Organizational Behavior

  1. Organizational Structure and Design
    1. Foundations of Organization Structure
      1. Organizational Structure Defined
        1. Key Design Elements
          1. Work Specialization
            1. Departmentalization
              1. Functional Departmentalization
                1. Product Departmentalization
                  1. Geographic Departmentalization
                    1. Process Departmentalization
                      1. Customer Departmentalization
                      2. Chain of Command
                        1. Span of Control
                          1. Centralization and Decentralization
                            1. Formalization
                          2. Factors Influencing Organizational Design
                            1. Strategy and Structure
                              1. Organization Size
                                1. Technology
                                  1. Unit Production
                                    1. Mass Production
                                      1. Process Production
                                      2. Environmental Uncertainty
                                        1. Environmental Complexity
                                          1. Environmental Dynamism
                                        2. Common Organizational Designs
                                          1. Simple Structure
                                            1. Characteristics
                                              1. Strengths and Weaknesses
                                              2. Bureaucracy
                                                1. Mechanistic Structure
                                                  1. Characteristics of Bureaucracy
                                                    1. Advantages and Disadvantages
                                                    2. Matrix Structure
                                                      1. Dual Chain of Command
                                                        1. Strengths and Weaknesses
                                                        2. Team-Based Structures
                                                          1. Cross-Functional Teams
                                                            1. Self-Managed Teams
                                                            2. Virtual Organizations
                                                              1. Network Organizations
                                                                1. Modular Organizations
                                                                2. Boundaryless Organizations
                                                                  1. Removing Vertical Boundaries
                                                                    1. Removing Horizontal Boundaries
                                                                      1. Removing External Boundaries
                                                                    2. Contemporary Organizational Forms
                                                                      1. Flat Organizations
                                                                        1. Hollow Organizations
                                                                          1. Modular Organizations
                                                                            1. Dynamic Networks
                                                                              1. Learning Organizations

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                                                                            9. Organizational Culture and Climate