Organizational Structure and Design

Write an essay of 150 words answering the following questions

Questions:

1. Universities are typically organized by departments or colleges such as business, 

biology, engineering, political science, and so on. Is this an appropriate 

structure? What aspects of the environment support this structure? Are there 

any aspects of the internal or external environment that currently or in the near 

future push for changes in university structures? 

2. Organizational design skills are critical to career success, but total organizational 

design or redesign typically is not put in the hands of newly hired managers. Why 

then is it important for you early in your career to understand the structure and 

the specific differentiation and integration mechanisms of the organization you 

work in? 

3. What would be the likely influence of a collectivist culture (refer back to Chapter 

4) on the formal or informal aspects of an organization’s structure? What would 

you expect the influence of a strong hierarchical cultural value to be on the line of 

authority or chain of command in a company’s structure?