 16

is risk taking and innovation encouraged in machine bureaucracy and divisionalised form

Answer 16

no

Question 17

is the divisionalised form popular

Answer 17

yes, spread through a lot of fortune 500

Question 18

what happens when one division in divisionalised form goes sour
is this effective

Answer 18

management is changed

no, not from the standpoint of society

Question 19

what is performance control like in divisionlaised form

Answer 19

lots of it

Question 20

what is a simple structure

Answer 20

flexible, dynamic enviornment
rapid innovation
direct supervisoion of CEO and small staff and middle line

Question 21

why are there no older simple structures

Answer 21

more aimed for start ups

often start ups fail when transitioning into bureaucratic structures

Question 22

what age are divisionalised forms

Answer 22

usually older

Question 23

what is adhocracy

Answer 23

combined efforts in project teams

Question 24

example of adhocracy

Answer 24

NASA

Question 25

how does power work in adhocracy

Answer 25

flows and changes to whoever has the best necessart skills for the current project

Question 26

is adhocracy fashionable

Answer 26

yes

Question 27

drawbacks of adhocracy

Answer 27

nothing can get done without sufficient communication prior

Question 28

what happens to older adhocracy structures

Answer 28

drawn more to bureaucracy because people seek stability as they get older

Question 29

is innovation a common feature of machine bureaucracy

Answer 29

no

Question 30

is it easier to change the structure of an organisation or the industry

Answer 30

industry | eg revolution over evolution

Question 31

in collaborative organisations, how can a hierarchy be reformed

Answer 31

decison making through self-organising teams rather than traditional management

Question 32

what is self governance

Answer 32

when a group can rule and regulate among themselves, without need for extrnal authority

Question 33

features of a community form

Answer 33

shared goals and purposes self organisation and self assignment to tasks trust based collaboration and sharing of knowledge and idea some leadership roles resources openly available rewards are extrinsic and intrinsic

Question 34

features of a hierarchy form

Answer 34

authority over lower level units structural principles for organising tasks management allocates tasks and resources rewards based on hours etc higher level units have broader access to info and filter it down to relevant departments

Question 35

example of a hybrid form

Answer 35

hierarchy + community = adhocracy

Question 36

if a company is looking to improve innovation and adpativeness what form should they move towards

Answer 36

community for collaboration and knowledge sharing

Question 37

where more control and orchestrated actions are needed in an organisation, what form should they move towards

Answer 37

hierarchy

Question 38

to improve resource alloation what form should an organisation move towards

Answer 38

market

Question 39

features of a market form

Answer 39

``` exchange between parties quality assurance allocates resources to highest bidder info from economic actors reputation matters ```

Question 40

examples of community organisations for tech

Answer 40

GitHub

Question 41

opposite of herd behaviour in organisations

Answer 41

wisdom in crowds eg hackathon for prizes

Question 42

why will choosing one form and sticking to it be a good idea

Answer 42

encourages effective communication and co-ordination

Question 43

who are the middle line

Answer 43

managers and HODs

Question 44

who are the operating core

Answer 44

admin, machine operation, sales

Question 45

who are the technostructure

Answer 45

IT, HR, traiing

Question 46

example of divisionalised form

Answer 46

county council MNCs Managers by region, managers by industry

Question 47

example of adhocracy

Answer 47

film company | tech companies

Question 48

what can result from poor organisational design

Answer 48

confussion about roles, lack of communication, slow decision making, stress, uneccesaary complexity

Question 49

in the 2nd industrial revolution Adam Smith came up with divison of labour, what is this

Answer 49

allocating labour to those with the best necessary skills

Question 50

problems with organisational design fashion fads

Answer 50

too simplified to apply to real world promise unachievable outcomes and efficiency raise hopes, dont deliver results 1-size doesnt fit all

Question 51

how do fashion fads in organiational design gain fame

Answer 51

famous followers