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- Reduced use of staff
Your company is pretty small.
When you started it, you had five workers and the company was making profits. Now you have 30 workers and the company’s account is making a deficit. What trend do you adopt? |
-Observation and focus.
-Decision making -Implementation of strategies -Evaluation of results.
Name three roles a manager takes in organizational trends
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- Reduced use of staff
Your company has 5 workers
You cut it down to 2 What trend did you adopt? |
- Shorter chains of command
Adam is a manager in a shoe store. Above him, there are 3 other managers then the CEO. Below are 4 levels of lower-level managers.
Most times, there is slow decision making and less communication between top and lower levels. What trend does Adam adopt? |
-Wide and Narrow
What are the two types of spans of control?
Briefly explain them. |
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- Delegation and empowerment
Jim is a manager at a very big company.
He is finding it so hard to keep up with the work load! He also has 9 dedicated staff as subordinates which are very competent at their jobs. What can he do to reduce his stress? What trend does Jim adopt? |
-Unity of command
Amy is a manager at the local bookstore. 30 workers are under her. Each worker reports to her and sometimes it gets annoying. Amy has created a “financial committee”, a “Find-that-book task force” and an online “virtual team”
What trend did Amy adopt? |
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- Centralization and decentralization
You are the CEO of a big company and the entire authority and decisions are concentrated on you.
Although you make decisions fast, sometimes you lack the creativity a task may require. Your company also has a good IT system What trend do you adopt? |
-No fixed answer.
What is centralization and decentralization?
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- Reduced use of staff and wider spans of control
Jane and Sally as well as 8 others are managers of departments in your company. Each manager has only about 2 workers under them. Your costs are increasing and only Sally and Jane are the most efficient amongst the managers
What trend do you adopt? |
-No fixed answer.
Pick an organizational structure.
State its trend. Analyze the pros and cons Clap your hands three times ^.^ |
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