Question

1- How does the mission statement relate to the organizational structure and culture of a firm?

2- How is the external environment analyzed, i.e., what are the macro environmental forces?

3- What is organizing? What is its importance?

4- Know about vertical and horizontal organizational dimensions.

5- Be able to compare and contrast centralization and decentralization? How are these related to organizational height (i.e., tall vs. flat)?

6- What are reasons why employees resist change?

7- What are the strategies for overcoming resistance to change?

Answer 1

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1. The mission statement is what a business is built upon. It is the core values and function that a business has that makes it unique and provides its recognition in any industry. The business is built upon these core values which includes the structure, function and even the cultural values that are important to a business is incorporated in this design.

2. Macro environmental forces are analyzed by utilizing the PEST analysis. This includes a detailed analysis of the political factors, economic factors, social factors and the technological factor that affects a business o a larger scale. This accurately depicts the environmental factors a business will face in the current market.

3. Organizing can be considered as a series of steps and actions that any business or organization takes that help them in structuring, arrangement and control the tasks which make up the business processes. This helps an organization achieve its goals.

Organizing provides an organization with the ability to standardize all the necessary factors, functions and actions in a company which also includes things such as the management, workers, leadership and even the infrastructure of the organization. It also enables an organization to streamline their processes and achieve efficiency.

4. Vertical and horizontal dimensions of the organization include the differentiation in its process. While vertical dimension includes factors such as authority, the responsibility of individuals and groups and the factor of accountability. Horizontal dimension involves the division of the work, set according to specific requirements of the scope of their implementation.

Both play a necessary part in the process and are complementary to each other in their implementation and functioning.