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Unit 7: Organising

7. Discuss the universal perspectives of Organisational Design. Identify the restructuring Notes
strategy being adopted by an organisation you are familiar with and make a brief analysis
of the contingent factors that have influenced the strategy of the said organisation. Briefly
describe the organisation you are referring to.
8. What are some of the problems that you have observed from a bad organisational structure?

9. Is there a simple definition for "organisational structure"? Does it include more than an
org chart?
10. Isn't the org chart always going to be a reflection of internal politics or the personalities of
key individuals?
11. Can you fix structural problems by simply redesigning the org chart? Why are workflows
such an important part of improving structure?
12. How would you determine if organisational structure is impeding your company? What
would you do rectify the situation?

13. Define line organisation by the help of examples. Does the government of India make a
line organisation?
14. When it is your responsibility to organise and plan a project what steps do you take?

15. Discuss the importance of differentiation strategy in the present competitive environment.
Explain taking into consideration its advantages and disadvantages.
16. Differentiation strategy is more likely to generate higher profits than is a low cost strategy.
Justify this statement.
17. Business integration is not a final endpoint accomplished with a single project. Comment.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. results 2. different

3. cost, time 4. charts, manuals
5. centre 6. executive
7. line and staff 8. deliberations, judgement
9. allocation of tasks, delegation of authority
10. strategy 11. Distribution, interdependence

12. higher 13. Differentiation

7.11 Further Readings

Books Alfred D. Chandler, Strategy and Structure, MIT Press, Cambridge: Mass, 1962.
Chris Argyris, Personality and Organisation, Harper and Row, New York, 1959.
Douglas M. McGregor, The Human Side of Enterprise, McGraw-Hill, New York,
1967.
Earnest Dale, Management: Theory and Practice, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968.

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