Week two home work for mgt330: management for organizations

Please read the chapter that is attached under attachments  in order to complete the week 2 discussion 1. The question needs to be answered with the information utilized in the chapter that is provided and references as well in APA format. I need both week 2 dicussion post 1 and 2 completed and they both need to be submitted before 10pm 6-11-15. The information contained in the attached chapter can also be utilized on discussion 2 as well.

 Discussions

Discussion 1

Structure for Conglomerates 
 
Reflect on your reading for the week, specifically Analytical Exercise 8. Is another form of structural configuration better suited to multiproduct, multiservice companies? If not, is there a form of departmentalization for multiproduct, multiservice companies which would match somewhat the divisional structure configuration?”

Explain how the following somewhat match each other:
• functional structure with simple structure
• divisional structure with departmentalization by product
• machine bureaucracy with centralized, mechanistic structure
• professional bureaucracy with decentralized, organic structure

Guided Response: 
Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

 

Discusssion 2

 

Classifying Structure
 
Address the following questions and also provide the name of a company example of each structure with supporting rationale. Reply substantively to two other learners.

1. What kinds of companies should employ the simple structure organizational configuration?
2. What kind of companies should use the machine bureaucracy form of structure?
3. What kinds of organizations should feature a professional bureaucracy form of structure?
4. What kinds of firms should use the divisional form of structure?
5. What types of organizations are best suited to the adhocracy form of structure?

Guided Response: Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond substantively to at least two of your classmates’ posts.